week by week
date work

Monday,

August 28

Discussion: Housekeeping & Introductions

Monday,

September 4

No Class (Labor Day)

BLOG URL DUE

Monday,

September 11

Reading:

  • Josephine Tey, Daughter of Time
  • Michael Wayne, Death of an Overseer

Writing:

  • Problem #1: The Census and Data Linkage (Reader)

BLOG POST #1 DUE—PROBLEM #1
LAST DAY TO ADD CLASSES

Monday,

September 18

Reading:

  • Suzanne Lebsock, The Free Women of Petersburg
  • Will: Robert Christian (Download)
  • Will: Caroline Carson (Download)
  • Will & Probate: Louisa Courselle (Reserve)
  • Probate: Probate of Samuel Hayes (Download)
  • Inquest: Mamie Grover (Download)

Internet Visits:

Writing:

  • Problem #2: Wills, Probates & Coroner’s Inquests (Reader)

BLOG POST #2 DUE—PROBLEM #2

Monday,

September 25

Reading:

  • Civil Suit: Bordeaux v. Bordeaux (Microfiche)

Writing:

  • Problem #3: Civil Suits (Reader)

BLOG POST #3 DUE—RESEARCH STATEMENT

Friday,

September 29

Last Day to Drop Classes

Monday,

October 2

Reading:

  • Michael Grossberg, Governing the Hearth
  • Civil Suit: Bordeaux v. Bordeaux (Microfiche)

Writing:

  • Problem #3: Civil Suits (Reader)

BLOG POST #4 DUE—RESEARCH STATEMENT

Monday,

October 9

No Class (Columbus Day)

Tuesday,

October 10

Reading:

  • Stephen Lubet, Murder in Tombstone
  • Patricia Cline Cohen, The Murder of Helen Jewett
  • Criminal Suit: State v. Rehberg (Download)

Writing:

  • Problem #4: Criminal Suits (Reader)

BLOG POST #5 DUE—PROBLEM #4

BLOG POST #6 DUE—ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Monday,

October 16

Reading:

  • Joe Nickel, Camera Clues
  • Painting, The Quilting Party (Reader)

Writing:

  • Problem #5: Images (Reader)

BLOG POST #7 DUE—PROBLEM #5

Monday,

October 23

Reading:

  • Jeremy Black, Maps and History
  • Map: Barrow's Plantation (Reader)

Writing:

  • Problem #6: Maps (Reader

BLOG POST #8 DUE—PROBLEM #6

Monday,

October 30

Readings:

  • Simon Schama, Dead Certainties

Writing:

  • Problem #7: Writing History (Reader)

BLOG POST #9 DUE—PROBLEM #7

Monday,

November 6

No Class (Writing & Research)

BLOG POST #10 DUE—RESEARCH UPDATE

Monday,

November 13

No Class (Writing & Research)

BLOG POST #11 DUE—RESEARCH UPDATE

Monday,

November 20

 FIRST DRAFT DUE (in class)

Monday,

November 27

INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES (TBA)

Tuesday,

November 28

INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES (TBA)

Monday,

November 28

NO CLASS (Revision)

BLOG POST #12 DUE—REVISION UPDATE

 

FINAL DRAFT DUE (In Class)

SELF-EVALUATION DUE