Schedule

Course Schedule:

Week 1: Introduction & Orientation

• August 26: Introduction
• August 28: Annie Woo’s “Odrick’s Corner” Documentary
• August 30: Intro to DoOO Workshop in HCC 407

Week 2: More Orientation

• September 2: No Class (Labor Day)
• September 4: Website Workshop
• September 6: Library Workshop with Peter Catlin (Simpson 225B)

Week 3: Student Introductions

• September 12: Student Introductions
• September 14: Student Introductions
• September 16: Student Introductions

Week 4: Climate Change

• September 16: Project Proposal Workshop
• September 18: Read Earl Swift’s “Tangierman’s Lament” for class discussion (class website)
• September 20: No Class (Dr. Moon at St. Mary’s College)

*** Project proposals are due via email at 5PM***

Week 5: Environmental Advocacy

• September 23-25: Read Gerold P. McCarthy’s Blueprint for Going Green for class discussion
• September 27: No class at 11am. Students meet at Old Mill Park at 3pm for Rappahannock River Paddle

Week 6: Race and NOVA’s Suburbanization

• September 30-October 2: Read Tom Shoop’s A Place Called Ilda for class discussion
• October 4: Website Workshop

Week 7: White Supremacy

• October 7-9: Read Charlottesville 2017 for class discussion (excerpts; class website)
• October 11: Walk Fredericksburg’s Civil Rights Trail (Part 2)

Week 8: Fall Break

• October 14: No Class (Fall Break)
• October 16: Watch and Discuss The Tunnel Documentary
• October 18: No Class (Dr. Moon at Alexandria Forum)

Week 9: Informal Website Presentations

• October 21-25: Informal Presentations

Week 10: 20^th Century Native American History

• October 28: Brad Hatch (UMW alum) on Tribal Preservation in Virginia
• October 30-November 1: Read Laura J. Feller’s Being Indigenous in Jim Crow Virginia for class discussion (excerpts; class website)

Week 11: Immigration and Regional Differences

• November 4-6: “The Latinization of the Central Shenandoah Valley,” “Identity and Assimilation among Young Ethiopian Immigrants,” and “Defining Immigrant Newcomers” for class discussion (class website)
• November 8: Website Workshop

Week 12: Contemporary Nativism

• November 11-13: Watch and Discuss 9500 Liberty
• November 15: Website Workshop

Week 13: Website Presentations

• November 18-22: 7-to-10 Minute Presentations

Week 14: Thanksgiving

• November 25: Catch-Up Day
• November 27-29: Thanksgiving Break (no classes)

Week 15: Final Preparations

• December 4: Final Website Workshop
• December 6: Final Essay Review
• December 8: History and American Studies Symposium (no class)

*** Final Websites Projects are due by 5PM on Friday ***

Week 16: Final Exams

• Final essays are due on Monday, December 9 at 2:30pm via email