History of Student Activism From the Popular Front to Black Lives Matter
Examines U.S. student activism from the Popular Front to Black Lives Matter, focusing on marginalized racial/ethnic minority youths and their impact on racial equity and social change.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.60 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Develop an awareness of History’s Impact on the Present
Develop an ability to Recognize and Question Assumptions
Develop consciousness of Self and Other
Develop capacity for Effective Participation in a Multicultural Society
Identify and discuss the significance of key actors, events, themes, and historiographical debates relating to the history of student activism in the modern United States
Identify and evaluate historical arguments in secondary scholarly works
Interpret and contextualize primary historical sources
Synthesize information from primary and secondary sources in order to develop and support their own evidence-based historical interpretations.
Synthesize information from secondary sources in order to develop and support evidence-based historical interpretations and historiographical analyses.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.60 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).
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Topics
- Experiences of marginalized racial/ethnic minority youths.
- Role of education and educational institutions in student activism.
- Student activism's impact on racial equity and broader social, political, and economic change.
Skills
- Identify and discuss key actors, events, themes, and historiographical debates in U.S. student activism.
- Identify and evaluate historical arguments in secondary scholarly works.
- Interpret and contextualize primary historical sources.
- Synthesize primary and secondary sources to develop evidence-based historical interpretations.
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Latest available · Spring 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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