HIST 1841 Core Topics: When Worlds Collide: From Contact to the Constitution
This course will examine North American history from the perspective of the collision and exchange of cultures and peoples. From the Mississippian Indian civilization at Cahokia to the Illinois, Iroquois, Algonkian, and other Native American peoples, we will see how Indians resisted, adapted, and interacted with French, English, Spanish, and Dutch Europeans. African peoples were another key part of this cultural collision, as hundreds of thousands were brought to North America in the slave trade. The course ends with the consolidation of white European power in the creation of the United States. Major themes in the course are race, power, and religion.
Course overview
- Department
- History
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Periodically in the Fall
Catalog details
- Satisfies core
- History I
Requirements fulfilled
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.04 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.42 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Cynthia L Lyerly | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 23 of 30 |
| Fall 2024 | Cynthia L Lyerly | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 23 of 29 |
| Fall 2023 | Cynthia L Lyerly | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | — | 23 of 30 |
| Fall 2021 | Cynthia L Lyerly | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 9 of 22 |