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1 H H I I S S T T O O R R Y Y 1 1 9 9 9 9 : : F F R R E E S S H H M M A A N N S S E E M M I I N N A A R R W W I I N N T T E E R R 2 2 0 0 1 1 5 5 U U n n c c o o v v e e r r i i n n g g t t h h e e P P a a s s t t o o f f t t h h e e R R e e a a l l W W i i l l d d W W e e s s t t Instructor: Kevin D. Hatfield Classroom: 122 McKenzie Hall Office: 120 Living Learning Center Meeting Time: UH 2:003:50 Phone: 5413461977 Class Website: blackboard.uoregon.edu EMail: [email protected] CRN: 27059 Office Hours: Tuesdays, 4:005:00pm Final Exam: 12:30pm, Monday, 3/ 16 Recurring Visiting Scholar: Jennifer O’Neal, University Historian and Archivist I COURSE DESCRIPTION: A HISTORIAN’S APPRENTICESHIP Are you tired of learning history from a text book and fillintheblank tests? Would you prefer a unique chance to investigate original primary sources, such as letters, diaries, photographs, maps, artifacts, campaign literature, editorial cartoons, court transcripts, oral interviews, and government propaganda films to name a few? Does most of your knowledge of the “Old West” come from Clint Eastwood films, television series such as Deadwood or Hell on Wheels, or video games like The Oregon Trail and Red Dead Redemption? Would you enjoy the opportunity to recover the forgotten and disremembered voices and experiences of real historical actors, who lived in the American West, from the archives, field trips, and dynamic guest speakers? If so, this Freshman Seminar offers you a “handson” apprenticeship in the historian’s craft. For nearly 150 years the American West has functioned as the synecdoche—the part that represents the whole—for the United States. The popular culture construction of the American West has come to define American identity, character, and exceptionalism—what is uniquely and quintessentially “American” is often placed in the context of the West. William F. Cody arguably became the first modern celebrity during the American and European tours of Buffalo Bills “Wild West” from the 1870s through the early 20 th Century. Buffalo Bill performances established the tradition of popular culture claiming and exerting the primary influence of creating our collective “knowledge” of the American West. Buffalo Bill famously cast “real” historical actors from the West—Sitting Bull, Kicking Bear, Red Shirt, Annie Oakley, cowboys—and righteously asserted that his performances represented “authentic” and “realistic” historical re‐enactments of events from the Wild West. Buffalo Bill bristled at the use of the word “show” for his acts, believing it falsely diminished his work as tawdry “entertainment” or “recreation” for the audience, when in contrast, he believed he delivered his performances as “history lessons” and his troupe as an “educational institution” for generations who would not grow up on the frontier. Buffalo Bill became a “cultural authority” in his own right through his re‐enactments of moments of “conquest” and “colonization,” such as the “Custer’s Last Stand” and the “Stage Coach Attack,” and ultimately set a pattern of credentialing popular culture portrayals of the American West through the “incorporation” of indigenous peoples—a practice that would seamlessly transition from the field and stage to the silver screen of silent film and later talkies and television. Consequently, a dominant culture ethnocentric and colonial vision and remembering of the American West has maintained a tenacious hold on our collective memory and knowledge. This portrayal of the American West has conventionally, obscured the development of a multi‐cultural region that became the crossroads for immigrants and peoples descending from Europe, Asia, Central America, and Africa—all of whom entered a cultural landscape already occupied by diverse indigenous peoples.

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Instructor:   Kevin D. Hatfield       Classroom:          122 McKenzie Hall Office:    120 Living Learning Center    Meeting Time:     UH 2:00‐3:50 Phone:   541‐346‐1977        Class Website:     blackboard.uoregon.edu E‐Mail:   [email protected]     CRN:         27059      Office Hours:  Tuesdays, 4:00‐5:00pm    Final Exam:      12:30pm, Monday, 3/ 16 Recurring Visiting Scholar: Jennifer O’Neal, University Historian and Archivist 

I  COURSE DESCRIPTION: A HISTORIAN’S APPRENTICESHIP 

Areyoutiredoflearninghistoryfromatextbookandfill‐in‐the‐blanktests?Wouldyoupreferauniquechancetoinvestigateoriginalprimarysources,suchasletters,diaries,photographs,maps,

artifacts,campaignliterature,editorialcartoons,courttranscripts,oralinterviews,andgovernmentpropagandafilmstonameafew?Doesmostofyourknowledgeofthe“OldWest”comefromClintEastwoodfilms,televisionseriessuchasDeadwoodorHellonWheels,orvideogameslikeTheOregonTrailandRedDeadRedemption?Wouldyouenjoytheopportunitytorecovertheforgottenanddis‐rememberedvoicesandexperiencesofrealhistoricalactors,wholivedintheAmericanWest,fromthearchives,fieldtrips,anddynamicguestspeakers?Ifso,thisFreshman

Seminaroffersyoua“hands‐on”apprenticeshipinthehistorian’scraft.

Fornearly150yearstheAmericanWesthasfunctionedasthesynecdoche—thepartthatrepresentsthewhole—fortheUnitedStates.ThepopularcultureconstructionoftheAmericanWesthascometodefineAmericanidentity,character,andexceptionalism—whatisuniquelyandquintessentially“American”isoftenplacedinthecontextoftheWest.WilliamF.CodyarguablybecamethefirstmoderncelebrityduringtheAmericanandEuropeantoursofBuffaloBills“WildWest”fromthe1870sthroughtheearly20thCentury.BuffaloBillperformancesestablishedthetraditionofpopularcultureclaimingandexertingtheprimaryinfluenceofcreatingourcollective“knowledge”oftheAmericanWest.BuffaloBillfamouslycast“real”historicalactorsfromtheWest—SittingBull,KickingBear,RedShirt,AnnieOakley,cowboys—andrighteouslyassertedthathisperformancesrepresented“authentic”and“realistic”historicalre‐enactmentsofeventsfromtheWildWest.BuffaloBillbristledattheuseoftheword“show”forhisacts,believingitfalselydiminishedhisworkastawdry“entertainment”or“recreation”fortheaudience,whenincontrast,hebelievedhedeliveredhisperformancesas“historylessons”andhistroupeasan“educationalinstitution”forgenerationswhowouldnotgrowuponthefrontier.BuffaloBillbecamea“culturalauthority”inhisownrightthroughhisre‐enactmentsofmomentsof“conquest”and“colonization,”suchasthe“Custer’sLastStand”andthe“StageCoachAttack,”andultimatelysetapatternofcredentialingpopularcultureportrayalsoftheAmericanWestthroughthe“incorporation”ofindigenouspeoples—apracticethatwouldseamlesslytransitionfromthefieldandstagetothesilverscreenofsilentfilmandlatertalkiesandtelevision.Consequently,adominantcultureethnocentricandcolonialvisionandrememberingoftheAmericanWesthasmaintainedatenaciousholdonourcollectivememoryandknowledge.ThisportrayaloftheAmericanWesthasconventionally,obscuredthedevelopmentofamulti‐culturalregionthatbecamethecrossroadsforimmigrantsandpeoplesdescendingfromEurope,Asia,CentralAmerica,andAfrica—allofwhomenteredaculturallandscapealreadyoccupiedbydiverseindigenouspeoples.

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ThiscoursewillengagestudentsinaseriesofscaffoldedanalyticalexercisescomparingthispopularcultureportrayaloftheAmericanWestbystage,film,televisionandvoiceactorswiththeactualhistoryoftheAmericanWestasrecountedthroughthefirst‐handexperiencesof“historicalactors”wholivedintheAmericanWest.Theclassdiscussions,small‐groupprimarysourceexercises,andtake‐homemidtermwillpreparestudentsfortheircapstone“Reelv.RealHistory”InquiryProjects,whichwillprobeourcollectivememoryorimaginationofthe“OldWest,”andinterrogatehow20th(and21st)centurynovels,film,television,videogames,duderanches,themeparks,re‐enactments,andotherpopularculturerepresentationshaveconstructedperceptionsoftheAmericanWestthatoftendivergeradicallyfromtherealityofthepast.Thestudents’originalresearchprojectswillbegintounpackthisquestionbyteasingoutfactfromfictioninour“memories”or“knowledge”ofthistimeandplace,andclarifyingtheblurredlinesbetweenhistory,myth,andfolklore.StudentswillcontributetoagrowingbodyofscholarshipandcreativeworkbyNativeandnon‐Nativehistorians,anthropologists,novelists,filmmakers,andartistsactivelydecolonizingthe“BuffaloBill”tradition.Intermsofhowstudentswill“learn”historyinthiscourse,theapprenticeshipwillreorientstudentsfroma"factsfirst"approachor"contentcoverage"modeloflearninghistoryemphasizingthepassiveconsumptionofexpertknowledge,toaninquiry‐based"historicalthinking"modelthatpositionsstudentsasactiveproducersofhistory.Theapprenticeshipwillframehistoryasa“wayofknowing”anda“wayofthinking”ratherthananaccumulationofpastevents.Studentswill“do”history,andbegintopracticetheprocessandmethodologyofthediscipline.Asapprenticehistorians,studentswillperformoriginalresearchintheUniversityofOregonSpecialCollectionsandUniversityArchives(SCUA)andthroughdigitizedprimarysourcescollectedbytheinstructorfromvariouslocal,stateandnationalarchivesandrepositories.Studentswillalsoexperiencethechancetointerpretandauthortheirownnarrativesandexplanationsofthepast.Finally,theapprenticeshipwillintroducestudentstothemethodologyanddisciplinaryexpertiseofacademichistoriansthroughtheanalysisofsecondaryliterature(e.g.scholarlyarticlesandbooks).

II COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES Studentscompletingthishistorian'sapprenticeshipwill:

Improvehistoricalthinkingandinquiryskills(See“ANoteonPresentism&thePastastheIrreducibleOther”onpage15ofthissyllabus)

Becomeaccustomedtoreadingandinterpretingprimarysourcematerials,drawingtheirownconclusionsaboutthem,andusingthemtoconstructarguments

Applyhistoriographyandmethodologytohistoricalresearchandanalysisofprimaryandsecondarysources

Performscholarlywritingasaprocessofdisciplinarythinking

Applyhistoricalconcepts(e.g.,causation,agency,contingency,continuity/change)toprimarysourceresearchandanalysis

Strengthenevidence‐basedargumentationandreasoning(e.g.,empirical,inferential,inductive)

Developandstrengthentheirmetacognition—theirconsciousandcriticalself‐reflectiononhowtheyarelearningandbeingtaught

CriticallyengageessentialquestionsandimprovecontentknowledgeofAmericanWesthistory

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III  SUCCEEDING IN THE COURSE 

Itisthestudent'sresponsibilitytoreadallsyllabuscontentcarefully,andconsultwiththeinstructoriftheyhaveanyquestionsorconcernsabouttherequirements,policiesormaterialcoveredintheclass.Thissyllabusisacriticalreferenceguideandresourcefortheentirecourse.Studentsshouldreviewthesyllabusbeforeeveryclasssessionandcontinuallyastheyperformcourserequirements.Successfulstudentshaveregularattendance,completereadingsbeforeattendingclasses,participateactivelyindiscussions,andmakeuseofofficehoursasnecessary.Overallparticipation,effortandanyimprovementsdemonstratedthroughoutthecoursewillbeconsideredwhendecidingfinalcoursegrades.

IV  BOOK AND BOOK CHAPTER READINGS  ScottZesch TheCaptured:ATrueStoryofAbductionbytheIndiansontheTexasFrontier

NewYork,St.Martin’sPress,2004 PhilipJ.Deloria IndiansinUnexpectedPlaces

Lawrence:UniversityPressofKansas,2004 PPRROOVVIIDDEEDDOONNBBLLAACCKKBBOOAARRDD

Excerpt:Introduction&Chapter2“REPRESENTATION:IndianWars,theMovie”

V  EVALUATION  A)   Primary Source Interpretation Exercises & Reports: (2 @ 20 points each)  

Studentswillbegintheirhistorian’sapprenticeshipsandhoningtheirhistoricalcraftskillsandknowledgefortheculminatinghistoricalinquiryprojectbyperformingtwopracticeprimarysourceanalysisexercisesbasedonsmallcollectionsofmaterials.Thesesmallgroupexerciseswillofferworkshopsforstudentstoengageinthinkingcritically,framinghistoricalquestions,interpretingprimarysources,assessingevidence,andwritingexplanatorynarratives.StudentswillperformthefirstexerciseinSpecialCollectionswithoriginalmanuscriptsandartifacts,andenjoytheopportunitytosurveyarangeofpotentialtopicsandsourcesfortheirhistoricalinquiryprojects.Thesecondexerciseembodiesarole‐playing“game”inspiredbytheReactingtothePast(RTTP)curriculum,andstudentswill“enact”aChineseExclusionActTrialbaseduponfirst‐personrecordsofaChineseExclusionActCaseFile.Fullinstructionsforeachexercisewillbeprovidedseparately.Bothprimarysourceexerciseswillbeprefacedwithintroductorylecturescontextualizingthetopics.Theinstructorwilldistributespecificinstructionsandbibliographiesforeachprimarysourceexercise.Studentswillcomposeindividualtwo‐tothree‐pagereports(500to750words)thatpresenttheirnarrativeinterpretationoftheessentialquestionsinvestigatedforeachexercise.Thetwoprimarysourcesetsincludematerialscreatedbymultipleauthors,bearingconflicting,contradictory,andincompleteevidence,aswellasfragmentaryanddiscretenarrativesthatposeacreativechallengetohistorians.Thesecollaborativeexerciseswillallowstudentstoexplorepointsofconsensusanddivergenceregarding:1)thethematicinterpretationofspecificsources—theirauthorship,perspective,language,bias,

ImportantNote:Studentsmustreturnalloptionalmaterials(e.g.,books,DVDs,VHSTapes)borrowedfromtheinstructorBYTHEENDOFTHETERMTORECEIVEAFINALGRADE.

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veracity/authenticity,completeness,andreliability;and2)thebroaderinterpretationoftheoverallsubject—howrepresentativearetheexperiencesofthesehistoricalactors?Theexercisesintroducestudentstotheconceptandprocessof“historiography”—howdohistoriansassignmeaningtopastandreachcontrastinginterpretationsandexplanationswhenanalyzingthesameempiricalevidence?Finally,theexercisescapturetheuncertainty,contingency,andfluidityofthepast.Thesetwoin‐classinquiry‐basedgroupexerciseswillpreparestudentstoperformoriginalon‐sitearchivalresearchforthe“Reelv.RealHistory”inquiryprojects.Consulttheguide,“AdviceonHowtoApproachthePrimarySourceInterpretationExercises”onpage14ofthissyllabus,andpostedinBlackboard.1. EXERCISE1:DiscoveringDisrememberedVoices:ReconstructingthePastofRace,Gender,Class

intheAmericanWest

GroupA:"PioneerMothers:"ReflectionsofWomanhoodandFemininityinOregonTrailDiaries GroupB:SettlerColonialism&ResettlementofIndigenousPeoples:TreatieswiththeUmpquaandKalapuya1854,1855/SiletzReservationMaps GroupC:OregonFreeSoilIdeology,BlackExclusionandAnti‐Slavery:BlackExclusionLaws&CaseFilesofTheophilusMagruderv.JacobVanderpool(1851);RobinHolmesv.NathanielFord(1852–53);andAbnerandO.B.Francis(1851) GroupD:ThePedagogyofEthnocideandAssimilation:ChemawaIndianBoardingSchoolandWarmSpringsReservationSchoolRecords

GroupE:Rodeosandthe"VanishingRace":Romanticizingthe"OldWest"throughtheEyeoftheCamera:WalterS.BowmanPhotographs,1890–1925andLeeMorehousePhotographs,1888–1925

2. EXERCISE2:GamSaan&theUnassimilables:ChineseImmigration,Exclusion&Sinophobia:

ChineseExclusionActTrialofChanChowMow

B)  Group Discussion Facilitators & Written Questions (10 points possible: 5 points for posting; 5 points for discussion facilitation) 

NOTE:Allstudentsmustcompleteallthereadingforeverybookdiscussion,however,thefacilitationgroupwillhelpframethediscussionfortheday. Toexploremajorcoursethemesthroughthesingleassignedbook—ScottZesch’sTheCaptured—theclasswillbearrangedinto“DiscussionFacilitationGroups”comprisingtwotofivestudentstoengagestudentsinreadingdiscussions.Eachgroupwillbeassignedtwochaptersthebook(usuallyabout40‐50pages).Foreachscheduleddiscussion,the“DiscussionFacilitationGroups”forthatdaywilldeliverbriefintroductionsthatframethemajorthemes,arguments,andmethodologyoftheirparticularsection.EachmemberofthefacilitatinggroupwillpreparetwohistoricalquestionstoposetotheclassthroughtherespectiveBlackboardDiscussionForumsavailableforeachbook,nolaterthanthedaypriortotheirdiscussion.Studentswillframebroadlyanalyticalquestionsthatcontemplateprimaryarguments,interpretations,themes,sources,andmethodology,insteadofcontent‐specific,narrowlyfactualquestions.

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C)  Take‐Home Midterm: Comparative Source Analysis: The Captured and The Searchers (30 points possible)  Asinhabitantsofthe21stCentury,ourcollectivememoryofthe“OldWest”oftenreflectsthe20th‐Century“Reel”historyofHollywoodwesterncinemamorethanthe19th‐Century“Real”historyoftheAmericanWest.Thistake‐homemidtermprovidesstudentsanopportunitytocomparethehistoricalreconstructionofinter‐culturalrelationshipsandacculturationasportrayedbydirectorJohnFordinhisfilm,TheSearchers(1956),andhistorianScottZeschinhisaward‐winningbook,TheCatpured.Thetake‐homemidtermalsofunctionsasanotherprogressive“practice”exercisepreparingstudentsfortheirculminatinghistoricalinquiryprojects.Studentswillanswerfouroutofeightquestionsina“short‐answer”format.Eachanswershouldbeapproximatelythreetofourparagraphsinlengthandprovidedabriefanalyticalresponsetothequestionsupportedbyevidencedrawnfromthebook,film,andclassdiscussion.Answersdonotneedtobecomprehensiveintheiranalyticalscopeorfactualcontent.Besuccinctandsubstantive,andpresentthemostillustrativeexampleyouhave.Althoughasuccinctdiscussionofhistoricalaccuracy(actualtruth)orverisimilitude(appearanceoftruth)maycompriseacomponentofyourcommentary,studentsshouldavoidpreparinganexhaustivecatalogofanachronismsanddeviationsfromliteralreality.Instead,yourshortanswersshouldapproachthefilmasadramaticvehicleorartform—grantingthatitisnotanon‐fictionaldocumentary—andfocusonthe“vision,”“imagination,”“perception”or“myth”oftheAmericanWestfashionedbyplotdevelopment,narrativestructure,characterformation,dialoguepresentation,performances,direction,andothercinematictechniques.

D)  Historical Inquiry Project: “Reel versus Real History” (120 points possible)  The“ReelversusRealHistory”historicalinquiryprojectrepresentstheculminatingintellectualexerciseof

thecourse,andintentionallybuildsupontheknowledgeandskillsstudentshavecultivatedas“apprenticehistorians”inpreviousclassdiscussions,theVisitingScholarssession,thetwoPrimarySourceInterpretationExercises,andtheTake‐HomeMidtermcomparativeanalysisofdirectorJohnFord’sfilmTheSearchersandhistorianScottZesch’sTheCaptured.

CinemahasprofoundlyshapedourhistoricalmemoryandcollectiveimaginationoftheAmericanWest.

Hollywoodhasconstructedamodernmythologyofindigeneity,race,class,gender,violence,nationalidentity,Americancharacter,democracy,immigration,landscape,region,frontier,andgeneralprofilesofindividualsandcommunitiesintheWest.Despitethefolkloricpatinaofthemedium,manyfilmsreflectkernelsoftruthregardingboththeerastheydepictandthetimesinwhichtheywerecreated.Forexample,toapresentaudience,JohnFord’sSergeantRutledge(1960)mayrevealmoreaboutColdWarracialtensionsthantheexperiencesofAfrican‐American“buffalosoldiers”servinginthepost‐CivilWarcavalryinthe1870s.

Thisexercisewillalloweachstudenttoselectahistoricaltopicoftheirpassionandcraftauniquehistoricalquestiontoinvestigateaparticularaspectofthistopic.Withtheinstructor’sguidance,studentswillidentifyapopularcultureartifact—typicallyafeaturefilm,televisionseriesepisode(s),orvideogame—andasmallcollectionoforiginalprimarysourcematerialsthatbothengagethestudents’selectedtopic.SimilartotheTake‐HomeMidterm,the“ReelversusReal”historicalinquiryprojectenablesstudentstocriticallyanalyzehowapopularculturedepictionoftheirtopiccompareswithoriginalprimarysourceevidence.Whereas,theTake‐HomeMidtermaskedstudentstocomparethetopicsof“captivity,acculturation,race,andinterculturalcontact/conflict”betweenafilmandthepublishedscholarshipofahistorian,the“ReelversusRealHistory”projectpositionsstudentstocompareapopularcultureartifactwithoriginalprimarysources(ratherthanasimplyabook).Whenpossibletheinstructorwillencouragestudentstopulldifferenttopics

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outofthesamefilm,televisionepisode,orvideogame.Theinstructorwillsharealistoffilmsandtelevisionepisodes,aswellaslistsofpotentialtopics,primarysourcecollections/resources,andpaststudentprojects.TheclasswillalsoperformresearchintheUOLibrariesonseveralfieldresearchtripsunderthementorshipoftheinstructorandassistancefromlibrarians,archivists,andspecialcollectionsstaff.Thisprojectisnotintendedtorepresentafull‐scaleresearchpaper,butratherafocusedcomparativeanalysisofaspecificfilmwithspecificprimarysources/sourcecollection.

Theinstructorhasorganizedthe“ReelVersusRealHistory”projectintosevensteps.Eachstepfunctionsasa

milestoneorcheck‐inpointduringtheresearchandwritingprocess,andfostersacriticalfeedbackloopbetweenthestudentandinstructorthroughsubstantivewrittencommentaryandone‐on‐onetutorialadvising.Despitetheconsecutiveorderofthesteps,studentsareencouragedtoapproachhistoricalresearchandwritingasareciprocal,ratherthanstrictlylinear,exercise.Thestepsrepresentthebuildingblocksor“work‐in‐progress”iterationsoftheoverallresearchproject,andnotdiscrete“finalproducts.”Muchofthewritingperformedforthesestepswillultimatelybeincorporatedinthefinaloralpresentationsandpapers.Forexample,itisexpectedthatfurtherprimarysourceresearchwillinformandre‐fashiontheinitialhistoricalquestion,whereasprogressivewritingwillidentifygapsinprimarysourceanalysisandnecessitateadditionalresearchandthediscoveryofnewsources.Ultimately,thestepsintendtoreinforcea“metacognitiveconsciousness”amongstudentsaslearners,practitioners,andproducersofhistory,andremainreflectiveandself‐awareoftheirthinkingandreasoning.

Step One: Selecting the Topic & Film [10 Points]

DUE:One‐page(250words)proposalexplainingselectionoftopicandfilmInstructions:Studentsconferringwiththeinstructor,andpreferablycollaboratinginsmallgroupsofthreetofivememberswillidentifyaneffectivefilm(s)/televisionepisode(s)/videogamefortheirinquiryproject,andwillhaveanopportunitytoperformaninitialviewingoftheirpopularcultureartifactinclass.Ultimately,eachstudent/groupmemberwillexamineaunique,yetcomplementarythemebycomparingacomponentofthefilmwithspecificprimarysourcematerialsandevidence.Eachstudentwillsubmitaone‐page(250words)proposalidentifyingtheirfilmandtopic.

Studentsandgroupsmaybegintheirresearchbyperusingfilmreviewscomposedbycontemporaryfilmcritics,andhistoricalessayscritiquingthefilmwrittenbyacademichistorians.Theinstructorwilldistributealistoffilms/televisionepisodesavailableinhisprivatecollectionforuseintheclass.Theinstructorwillalsopurchasefilms/televisionseriesasneededfortheclass.Theinstructordoesnothaveavideogamecollection.Studentsshouldbeawareofthefollowingresources:

InternetMovieDatabase(imdb.com) JournalofAmericanHistory(availableinfull‐texton‐line)[filmreviewsection] Kilpatrick,CelluloidIndians:NativeAmericansandFilm Marubbio,KillingtheIndianMaiden:ImagesofNativeAmericanWomeninFilm Slotkin,GunfighterNation Carnes,ed.PastImperfect:HistoryAccordingtotheMovies Collins&O’Connor,eds.Hollywood’sWest:TheAmericanFrontierinFilm,Television,&History Cowie,JohnFordandtheAmericanWest Coyne,TheCrowdedPrairie:AmericanNationalIdentityintheHollywoodWestern Roquemore,HistoryGoestotheMovies

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Step Two: Framing Historical Questions & Identifying Primary Sources [20 Points]

DUE:One‐page(250words)narrativeofhistoricalquestion(s)[10points];ANDone‐page(nowordcount)annotatedbibliography(minimumoffivesources)[10points]Instructions:

i. HistoricalQuestions

BasedonthetopicchoseninStepOne,studentswillbegincraftinganeffectivehistoricalquestiontoguidetheirprimarysourceresearchandfilm/televisionepisode/videogameanalysis.Studentswillcomposeatwo‐tothree‐paragraph(approximately250words)historicalquestion.First,beginthisprocessbyfocusingthetopicintoamorerefinedhistoricalinquirybytighteningthegeographic,chronological,and/orthematic/theoreticalscope.Avoidquestionsthatareeithertoonarrowortoobroadtoanswereffectively.Studentmayalsobegintoarticulatetheirworkinghypothesis,argument,orinterpretationinresponsetoyourquestion.Ultimately,questionsshouldlinktheoriginalprimarysourceresearchtothefilm/televisionepisode/videogame.Seeexamplesbelow:

WhatfactorscausedvigilanteviolenceintheAmericanWest? Whatwasthedifferencebetweena“lynching”anda“hanging?” Whywerelynchingsandhangingspublicspectacles? Whatroledidrace,class,andgenderplayinviolence? Whywerevictimsoflynchingsoftentorturedbeforedeathandtheircorpsesmutilated

postmortem? Howwasmasculinityconstructedthroughsuchviolence? HowdospecificincidentsofvigilantejusticeintheAmericanWestcomparetothedepiction

ofunjustexecutioninWilliamWellman’s1943film,TheOx‐BowIncident? Whyareraceandviolence/torturedownplayedbyWellman?

ii. AnnotatedBibliography

Eachstudent/groupmemberwillfindsufficientprimarysourcestoconducttheircomparativeanalysis(consultyourclasshandoutforexplanationofprimary/secondarysources).Sourcesmayincludegovernmentdocuments,personalletters/diaries,memoirs/autobiographies,courtrecords,historicalnewspapers/magazines,photographs,maps,oralinterviews,sheetmusic,soundrecordings,andnumerousotherprimarysources.Studentswillprepareaannotatedbibliographywithaminimumoffivesourcecitations.Anannotatedbibliographyoffersyourreaderthesourcecitationandadditionalinformationandcommentaryaboutthesourcesyoucite(e.g.sourcetype,creator/author),andclarifieshowthecontentofthesourcematerialisrelevanttoyourresearch.Researchersshouldcreatetheirannotatedbibliographiesconcurrentwiththeperformanceoftheirprimarysourceresearch,andusethebibliographyasaworkingresourcetodocumentandtracktheirexaminationofprimaryandsecondarysources.Theinstructorwilldistributeacitationguidetoassiststudentswithformattingtheannotatedbibliography.

ThedisciplineofhistoryfollowstheChicagoManualofStyle(CMS)(nowinits16thedition)citationandeditorialsystem.MosthistoryundergraduateandgraduatestudentsconsultanabbreviatedversionoftheCMSauthoredbyKateL.Turabiantitled,AManualforWritersofResearchPapers,Theses,andDissertations8thEd.(Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,2013).ForthoseofyoupursuingadegreeinhistoryIwouldencourageyoutopurchaseacopyofthisinvaluablereference.

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Step Three: Paper Outline/Concept Map [5 points] DUE:One‐page(nowordcount)outlineofpaperInstructions:Studentswillprepareaone‐page(nowordcount)schematicoutlineoftheirpaper.Thecognitiveprocessof“outlining”assistsresearcherswithorganizingtheirthinkingandreasoning,andthetranslationofprimaryandsecondarysourceevidenceintoacoherentnarrative.Outlinesmayrevealdeficienciesinempiricaldataorincompleteanalysis.Althoughsomestudentsmaychoosetoperformtheiroutlineinaconventionalhierarchicalstructureofheadingsandsubheadingstodemonstraterelationshipsandorderingofideas,studentsarewelcometouseanyformatthatbestmatchestheircreativeprocess.ConceptMaps,IdeaMapsorothervisualthinkingtoolsthatdiagramthestructureofcontentandanalysisarewelcome.

Step Four: Peer Evaluation [10 points] DUE:FirstDraftofFinalPaper(fourtofivepages/1,000to1,250words)[SubmittoPeerEvaluator); ANDPeerCritiqueofPartnersPaperIncludingeditorialmarksanda150‐to200‐wordCritiqueInstructions:

i. PaperDraftsToensurestudentsreceivethemosteffectiveevaluationsfromtheirpeers,paperdraftsshouldaspiretoincludethefollowingelements:

1. Introduction

Theintroductionofthepaperiscriticaltoitsoverallcoherenceandclarity.Theintroductionfunctionsastheinitialhookanddirectoryforthereader—itsimultaneouslydrawstheminandbeginstoguidethemthroughyourresearchandanalysis.Studentsareencouragedtoperformtwoself‐teststodetermineiftheintroductioniswellorganizedandclearlyarticulated.First,readtheintroductionoutloudandconsiderwhetherthefourelementshavebeenaddressed.Second,afterthecompletionofthefirstdraftofthepaper,readthefirstsentenceofeachsubsequentparagraphoutloudandconsiderwhetherthepaperstillmakessense—hasthepaperfollowedthenarrative/analyticalpathsetoutbytheintroduction?

2. SubheadingsandTopicSentences

Theelementsincorporatedthroughouttheessaywillserveassignpoststhatcontinuetonavigatethereadertowardtheconclusion.Theauthor’soverridingresponsibilityistopilotthereaderthroughthenarrative.Afterreadingtheintroduction,thereadershouldfirmlygraspthefollowing:1)thegeneraltopic;2)thehistoricalquestion;3)thethesis,oranswerto/interpretationofthequestion;and4)principalcomparativepoints.

3. Quotations

Incorporatingquotationsfromyourprimarysourcematerialsanddialoguefromfilms,televisionepisodes,orvideogameswillprovideanopportunityforyourpeerevaluatortoassessthecontentandeffectivenessofthisimportantcomponentofyourpaper.Quotationscanconveythevoiceofhistoricalactorfromyourprimarysourcesandtheatrical/voiceactorsformyourfilm,televisionepisode,videogamethatcapturesamood,tone,oridiosyncrasiesthatwouldbemutedorlostthroughparaphrasing.Theycanalsopresentevidenceinasuccinctmanner.

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4. Footnotes

Thepeerevaluatorwillneedtoknowthesourceofyourevidenceanddirectquotations.Theinclusionoffootnotesinthedraftwillalsoprovideanopportunityforthepeerevaluator(andinstructor)toofferfeedbackonformattingandmissingcitationdata.

ii. PeerEvaluation

Studentswillformpairsandexchangethefirstdraftsoftheirpaperswiththeirpeerevaluator.StudentswillemailtheirfirstdraftstotheirpartnerandtheinstructorinMSWordformattoenablethepeerevaluatortoperformeditsin“TrackChanges”modeandincludetheirnarrativecritiqueatthebottomofthepaper.Peerevaluatorswillreadtheirpartner’spapercarefullyandprovideajudiciousbalanceofdirectiveandfacilitativefeedbackthroughcopyeditingmarks,marginalcomments,andaformalone‐pagecritique(150–200words).Directivefeedbackwillofferprescriptiveinstructionsforspecificchangesandimprovements,suchascorrectionstospelling,punctuation,grammar,andformatting.Facilitativefeedbackwillsharesuggestivequestionsandcommentarythatengagebroaderanalyticalpointsregardingorganization,arguments,sources,analysis,clarity,andstructure.Peerevaluatorsshouldapplyparticularattentiontotheintroduction,thesis,andtopicsentences.Additionally,peerevaluatorsshouldscrutinizetheuseofevidencefromthefilmandprimarysources.Howeffectivelyhasthewriterparaphrasedorquotedprimarysources?Howconsistentlyandfullyhasthewritercitedprimarysourcedataintheirfootnotes/endnotes?Finally,doestheconclusionreassertandstrengthenthethesisstatement?Everystudentmustcompleteapeercritique.ThisexerciseassignspointstothePeerEvaluatorNOTtheevaluatee.Peerevaluatorswillreturntheeditedpapersandnarrativecritiqueviaemailtotheirpartnersandcopytheinstructor.

Step Five: Presentation Outline (Group or Individual) [5 points] DUE:PresentationOutline(100–200words)Instructions:Studentswilldraftascriptoroutlineforafinaloralpresentation(fivetosixminutesinduration)oftheirhistoricalinquiryprojectstotheclass.Presentationswillscreenaselectedsceneorscenecompilation,sharetheirprimarysources,andexplaintheirfindings/analysis.StudentsareencouragedtoprepareaPowerPoint,Keynote,Preziorothermultimediapresentationwithembeddedfilmscenesanddigitalimagesofprimarysources.Presentationswillalsoallowtimeforquestionsfromtheclass.Studentselectingtopresentwithpeerssharingacommonfilm/televisionseries/videogamewillcoordinatetheorderoftheirpresentationsandareencouragedtocompiletheirindividualpresentationsintoonePowerPointfileifpossible.PresentationoutlineswillincludeALLthefollowingelements:

1. Statementofgroup’s/individual’stopic(s)orhistoricalquestion(s)

2. Descriptionofeachgroupmember’sfilmsceneandfilmicelementanalyzed

3. Descriptionandcitationofeachgroupmember’sprimarysources

4. Summaryofeachgroupmember’scomparativeanalysisbetweenthefilmandprimarysources

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5. Cues(startandstoptimes)forscreeningfilmscenes(ifnotembeddedinPowerPointpresentationorcompiledinseparatemovingimagefile)

Step Six: Final Oral Presentation [10 points] DUE:OralPresentation(5–6minutesmaximum)Instructions:Studentswillshowcasethefindingsoftheirhistoricalinquiryprojectsduring5–6minuteindividualpresentations.Everystudentwilldeliveranoralpresentationnolongerthan6minutes.Somestudentsmaychoosetopresentwithpeerssharingacommonfilm/televisionseries/videogame,however,eachstudentisstillrequiredtopresentindividuallyfor5to6minutes.ThepresentationswillbescheduledforDeadWeekandFinalsWeek.Theinstructorwilldistributeanoralpresentationevaluationrubrictostudents.

Step Seven: Individual Analysis Paper [50 points]

DUE:IndividualAnalysisPaper(seespecificrequirementsbelow)Instructions:Studentswillcomposeafour‐to‐fivepageresearchpaperthatoffersacomparativeanalysisoftheirhistoricaltopicandhistoricalquestionbetweentheirselectedfilm/televisionepisode/videogameandprimarysourcematerials.Essayswillpresentacriticalanalysisofaparticularquestionortheme,andnotsimplysummarizeordescribecontent.Essayswillalsoincorporatequotesfromthefilmandprimarysourcestocapturethevoicesoffictionalandhistoricalactors.Studentswillalsoprovidefullcitationsforallsourcesandcitealldirectquotes.PleasefindbelowastructuraloutlineforyourfinalIndividualAnalysisEssay.Thisisasuggestedoutline,andyouarewelcometoadoptanalternateformat:

1. Introduction.Clarifytopic,thesis,andprincipalpointsofcomparison.2. Briefsummaryoffilm/televisionseries/videogame.Focusonkeyelementsrelevanttoyour

question.3. Briefsummaryofprimarysourceresearch.Whatwasthestructureoftheresearch—casestudy;

historicalactor;historicalevent—andwhattypesofsourceswereresearched?4. Comparativeanalysis.Thisisthebody/coreoftheessay.Analyzethespecificprimarysources

youexaminedandthespecificscenes/filmicelementfocusedupon.Assertyourkeyarguments,interpretations,findings.

5. Conclusion.Reassertyourthesisandunderscoreyouranalysisofthemainthemeoftheproject.

Allfinalversionsofpaperswillconformtothefollowingformatrequirements:

EditorialStyle: ChicagoManualofStyle(CMS)/Turabian

Length: 4to5pages(1,000to1,250words)

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Margins: 1”left,right,topandbottomFontSize: 11or12pointLineSpacing: double‐spacePagination: pagenumbersrequired;placementisauthor’schoiceCitations: footnotesorendnotes(parentheticalreferencesnotaccepted)TitlePage: includepapertitle/subtitle,authorname,date,course,instructornameDeliveryFormat: electronicMSWordfileformat

Quotes: quotationslongerthanfourlinesoftextwillbeblockformatted;seeTurabianfor

blockquoteformattinginstructions E) Participation & Tutorial Meeting with Professor (10 points possible)  

Thesuccessofthisseminardependsontheregularattendanceandactiveparticipationofallstudentstofosterpeercommunity,stimulateintellectualcuriosity,sustaindialogue,andengageincollaborativeresearch.Anyunacceptable,non‐documentedabsences(seesection“VIPolicyonMissedDeadlines,Absences&Incompletes”below)ofthreesessionsandabovewillresultinthereductionofyourfinalcoursegradebyonecompletegrade.Eachstudentwillalsoscheduleaone‐on‐onetutorialappointmentwiththeinstructorbytheendofweekfivetodiscusstheinquiryproject.

TToottaall PPoossssiibbllee PPooiinnttss ffoorr EEnnttiirree CCoouurrssee == 220000 ppooiinnttss

FFiinnaall CCoouurrssee GGrraaddee BBrreeaakkddoowwnn PPooiinnttss:: 117777 aanndd aabboovvee == AA PPooiinnttss:: 115522 –– 115566 == BB-- PPooiinnttss:: 112277 –– 113322 == DD++ 117711 –– 117766 == AA-- 114466 –– 115511 == CC++ 111199 –– 112266 == DD 116655 –– 117700 == BB++ 113399 –– 114455 == CC 111144 –– 111188 == DD-- 115577 –– 116644 == BB 113333 –– 113388 == CC-- 111133 aanndd bbeellooww == FF

 

VI  COURSE BLACKBOARD SITE  TheBlackboardSiteforHistory199offersseveralvaluableinstructionalfunctions.First,theinstructorwillpostallcoursematerials,includingthesyllabus,lectureoutlines,powerpointslideshows,andotherhandoutsinthe“CourseDocuments”sectionofBlackboard.TheBlackboardsitewillalsohosttheforumsfortheZeschDiscussion,aswellasthegradebookforthecourse. 

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VII  UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT POLICY  Allworksubmittedinthiscoursemustbeyourownandproducedexclusivelyforthiscourse.Youmustacknowledgeanddocumenttheideasandwordsofothers.Thepresentationofun‐citedorun‐acknowledgematerialacquiredfromanysource—written,verbal,online—isdefinedasplagiarism.Violationsaretakenseriouslyandarenotedonstudentdisciplinaryrecords.Pleaseconsulttheinstructorifyouhavemorespecificquestionsaboutthedefinitionofplagiarism.TheStudentConductCodefor“AcademicMisconduct”isavailableforreview:http://uodos.uoregon.edu/StudentConductandCommunityStandards/AcademicMisconduct/tabid/248/Default.aspxVIII  POLICY ON MISSED DEADLINES, ABSENCES & INCOMPLETES Toensureequitabilityintheevaluationofallstudents,allwrittenassignmentsaredueinclass,ormustbepostedinBlackboardatthestateddeadlinesinthissyllabus,unlessstudentshaveadocumentedacceptableexcuse(seebelow).Studentsmaynotmake‐upthefollowingassignments:bookdiscussionfacilitation&Blackboarddiscussionforumquestions,primarysourceanalysisexercises&reports,researchprojectpresentationassignment.Anywrittenassignmentnotsubmittedinhardcopyformatbythespecifieddeadlinewillresultinthepenaltyofanautomaticdeductionofhalfofthetotalpossiblepoints(i.e.,20pointpaperisworthonly10points)thatmaybeearned.Writtenassignmentssubmittedmorethan24hourslatewillnotbeaccepted.Writtenassignmentsturnedinbye‐mailwillreceivenopoints.Itisthestudent’sresponsibilitytoinitiatecontactwiththeinstructor.Thefinalgradereportedtotheregistrarwillbebasedupontheworkthestudenthascompletedbytheendoftheterm,whichmaywellresultinafailinggrade.A) ExceptionalEmergencySituations

Thefollowingareunforeseen/incontrollableexceptionalemergencysituationsthatareacceptableexcusesformisseddeadlinesorabsenceswithoutpenalty,andissuanceofincomplete(I)finalgradesattheendofthecourse:1)documentedseriousillness/injury;2)documentedimmediatefamilyemergency.Studentsshouldplantheirschedulesaccordinglyasabsencesand/orinabilitytomeetassignmentdeadlinesduetopersonal(e.g.,familyreunions/visits,weddings,work‐schoolconflicts)ortechnological(e.g.,savedpaperis"missing"orwillnotopen,printerranoutofink)reasonswillnotbeexcused.

B) IssuanceofanIncompleteGrade

InaccordancewiththepolicyoftheUniversityofOregon,amarkofI(incomplete)maybereportedonlywhenthequalityofworkissatisfactorybutaminoryetessentialrequirementofthecoursehasnotbeencompleted.An“incomplete”willbegrantedin‐lieuoflettergradesonlyinexceptionalemergencysituationsasstipulatedabove,tostudentswhohavecompletedatleast85%ofallcourserequirementswithagradeofC+andabove,aswellas100%attendance(exceptionswillbegrantedforacceptableabsencesduetodocumentedexcusesasstipulatedabove).Studentsmustinformtheinstructorandalsosubmitdocumentedproofbeforetheendofthetermtoobtainanincompleteforthecourse.Theinstructorwillthennegotiatewiththestudenttodraftacontractontherequirementsanddeadlineforcompletionofcourserequirementsnecessarytocleartheincompletegrade.

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IX      ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION POLICY  Theinstructoriscommittedtocreatinganinclusive,respectful,andaccommodatinglearningenvironmentforallstudentsinthecourse.Pleasenotifytheinstructorifthereareaspectsoftheinstructionordesignofthiscoursethatresultindisability‐relatedbarrierstoyourparticipation.StudentsarealsoencouragedtocontacttheAccessibleEducationCenter(formerlyDisabilityServices)in164OregonHallat346‐[email protected],orvisittheirwebsiteataec.uoregon.edu/index.html.

**       GUIDANCE  ON  SUCCEEDING   IN  THIS  COURSE        ** 

Guide:HowtoApproachtheSecondarySourceReadingsWhenyouengagethesecondarytextsforthiscourse,KilpatrickandZeschyoumayneedtoreorientyourapproachto"learning"history.Thiscoursedoesnotmeasurecognitiveandskillsdevelopmentwithinthedisciplineofhistoryby"testing"students'masteryofcontentknowledge—inotherwordshowmuchfactualinformationstudentscantemporarilymemorizeandreciteonamultiplechoice,matching,fill‐in‐the‐blank,orshort‐answerexamination.

Instead,thecourseassessesstudents'progressandfluencywiththe"process"ofproducinghistory—suchastheframinghistoricalquestions;formulatinghypothesisandarguments;composinganddefendingevidence‐basedinterpretations;examiningprimarysourcematerials;critiquingsecondarysources/scholarship;performingacademicwritingasaprocessofdisciplinarythinking(thinkinglikeahistorian).

WhenreadingthesecondarysourcesIwouldrecommendthefollowingstrategies:

1) Readthebookwithahistoriographical/methodologicallensratherthanacontentmemorizationlens.

2) Focusparticularattentionontheprologueand/orintroductionwheretheauthorarticulateshis/heressentialquestion,thesis,themes,methodology,andhistoriographicalapproach.

3) Skimmingcanbeausefultechniqueforsomelearningstyles.Scrutinizetheopeningandclosingparagraphsofeachchapter,andthefirstsentencesofeachparagraph.

4) Annotate!Ifyoudon'tplanonsellingyourbooksback,Iwouldhighlyencourageyoutowritemarginalcommentsthatdon'tsimplyrepeatthetext,butengageit!Posequestions,challengeconclusions,inspectsources.Writingortypingyourideas,orevenshortquotes,demonstratesamorecomplexcognitive

5) Donotreadthebookpassively—interactwiththebookasifitwereaconversationwiththeauthor.Also,ifyouemployahighlighter,dosowithgreatdiscretionandrestraint.Ifthepagesappearasifaflorescentyellowslugtrailhascoveredmostorallofthetext,thisisaclearindicationthatasareaderyoustillhaveonthe"contentmemorization"lens,andyouneedtochangecognitivespectacles.Highlightonlykeyanalyticalorinterpretivepoints,oraspecificquoteyouintendtowriteaboutinadiscussionforumoryourpaper.

6) Remember,secondarysourcesarereferencetoolsforthehistorian,andyoucanalwaysreturntothebookifyouneedtoretrievespecificdata/facts.Possessinganeideticorphotographicmemoryandtheabilitytorecallencyclopediclevelsoffactualdataisnotaprerequisiteskillsforhistorians.Infact,thisnotionisthestereotypicaldefinitionofhistoryandhistoriansthatemergesfromthepassiveand

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reductionistmodelofhistoryassimplythememorizationandrecitationoffacts.Unfortunately,manyofuswereconditionedtolearnhistoryinthismodelandhavedevelopedpassivereading,writing,andlearninghabits.

7) Donotignorethefootnotesorendnotes.Thedocumentationsystem(citingspecificsourcestosupporttheprimarythesis/interpretation)isthefoundationtoallsecondaryliteratureandacademicscholarship.Italsorevealstheauthor's"process"ofreconstructingthepast.Asthereader,youneedtoscrutinizethesesourcessoyoucandeterminehowpersuasiveortenabletheauthor'sargumentorinterpretationmaybe.

8) Finally,whenyoucompetereadingasecondarysourceyoushouldhavenoproblemacutelydistillingandtellinganotherprospectivereaderpreciselywhattheauthor'sprincipalquestionandthesiswas,thestrengthsandweaknessesoftheirprincipalquestionandthesis,whatsourcestheyreliedupon,andwhetheryourwereconvincedbytheirthesis/interpretation.Thisisaneasiertasktoaccomplishifyoudonthose"historiographical"lensesandreorientyourapproachtoreadingthebook.

Itwilltakepracticetobreakoutof"contentcoverage"habits,andeachofthehistorianswewillreadthistermembracedifferentmethodologiesandphilosophyofhistory.Goodluck!

Guide:HowtoApproachthePrimarySourceInterpretationExercisesTheprimarysourceexercisesintendtoassiststudentswithframingacademicwritingasaprocessofdisciplinarythinking,andhelpstudentsbegintodeveloptheirvoicesashistoriansthroughtheprocessofinterpretingthe“voices”ofhistoricalactorsinthepast.Studentsalsobegintolearnthepracticalstepsofcriticallyengagingtextualandvisualprimarysources.Ratherthanreadingonlytomemorizecontent,thisexercisechallengesstudentstobeginthescholarlyworkofsharedorcollaborativeannotation.

Iamsureyouhaveallpurchasedusedbooksthathaveexcessivehighlightingofpassages,insomecaseschangingentirepagestoneonyellowororange.Thesepreviousreadersattemptedtoannotatethetextasamemoryaidormnemonicdevice,however,thepervasivehighlightingdemonstratestheyhadnotlearnedhowtoengageatextcritically.

Incontrast,youhaveprobablyalsopurchasedusedbooksthathaveselectivehighlights—identifyingkeypointsandarguments.Moreimportantly,youmayhavealsofoundinsightfulcommentarywritteninthemarginsthatraisequestions,ideas,theories,andcriticismthatenrichthebook,begintocreatenewknowledge,andactuallyenhanceyouranalysisofthebookasadownstreamreader.

Theseannotatorshavegonefarbeyondmemoryaids,toengagethetextandcritiquetheauthor’sarguments,sources,methodology,andevenwritingstyle.Theannotationsormarginaliaarethewrittenexpressionofthecognitiveprocessofcriticalreadingandanalysis—analogoustoshowingyourworkinmathleadingtothesolutionofaproblem.

Theannotatorhasbeguntoreorganize,interpret,andassignmeaningtothetext—especiallywhenthisprocessisappliedtoprimarysources.Annotationbecomesaformofscholarshiporscholarlypracticeinandofitself.

Iencourageallofyoutoengageinthissharedannotationandknowledgecreation.Thiswillbeessentialifyouhopetopresentthemostpersuasiveargument.Engagetheevidence.Reworkthedata.Constructatimelineofevents.Assembleaglossaryoftermsandnames.Craftaspreadsheetcomparingcontradictoryevidence.Ultimately,youwillneedtodevelopyourownthesisbyorganizingthehistoricaldataintothemostconvincingandcrediblenarrativeexplanationofevents.

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X      COURSE SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENTS 

 Note: It is imperative that students complete weekly assigned readings before in‐class discussions 

DATE DUE AGENDAWEEK1 DeconstructingtheAmericanWest:AnImaginedPlace&ProcessU1/6

ThoughtExperiment:Whatdoyouknow?Howdoyouknowit?Howdidyoulearnit?

FilmSession/DiscussionI:TheColonialLens:ImaginingandRe‐EnactingtheOldWestThroughStage&Film1872–1950s

R1/8 FilmSession/DiscussionII:TheDecolonizingLens:Indigeneity&Re‐ImaginingtheOldWestThroughIndianandSettlerSocietyAllyVoices,1960s‐2014

Discussion:RoadmaptoYour11Apprenticeship(Syllabus&CourseStructureReview)

WEEK2U1/13

1/12

ReadingDiscussionA:Deloria,"Introduction"andChapter2:"REPRESENTATION:IndianWars:TheMovie”Presentation:TheClosingFrontier?TheWorld’sColumbianExposition,FrederickJacksonTurner’s“FrontierThesis”andAntimodernismDUE:DiscussionAQuestionsPostedinDiscussionForum

R1/15 FieldTrip:ClassMeetsatSpecialCollections&UniversityArchives(SCUA)

Presentation:DiscoveringDisrememberedVoices:ReconstructingthePastofRace,Gender,andClassintheAmericanWest(ContextforPrimarySourceExercise)

WEEK3

U1/20

PrimarySourceExercise1,Day1:IntroductiontoSCUAbyJenniferO'Neal,UniversityHistorianandArchivistandLindaLong,ManuscriptsLibrarian;MeetinSpecialCollectionsandUniversityArchivesGroupA:"PioneerMothers:"ReflectionsofWomanhoodandFemininityinOregonTrailDiaries

GroupB:SettlerColonialism&ResettlementofIndigenousPeoples:TreatieswiththeUmpquaandKalapuya1854,1855/SiletzReservationMaps

GroupC:OregonFreeSoilIdeology,BlackExclusionandAnti‐Slavery:BlackExclusionLaws&CaseFilesofTheophilusMagruderv.JacobVanderpool(1851);RobinHolmesv.NathanielFord(1852–53);andAbnerandO.B.Francis(1851)

GroupD:ThePedagogyofEthnocideandAssimilation:ChemawaIndianBoardingSchoolandWarmSpringsReservationSchoolRecords

GroupE:Rodeosandthe"VanishingRace":Romanticizingthe"OldWest"throughtheEyeoftheCamera:WalterS.BowmanPhotographs,1890–1925;andLeeMorehousePhotographs,1888–1925

R1/22 M1/26

PrimarySourceExercise1,Day2;MeetinSpecialCollectionsandUniversityArchives

Day2:GroupPresentationsandDiscussion

DUE:PrimarySourceExercise1Reports

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DATE DUE AGENDAWEEK4 U1/27 ReadingDiscussionB:Zesch,TheCaptured

GroupA:Prologue&Chapter1GroupB:Chapters2–3GroupC:Chapter4–5GroupD:Chapters6–7

[distributeTake‐HomeMidterm]

R1/29F1/30

F1/30

FilmScreening:TheSearchers (1956)Introduction&first90minutes

DUE:ResearchProjectStepOne:ResearchTopicStatement(IncludingFilmSelection)

WEEK5

U2/3 FilmScreening:TheSearchers (1956)final30minutes

Discussion:CritiquingTheSearchersasaPrimaryandSecondarySource

R2/5

M2/2–F2/6

DiscussionC:Zesch,TheCapturedGroupE:Chapters8–9GroupF:Chapters10–11GroupG:Chapters12–13

TutorialMeetingstoDiscussResearchProjectinLLC120(throughoutWeek5)

WEEK6

U2/10 U2/11

PrimarySourceExercise2,Day1:TheTrialofChanChowMow(RoleAssignment)

Presentation:GamSaan&theUnassimilables:ChineseImmigration,Exclusion&Sinophobia

TrialPreparation&TeamMeetings,Day1

DUE:Take‐HomeMidterm

R2/12 M2/9–F2/13

PrimarySourceExercise2,Day2:TheTrialofChanChowMow

TheTrial&Debrief,Day2

TutorialMeetingstoDiscussResearchProjectinLLC120(throughoutWeek6)

WEEK7 FieldTrip:The“HiddenHistory” TourofUOCampus:TheColonialandDecolonialLandscapenarratedbyKevinandJennifer

U2/17 U2/17 DUE:PrimarySourceExercise2Reports

R2/19 ResearchProject:Independent FieldResearchSession1:SpecialGuest:JenniferO'Neal;MeetinSpecialCollections&UniversityArchives

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DATE DUE AGENDAWEEK7     

F2/20 F2/20  DUE:ResearchProjectStepTwo:HistoricalQuestion&AnnotatedBibliography

 

WEEK8    

U2/24   ResearchProject: IndependentFieldResearchSession2inKnightLibrary;MeetinKnightLibrary122

R2/26   ResearchProject: IndependentFieldResearchSession3inKnightLibrary;MeetinKnightLibrary122 

F2/27 F2/27  DUE:ResearchProjectStepThree:PaperOutline/ConceptMap

WEEK9U3/3

  ResearchProject:IndependentFieldResearchSession4inKnightLibrary;MeetinKnightLibrary122 

  R3/5   ResearchProject:IndependentFieldResearchSession5inKnightLibrary;Meetin

KnightLibrary122

F3/6 F3/6  DUE:ResearchProjectStepFour:AnalysisPaperFirstDraftSubmittedtoPeerEvaluator&Instructor

WEEK10    

U3/10 U3/10

ResearchProject:ClassWorkshop &PresentationRehearsalsDUE:ResearchProjectStepFive:PresentationOutline

R3/12 R3/12

ResearchProject:OralPresentations(PARTONE)

DUE:ResearchProjectStepFour:PeerEvaluatorsReturnEditedDraftstoPartners

WEEK11 FINALS

M3/16 12:30PMFINALTIME:ResearchProject:OralPresentations(PARTTWO)

R3/19 R3/19 DUE:ResearchProjectStepSeven:FinalPapers