Week 1: Introductions
- January 14: Introduction
- January 16: Student Introductions
- January 18: Student Introductions
Week 2: Student Introductions
- January 21: MLK Day (No School)
- January 23: Student Introductions
- January 25: Digital Tools Workshop
Week 3: Lynching
- January 28-30: Read excerpts from Lynching in the New South (blog)
**** Blog post is due at 8AM on Monday ****
- February 1: Watch and discuss “Ask a Slave” (http://www.askaslave.com)
*** Project proposals are due at the beginning of class ***
Week 4: School Desegregation
- February 4-6: Read excerpts from Southern Stalemate (blog)
**** Blog post is due at 8AM on Monday ****
- February 8: Timeline Workshop
Week 5: The Cult of the Confederacy
- February 11-13: Read “The Civil Wargasm” (blog)
**** Blog post is due at 8AM on Monday ****
- February 15: Watch and discuss “Confederacy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5b_-TZwQ0I)
Week 6: Social Memory and Slavery
- February 18-20: Read “A Tale of Two Civil War Statues,” “Slavery in American History,” and “Southern Comfort Levels” (blog)
**** Blog post is due at 8AM on Monday ****
- February 22: No Class (Migration Conference)
Week 7: White Working Class Identity
- February 25-27: Read excerpts from Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball (blog)
**** Blog post is due at 8AM on Monday ****
- March 1: Timeline Workshop
Week 8: Spring Break (March 4-8)
Week 9: 20th/21st Century Immigration and Virginia
- March 11-13: Read “The Latinization of the Central Shenandoah Valley,” “Defining Immigrant Newcomers in Destinations,” and “Perfectly American” (blog)
**** Blog post is due at 8AM on Monday ****
- March 15: No Class (SASA Conference)
Week 10: 20th/21st Century Immigration and DMV
- March 18-20: Read: “Identity and Assimilation among Young Ethiopian Immigrants,” “Hybrid Sensibilities”, and “Feminised Financial Flows” (blog)
**** Blog post is due at 8AM on Monday ****
- March 22: Watch excerpts of “Echoes of Little Saigon” (https://littlesaigonclarendon.com)
Week 11: Un-Damming the Rappahannock
- March 25-27: Read/Watch Oral Histories (outside of class):
- Chief Anne Richardson, Rappahannock Tribe: https://www.riverfriends.org/chief-anne-richardson-oral-history/
- John Tippett: https://www.riverfriends.org/john-tippett-oral-history/
**** Blog post is due at 8AM on Monday ****
- March 29: Watch and discuss Another Way of Living (Kanopy)
Week 12: Today’s Environmental Policy
- April 1-3: Read Fight for the Bay
**** Blog post is due at 8AM on Monday ****
- April 5: Timeline Workshop
Week 13: The Future of Tangier Island
- April 8-10: Read excerpts from Chesapeake Requiem
**** Blog post is due at 8AM on Monday ****
- April 12: Paddle/Hike with FOR to the remains of Embrey Dam
- Meet at FOR’s offices
- Expect to take at least 2 hours
Week 14: Final Research Projects and Presentations
- April 15: Timeline Workshop
- April 17-19: Final Presentations
Week 15: Final Presentations
- April 22: Final Presentations
- April 24: Final Essay Review
*** Final Timeline Projects are due by 5PM on Wednesday ***
- April 26: History and American Studies Symposium (no class)
Week 16: Final Exams
- April 29: Final essays are due at noon