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Weekly Schedule – 1133
Quizzes close on Sunday night at 8 p.m. Discussion and all assignments are due by Friday at 8 p.m.
Week 1, August 27 – 31: History Bootcamp I
Read, View, or Play:
- Read this first
- Video intro to historical thinking
- Intro to primary vs. secondary sources
- For a plagiarism tutorial and read these two short introductions to avoiding plagirism one two and take this four-question quiz to test your knowledge of plagiarism.
Do: Take the Self Assesment to help me understand you better as a learner.
Quiz: Syllabus quiz online.
Do: Week 1 Response Document
Week 2, September 3 – 8: History Bootcamp II
Read, View, or Play: You will need your Star ID to log in to our Library Databases for these readings.
- Grand Mound Muskrat A Model of Ancient Cosmology on the Rainy River, accessed 2018-08-21.
- Jefferson Petroglyphs: Introduction, Timeline, Interpreting Jeffers
- Nelson, Paul. “Indian Mounds Park, St. Paul.”, MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. (Accessed August 21, 2018).
Do: Week 2 Assignment: Introduction to Historical GIS
– Coming Into America questions
Quiz: Week readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 2 Response Document
Week 3, September 10 – 14:
Read, View, or Play :
- Peck, Jane. “Dakota, Ho-Chunk, and French Indigenous Communities Between St. Paul and Prairie du Chien, ca. 1300–1865.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society.Link (accessed August 21, 2018).
- Peacock, Thomas. “The Ojibwe: Our Historical Role in Influencing Contemporary Minnesota.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. Link (accessed August 21, 2018).
- Ehrenhalt, Lizzie. “Grand Portage (Gichi Onigamiing).” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. Link (accessed August 21, 2018).
Do:Week 3Assignment: Map Analysis
– Readings worksheet
Quiz: Week 4 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 3 Response Document
Week 4, September 17 – 21
Read, View, or Play:
- Backerud, Thomas. “American Fur Company Fishing on Lake Superior, 1835–1841.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/event/american-fur-company-fishing-lake-superior-1835-1841 (accessed August 21, 2018).
- Weber, Eric. “Bonga, George (ca. 1802–1874).” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. (accessed August 20, 2018).
- Vaughan, Margaret. “Métis in Minnesota.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. (accessed August 21, 2018).
- Carroll, Jane Lamm. “’Who Was Jane Lamont?’ Anglo-Dakota Daughters in Early Minnesota.”) Minnesota History 59, no. 5 (Spring 2005): 184–196., accessed 2018-08-21.
Quiz: Week 5 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 4 Response Document
Do: Week 4 Assignment: Pictures
Week 5, September 24 – 28
Read, View, or Play:
- Burnside, Tina. “African Americans in Minnesota.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/african-americans-minnesota (accessed August 20, 2018).
- Atkins, Annette. “Dred and Harriet Scott in Minnesota.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/event/dred-and-harriet-scott-minnesota (accessed August 21, 2018).
- “Enslaved African Americans and the Fight for Freedom”
- “Split in Two: The Dred Scott Decision – 1857” video, (accessed 2018-08-21)
Quiz: Week 6 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 5 Response Document
Do: Assignment
Week 6, October 1 – 5
Read, View, or Play:
- Ehrenhalt, Lizzie. “Trial of Joseph Israel / Lucy Ann Lobdell.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society.[Article and pictures] (accessed August 20, 2018).
- Johnson, Frederick. “Muus v. Muus.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. (accessed August 20, 2018). Article and pictures.
- Eliza Winston and the Politics of Freedom (http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/57/v57i03p106-122.pdf)
Quiz: Week 7 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 6 Response Document
Do:Bernt Muus Background Check
Week 7, October 8 – 12
Read, View, or Play:
- Minnesota History Association “US-Dakota War of 1862 website”. Read all five sections (Dakota Homeland, Newcomers, Treaties, Ware, Aftermath, Today) and view videos. http://www.usdakotawar.org/history/war
– “U.S. – American Indian Treaties in Minnesota”. Read all four sections, including the treaty timeline, how treaties changed lands and lifeways, and Ojibway rights retained.
Quiz: Week 8 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 7 Response Document
Do: U.S. Dakot War Timeline
U.S. Dakota War Prewriting
Week 8, October 15 – 19 — Note: due dates as usual
Read, View, or Play:
– Bring Warm Clothes, pages 83-95.
Quiz: Week 9 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 8 Response Document
Do: Assignment: Civil War Letter
Week 9, October 22 – 26
Read, View, or Play:
– “The Trial of the Duluth Lynchers” Accessed 2018-08-20
- Burnside, Tina. “African Americans in Minnesota.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/african-americans-minnesota (accessed August 20, 2018)
Quiz: Week 10 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 9 Response Document
Do: Duluth Lynching Assignment
Citation Assignment
Week 10, October 29 – November 2
Read, View, or Play:
- “What is Quantitative History
- Reading and Organizing Quantitative Evidence
- A brief history of statistics
- Sections “Populations and Samples” and “Displaying Data” in this article
Paying attention to the terms in the sidebar.
Quiz: Week 11 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 10 response documents
Do: Data in History Assignment-Two Week assignment
Week 11, November 5 – 9
Read, View, or Play:
- Lajimodiere, Dr. Denise K. . “Native American Boarding Schools.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. Article (accessed August 20, 2018).
- Nelson, Paul. “State Reform School, St. Paul.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. Article (accessed August 21, 2018).
- Minnesota Historical Society Maria Sanford (accessed August 21, 2018).
Quiz: Week 12 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 11 Response Document
Do: Assignment: Data in History 2 (see above). In class response assignment: http://jacknorton.org/courses/minnesota-history-1133-fall-2018/assignments-mn-history-fall-18/education-in-minnesota-getting-started/
Week 12, November 12 – 16
Read, View, or Play:
- Cartwright, R. L.. “Farmers’ Institutes, 1880s–1920s.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/group/farmers-institutes-1880s-1920s (accessed August 21, 2018).
- Huber, Molly. “Traveling Libraries.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/thing/traveling-libraries (accessed August 21, 2018).
- Bring Warm Clothes, pages 271-277 99
Quiz: Week 13 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 12 Response Document
Do: [Assignment ]: Assignment available two weeks before due date.
- Weber, Laura. “Talmud Torah, St. Paul.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/group/talmud-torah-st-paul (accessed August 21, 2018).
- Watch videos about Bohemain Flats:
Week 13, November 19 – 23 — Note: usual due dates.
Read, View, or Play:
- “Unwed Mothers at Booth Memorial Hospital”(accessed 2018-08-28)
- “Cold War Minnesota”( accessed 2018-08-28)
Quiz: Week 14 readings (Quiz opens Friday at noon until Monday at 8 pm)
Do: Week 13 Response Document
Do: Assignment: Social Media and MN History Assignment
Week 14, November 26 – 30
Read, View, or Play:
- Lee, Mai Na M. . “Hmong and Hmong Americans in Minnesota.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/hmong-and-hmong-americans-minnesota (accessed August 28, 2018).
- Wilhide, Anduin. “Somali and Somali American Experiences in Minnesota.” MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/somali-and-somali-american-experiences-minnesota (accessed August 28, 2018).
Quiz: No quiz
Do: Week 14 Response Document
Do: Bryant Avenue Project Preliminary Research
Week 15, December 3 – 7 , Final Exhibit I
Read, View, or Play:
Quiz: No Quiz
Do: Week 15 Response Document
Do: Bryant Avenue Project: Outline
Week 16, December 10 – 14, Final Exhibit II
:Bryant Avenue Project Peer Review
Course Evaluation:
Do: Week 16 Response Document
Final exhibit: how to blog with WordPress
Week 17 (Finals), December 17 – 21
Do: [Final Exhibit Assignment]: Assignment available two weeks before due date.
