Schedule

Week 1: Introduction & Warm Up

• August 25: Introduction & Syllabus
• August 27: Read “RVA 2075” in class
• August 29: DoOO Project Workshop (Meet in HCC 407)

Week 2: Ice Breaker Presentations

• September 1: No School (Labor Day)
• September 3: Introductory Presentations
• September 5: Introductory Presentations

Week 3: Climate Change & Virginia’s Eastern Shore

• September 8: Introductory Presentations
• September 10-12: Watch and discuss Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore (YouTube)

Week 4: Environmental Sustainability & Shenandoah Mountains 

• September 15 & 19: Read Bad Naturalist for class discussion
• September 17: Attend InThrive Film Festival (EXTRA CREDIT: Attend 2pm session with Natasha White who does work in Virginia; https://inthrivefilmfestival.org/fxbg)  

Week 5: Other Environmental Stories

• September 22: Read Bernard L. Herman, “Barbacoa de Cordero de Hog Island” and “Mengue de Cangrejo de Guisante” from A South You Never Ate for class discussion (Canvas)
• September 24: Read Earl Swift, “The Tangierman’s Lament” and “When the Rain Came” from The Tangierman’s Lament and Other Tales of Virginia for class discussion (Canvas)
• September 26: Digital Project Workshop—Library Session #1 (Simpson 225)

Week 6: NOVA Local History  

• September 29- October 1: Read Tom Shoop’s A Place Called Ilda
• October 3: Digital Project Workshop—Library Session #2 (Simpson 225)

Week 7: White Supremacy

• October 6-8: Read excerpts from Charlottesville 2017 for class discussion (Canvas)
• October 10: Digital Workshop–Project Proposal and Research Archive

Week 8: 20^th Century Immigrant Experiences

• October 13: No School (Fall Break)
• October 15-17: Read How May I Help You? An Immigrant’s Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage for class discussion  

*** Project Proposal is due Friday, October 10 at 5pm via email ***

Week 9: Local History

• October 20: No School (Conference)
• October 22: Digital Workshop—Timeline JS & StoryMap JS
• October 24: Walk Fredericksburg’s Civil Rights Trail (Part 2) — https://fxbg.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/N50079-Civil-Rights-Trail-Booklet.pdf

Week 10: Historic District Making

• October 27-29: Read excerpts from Not in my Backyard for class discussion (Canvas)
• October 31: Digital Workshop: Sticky Problems

*** The link to your research archive via email is due on Friday, October 31 at 5PM ***

Week 11: Indigenous History

• November 3-5: Read excerpts from Laura J. Feller’s Being Indigenous in Jim Crow Virginia for class discussion (Canvas)
• November 7: Patawomeck Museum & Cultural Center in Stafford County, Virginia

Week 12: Contemporary Nativism

• November 10-12: Watch and Discuss 9500 Liberty
• November 14: Digital Workshop—Formal Presentations 

Week 13: Final Presentations

• November 17-21: 7-to-10 Minute Presentations

Week 14: Thanksgiving

• November 24: Catch-Up Day for Presentations
• November 26-28: no school (Thanksgiving)

Week 15: Final Preparations

• December 1: Final Project Review
• December 3: Final Essay Review
• December 5: no class (department symposium) 

*** Final DoOO is due by Friday, December 5 at 5pm ***

Week 16: Final Exam

• December 8: In-class final essay will be held from noon-2:30pm (Monday)