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Course Objectives & Requirements
HIST 695 Field Experience
Prairie Earth, Prairie Homes
Graduate students can enroll for three
hours credit or for six hours credit. The 3-credit-hour option focuses mostly
on the experiential phase of the course in the field, 24-31 July 2011. The
6-credit-hour option entails some additional preparation for the experiential
phase and considerable follow-up involving individual work. Further details
are given in tables below.
Here are the objectives of the course. On
completion, students should be able to
1. Articulate
the role and rationale for earth buildings in the historical culture of the
Great Plains
2.
Identify and describe the five types of
earth building traditions on the plains
3.
Demonstrate mastery of techniques for
restoration of earth buildings
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Requirements for 3 Graduate Credit
Hours
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Activity
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Time Period
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Products
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Evaluation
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View & discuss DVD, Children of the Steppe, Children of the
Prairie
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11-23
July
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Online contributions to Facebook
discussion board
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Reflective review by Prof. Isern
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Read & discuss literature from the
course bibliography
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Full participation in study tour, with
accompanying lectures, of historic earth building sites across western
North Dakota
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24-31
July
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Field journal, to be maintained in hard
copy and submitted to Prof. Isern at end of experiential phase
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Reflective review by Prof. Isern
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Full participation in restoration
activities at Hutmacher farmstead
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24-31
July
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Post-assessment
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1-5
August
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Completion of online form assessing
instruction & learning in the course
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Not graded – participation only
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Requirements for 6 Graduate Credit
Hours
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Activity
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Time Period
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Products
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Evaluation
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View & discuss DVD, Children of the Steppe, Children of the
Prairie
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11-23
July
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Online contributions to Facebook
discussion board
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Reflective review by Prof. Isern
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Read & discuss literature from the
course bibliography
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Identification and planning of
individual research project
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11-23
July
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Proposal made & refined via
Facebook discussion board
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Approval of project by Prof. Isern
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Full participation in study tour, with
accompanying lectures, of historic earth building sites across western
North Dakota
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24-31
July
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Field journal, to be maintained in hard
copy and submitted to Prof. Isern at end of experiential phase
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Reflective review by Prof. Isern
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Full participation in restoration
activities at Hutmacher farmstead
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24-31
July
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Post-assessment
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1-5
August
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Completion of online form assessing
instruction & learning in the course
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Not graded – participation only
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Completion of individual research
project
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1-10
August
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Research paper submitted to Prof. Isern
as Word doc attached to email – see specifications for graduate papers.
Note that summer term ends 5 August. Due to the late-summer time of the
field experience, we expect research and writing to extend beyond the
deadline. Not a worry, as Prof. Isern can record grades at any time.
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Qualitative evaluation by Prof. Isern
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