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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, 12-19 July. 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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1-11
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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12-19
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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12-19
July
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Post-assessment
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19-30
July
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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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1-11
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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1-11
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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12-19
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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12-19
July
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Post-assessment
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19-30
July
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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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20
July – 15 August
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Research paper submitted to Prof. Isern as Word doc attached
to email – see specifications for graduate papers
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Qualitative evaluation by Prof. Isern
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