HIST 210 - ~WV and Appalachian History (3)

This course will focus on broad themes in the history of West Virginia, including early formation, why slavery was not popular in western Virginia, social and political reform, population growth, industrialization, coal mining issues and non-existent land ownership, modern West Virginia, and rights movements. This course will also develop ways of thinking historically through critical analysis of primary and secondary sources; setting events, documents and people in their historical contexts; and crafting interpretations and historical narratives from the “raw material” of the past. In the course, the student should expect to do much more than memorize facts or dates – one will be busy actively doing history, not passively learning about history.