History:
Instructor: K. Hitt
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Kathleen Hitt attended Glendale Community College before transferring to Occidental College where she earned her B.A. with distinction, with a minor in Art History. In 2000 she studied the History and Architecture of Oxford, at Merton College, Oxford, England through U.C. Berkeley. She received her M.A. in History with honors from CSUN in 2004. Kathleen teaches Western Civ I & II, U.S. History 11 and 12, and U.S. Twentieth Century history at Pierce, L.A. Harbor College & College of the Canyons. She recently published entries in ABC-CLIO Encyclopedia of World War II (2004), Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War (2006) and Military Communications: from Ancient Times to 21st Century (2007), (Military Communications, Medieval period) all for ABC-CLIO. Kathleen was Film Researcher for Washington the Warrior and Washington’s Generals telecast on the History Channel.
Phone: 310-233-4698 ext. 4830; email: hittkatj@lahc.edu
| Syllabus History 1 History 11 History 12 |
Class Schedules History 1 History 11 History 12 |
History Quotes
“Not to know what happened before you were born is to be forever a child.”-Cicero
“We cannot escape history.” Abraham Lincoln in Annual message to Congress, Dec. 1, 1862.
“History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away.” Martin Luther King Jr.
“History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.” – Voltaire
“The world is too dangerous to live in – not because of the people who do evil but because of the people who sit and let it happen.” Albert Einstein
“The supreme purpose of history is a better world.” – Herbert Hoover
“You may have many a wiser prince sitting in this seat, but you never have had, or shall have, any who loves you better. It is not my desire to live or to reign longer than my life and reign shall be for your good.” Elizabeth I.


