Gen Ed Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to EXPLAIN in their work how humans in the past shaped their own unique historical moments and were shaped by those moments, and how those cultures changed over the course of the centuries for . . . . [Insert TIME AND PLACE]
  • Bloom Taxonomy’s Cognitive Process: REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND
  1. Students will DISTINGUISH between primary and secondary sources, IDENTIFY and EVALUATE evidence and EMPATHIZE with people in their historical context.
  • Bloom Taxonomy’s Cognitive Process: ANALYZE, REMEMBER, EVALUATE, CREATE

  1. Students will SUMMARIZE and APPRAISE different historical interpretations and evidence in order to CONSTRUCT past events.
  • Bloom Taxonomy’s Cognitive Process: UNDERSTAND, EVALUATE, APPLY

  1. Students will IDENTIFY historical arguments in a variety of sources and EXPLAIN how they were constructed, EVALUATING credibility, perspective, and relevance.
  • Bloom Taxonomy’s Cognitive Process: REMEMBER, UNDERSTAND, EVALUATE

  1. Students will CREATE well-supported historical arguments and narratives that demonstrate an awareness of audience.
  • Bloom Taxonomy’s Cognitive Process: CREATE, APPLY

  1. Students will APPLY historical knowledge and historical thinking “in order to infer what drives and motivates human behavior in both past and present.”
  • Bloom Taxonomy’s Cognitive Process: APPLY, ANALYZE