Calendar for HIST 431/631 - Spring 2012
HIST 431 meets Tuesdays (T) & Thursdays (R) at 2:00 in South Engineering 216. The calendar is intended to be a fairly firm schedule of activities for the term, but things happen, so watch the Facebook wall for adjustments. Also, at beginning of term, the calendar may be incomplete as to certain details, but the structure of the course is well in place.
Date			Class Activities	Deadlines	Notes & Reminders
T	10	Jan	PPT welcome Day 1 handouts General description of the course Assessment w discussion	Deadline: by midnight tonight, like the HIST 431 Facebook page	Explore the course website Good luck with this course & with the fall term!
R	12	Jan	Questions about course requirements? Begin Lecture 1	Deadline: by midnight tonight, introduce yourself on the FB wall	Start reading Webb! It's going to take you a while to finish. Before 17 Feb, stop by and get acquainted w Prof Isern in his office, Putnam 20. Keep up your attendance records and grade registers--it's hard to reconstitute them if you get behind!
T	17	Jan	Lecture 1 cont Briefing on requirements & assignments
R	19	Jan	Lecture 1 concl Briefing on requirements & assignments
T	24	Jan	Begin Lecture 2 Briefing on Hutmacher expedition		You should be posting assignments to the Facebook page by now! Get into those major assignments! Some require advance research in the archives. Time, too, to get started with discussion of Webb—initial impressions—get the discussion going.
R	26	Jan	Lecture 2 cont Questions on Hutmacher expedition?	Deadline: first submission of grade registers, by midnight tonight
T	31	Jan	Lecture 2 concl		Really, get on those major assignments, as well as soft-point assignments. Make it easy on yourself by spreading the work out. And grab those bonus points!
R	2	Feb	Lecture 3 begins
T	7	Feb	Lecture 3 concl
R	9	Feb	Lecture 4 begins
T	14	Feb	Lecture 4 concl
R	16	Feb	Begin Lecture 5	Deadline: see Prof Isern in his office by this date, or he writes your academic advisor to find out why you haven't.	Read your Webb! Prepare for quiz & discussion.
T	21	Feb	Lecture 5 concl
R	23	Feb	Lecture 6 begins
T	28	Feb	Lecture 6 concl
R	1	Mar	Quiz on Webb. Also bring written response to Webb to class, prepared in advance of session dedicated to discussion of the book.		Close to earning bonus points? See deadline below – go for it!
T	6	Mar	Begin Lecture 7
R	8	Mar	Lecture 7 concl	Deadline noon Friday to earn early-bird bonus for having 100 soft points	Have a wonderful spring break! I will.
Spring Break
REVISED CALENDAR FROM HERE
T	20	Mar	No class today - Prof. Isern stuck in Sydney!
T	27	Mar	Lecture 6 concl	Deadline: second submission of grade registers, by midnight tonight	If you're doing the Hutmacher expedition, please print the release forms and fill them out.
R	29	Mar	Lecture 7 begins		A good time to rack up some points, including soft points
T	3	Apr	Lecture 7 concl
R	5	Apr	Lecture 8
T	10	Apr	Guest lecture by Stacy Reikowsky		Prof. Isern gone to annual meeting of Western Social Science Association - will post from there!
R	12	Apr	Lecture 9 begins
T	17	Apr	Lecture 9 concl		See that deadline on Thursday?
R	19	Apr	Lecture 10	Deadline: by class time today, if you're doing the Hutmacher expedition, turn in your release forms	See those deadlines in coming days? Plan ahead.
T	24	Apr	Lecture 11
R	26	Apr	Lecture 12 begins	Deadline: by class time today, turn in reservation form if you plan to bring a food entry for the Great Plains Folk Festival
T	1	May	Lecture 12 concl	Deadline: mignight this night, for any online submissions of assignments - nothing after this is graded	Planning a food entry for the Great Plains Folk festival? Make your plans for preparation and transport.
R	3	May	Organizational session for Great Plains Folk Festival SROIs	Deadline noon Friday the 4th: research projects
W	9	May	1:00pm Great Plains Folk Festival (during scheduled final exam period)	Deadline: midnight this night, for final submission of grade registers - no grade register, no grade!	Summer! Make it great.