HST 214 - American Childhoods

Course Units: 1

What role have children played in shaping American culture and society? This course explores how we can tell a compelling story about the American past through close attention to stories about children and childhood. By tracing the path of American history from accusations made by young girls during the Salem witch trials to images of children used by abolitionists, from fights against child labor to rebel youth in the 1960s, and on to the present day, we will ask what we can learn about childhood in U.S. history. What has changed about American childhoods from the colonial era to the present