HIST+374+Planning

COLONIAL AMERICA COURSE

Colonial Take-Home Final 4-5 pages Due that day (Thursday)

Grading based on pertinent categories on the Grading Rubric http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Grading+Rubric

Term Paper due by close of the office on that Friday.

I want this to be a reflection on what you have learned about: About historical research process About yourself as a self-directed learner

Our First and Scariest Inaugural Address, Courtesy of the Puritans http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/our-first-and-scariest-inaugural-address-courtesy-of-the-puritans/267299/

Historical Rivalry: Jamestown and Plymouth (Colonial Williamsburg) [| http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Winter07/plymouth.cfm] Reflection: which reflects the real America

Puritanism and Predestination (Divining America, National Humanities Center) http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/puritan.htm

Deerfield Salem and Three Sovereigns for Sarah A Midwife's Tale Historical film production

WEEK #1 Thursday, 1 September: Introduction

WEEK #2 Tuesday, 6 September: Voyages of Exploration Thursday, 8 September: Colonial Williamsburg readings

WEEK #3 Tuesday, 13 September: Jamestown Thursday, 15 September: Jamestown

WEEK #4 Tuesday, 20 September: Jamestown Thursday, 22 September: Jamestown/Critical Thinking

WEEK #5 Tuesday, 27 September: Slavery and Indentured Servitude Thursday, 29 September: Slavery and Indentured Servitude

WEEK #6 Tuesday, 4 October: Colonial Virginia Thursday, 6 October: Colonial Virginia

WEEK #7 Tuesday, 11 October: Term Paper wiki page/Critical Thinking Thursday, 13 October: Drama in Colonial Era

WEEK #8 Tuesday, 18 October: No Class Thursday, 20 October: Film: Desperate Journey TAKE-HOME MID-TERM DUE

WEEK #9 Tuesday, 25 October: New England Thursday, 27 October: New England, Term Paper discussion

WEEK #10 Tuesday, 1 November: Deerfield overview Thursday, 3 November: Deerfield (English) plus Artifacts, etc.

WEEK #11 Tuesday, 8 November: Deerfield (French) plus Military items Thursday, 10 November: Deerfield (Natives) plus Clothing, tools

WEEK #12 Tuesday, 15 November: Salem Witchcraft articles, Making Sense of Film Thursday, 17 November: Three Savereigns for Sarah

WEEK #13 Tuesday, 22 November: Salem Witchcraft Thursday, 24 November [Thanksgiving holiday]

WEEK #14 Tuesday, 29 November: Martha Ballard articles Making Sense of Diaries Making a Historical film Thursday, 1 December: Diary of a Midwife film

WEEK #15 Tuesday, 6 December: Matrha Ballard Thursday, 8 December: First Great Awakening

WEEK #16

TAKE-HOME FINAL EXAM [space them]

TERM PAPER

Colonial

Need to do more reflection


 * Use as a readings change of pace or during class time**

Early American Newspapering (CW) http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/spring03/journalism.cfm

Analyzing a Colonial Newspaper http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/sia/newspaper.htm

The Virginia Gazette Archive 1736-1780 http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-virginia-gazette/

Colonial Teenagers http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/24098

Colonial education NMWH https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/education/1700s_1.htm

Men's Wigs http://www.history.org/history/clothing/men/wigcover.cfm

The Many Faces of Willie Balderson [use during a class session] http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Winter10/willie_slideshow/#images/7.jpg

A Colonial Williamsburg Christmas Under the Tree [use during a class session] http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Autumn09/christmas_slideshow/

Colonial Williamsburg blanketed in snow [use during a class session] http://www.history.org/media/slideshows/snow_slideshow/#images/7.jpg

Williamsburg Autumn photos http://makinghistorynow.com/2016/10/photo-essay-autumn-in-colonial-williamsburg/

E**xploration material from class session**


 * Colonial Williamsburg readings**

a. Staying Connected before the Age of the Silicon Chip (Colonial Williamsburg) []

Here are some of my questions as starters: Why was the Virginia Governor Berkeley so much against printing presses? What items mentioned in the article were unfamiliar to you. What can we learn about the neat kind of research done using business records. Where can we find examples of the Virginia Gazette/Virginia Almanack?

b. Pop Culture []

Which of these board or card games are you familiar with? Where would you go to find out more about them (literature on popular culture). Does anybody play backgammon. How about where you would go around here for a pool table. Difference between pool and billiards. Tea party and social manners. Almanacs. Are there any today? Plays. Which ones do we still perform. Cudgeling.

c. Women's Clothing Glossary of Women's Clothing terms []

Check out the definition of full dress.

d. To Bathe or not to Bathe (Colonial Williamsburg) []

How come earlier cultures were good at having virtually running water and we were not. What do doctors think of that cold water treatment. Have you ever been to any hot water springs places.

e. Coping with Cold Weather []

Does anyone have any good cold weather experiences to relate to us. Amazing how much wood was needed (and how many trees cut down) for fireplaces. Rivers as roads. Story: Dutch ice skating race if the ice is thick enough.

Student regulations at Yale College []

Let's look at sourcing of this document (at bottom of first page). What do you think of this kind of college life?

Courtship [] What is meant by the "traditional routes of conjugal correctness?" What surprised you about items from this article? What about the notion of arranged marriages: good/bad; prominent today? How similar/dissimilar are the notions in this article from our lives today?

Gossip, Flattery, and Flirtation: The art of letter writing [] How often do you hand write letters or thank-you notes. Where do you go (if at all) for advice on what we call etiquette or manners in certain social situations.

Department of Deportment: Stances and dances made the eighteenth-century man—and woman [] Is there anything equivalent to this today? Is there a certain way to stand or sit if you want to be either cool or appropriate. Can you be both at the same time. Where do we learn "good breeding."

Manners [George Washington] [] Have you ever done such a list for yourself. Would it be useful or a waste of time. What else would you include.

Dance during the Colonial Period [] Has anyone ever done the minuet. Have you ever been to a really formal Ball?


 * Roanoke Island**

See separate wiki page http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Roanoke+Island

Sacred three sisters [where to put this] http://www.reneesgarden.com/articles/3sisters.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(agriculture)


 * Jamestown**

Tuesday

Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings | National Museum of American History http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/jamestown-qu%C3%A9bec-santa-fe-three-north-american-beginnings

The Science of Jamestown http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pocahontas/jamestown.html

Colonial Virginia [read down to Slavery] []

Pocahontas Revealed | PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pocahontas/

The Powhatan Indian World https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/copy-of-the-powhatan-indian-world.htm

Thursday

Lost City of Powhatan | Smithsonian http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lost-city-of-powhatan-149908455/

Changing images of Pocahontas http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/images-pocahontas.html

John Smith http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep10.html

John Smith's Bold Endeavor (NOVA) []

NWHM Women of Jamestown https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/jamestownwomen/index.htm


 * Slavery and Indentured Servitude**

Africans in America: From Indentured Servitude to Racial Slavery (**Erin Hastings** facilitator) []
 * a. Tuesday, 27 September**

"Our Plantation Is Very Weak": The Experiences of an Indentured Servant in Virginia, 1623 (**Kristian Kidd** facilitator) []

"Slaves for life, and servants for a time": the economics and legalities of servitude—five perspectives, 1705-1750 (**Brannon Muya** facilitator--pages 1-6; **Rachel Oedewaldt** facilitator--pages 6-11) [| http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/economies/text6/servitude.pdf]

The varieties of slave labor (**Luis Oliva** facilitator--down to Guiding Student Discussion; **Hanna Richmond** facilitator--Guiding Student Discussion and Historians Debate) []


 * b. Thursday, 29 September**

Intro to Colonial African American Life (**Alex Rowland** facilitator) [| http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/african/aaintro.cfm]

African-American Family (**Bryson Schreiner** facilitator) [| http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/family/black.cfm]

African-American Christianity (**Parker Tamura** facilitator) []

How slavery affected African-American families (**Mikaela Truckey** facilitator--down to Guiding Student Discussion; **Meagan Warner** facilitator--Guiding Student Discussion and Scholars Debate) []

[**Note to myself**: use this in class on Tuesday] An Enslaved Person's Life []

[**Note to myself**: use this database in class on Thursday] The Geography of Slavery in Virginia: Virginia Runaways, Slave Advertisements, Runaway Advertisements []

WEEK #6 Tuesday, 4 October: Colonial Virginia Thursday, 6 October: Colonial Virginia


 * Religion**

Religion in Early Virginia (Colonial Williamsburg) []

Anglican Church in Virginia []

The Church of England in Early America (Divining America, National Humanities Center) []

The Parish in Colonial Virginia http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Parish_in_Colonial_Virginia_The

Religion, Women, & the Family []

Deism (CW) http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring09/deism.cfm

Early American Jews Found Freedom to Celebrate Autumn's High Holy Days http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Holiday07/jewish.cfm

Planters

Diary of William Byrd II of Virginia, selections, 1709-1712 [| http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/economies/text5/williambyrddiary.pdf]

Diary of Landon Carter of Virginia, selections, 1758 [| http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/economies/text5/landoncarterdiary.pdf]

Voting in Early America http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring07/elections.cfm

Crime and Punishment in Colonial America http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/spring03/branks.cfm

WEEK #7 Tuesday, 11 October: Term Paper/Critical Thinking


 * Thursday, 13 October: Drama**

Drama:

George Washington at the Theater http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/colonial-life-today/entertaining-george-washington/

Timberheads and Talking Stools: puppetry (CW) https://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring05/puppetry.cfm

Theatre in Colonial Virginia (Colonial Williamsburg) http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume4/april06/theatre.cfm

Play Booth Theater: Colonial Williamsburg (CW) https://www.history.org/almanack/places/hb/hbplay.cfm

Playbill for the Beggar's Opera (CW) http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume4/april06/primsource.cfm

Popular Culture (Playbills) in Colonial America slideshow []

TAKE-HOME MID-TERM DUE

NEW ENGLAND

Historical Rivalry: Jamestown and Plymouth (Colonial Williamsburg) [| http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Winter07/plymouth.cfm] Reflection: which reflects the real America

PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH (1620)

America as a Religious Refuge, Part 1 http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html

William Bradford https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit03/authors-1.html

God in America: Pilgrims []

Faith of the Pilgrims http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/17th-century-english-village/faith-pilgrims

Lift every voice http://explore.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/show/lifteveryvoice/hymns/joyfull

Puritanism and Predestination (Divining America, National Humanities Center) http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/puritan.htm

MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY (1630)

The Puritans (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/puritans.html

Governor John Winthrop (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/john-winthrop.html

Our First and Scariest Inaugural Address, Courtesy of the Puritans http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/our-first-and-scariest-inaugural-address-courtesy-of-the-puritans/267299/

Roger Williams (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/roger-williams.html

Anne Hutchinson (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/anne-hutchinson.html

The Legacy of Puritanism (Divining America, National Humanities Center) http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/legacy.htm

http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Deerfield+Raid
 * Deerfield Raid**

WEEK #10 Tuesday, 1 November: Deerfield overview Thursday, 3 November: Deerfield (English) plus Artifacts, etc.

WEEK #11 Tuesday, 8 November: Deerfield (French) plus Military items Thursday, 10 November: Deerfield (Natives) plus Clothing, tools


 * Salem Witch Trials**

Tuesday

Making Sense of Films http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/film/

Witchcraft in Salem Village http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/salemwc.htm

Brief excerpts from books referenced in the Witchcraft in Salem Village article http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/salemwc2.htm#hoffer

A brief history of witchcraft persecutions before Salem http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/witchhistory.html

The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A commentary (Doug Linder) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM

Causes for the outbreak of witchcraft hysteria in Salem http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salemcauses.html

Why the hysteria ended http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salemends.html

Have we learned the lessons of Salem? http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salemlessons.html

Thursday

Three Sovereigns for Sarah


 * Martha Ballard**

Making Sense of Letters and Diaries http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/letters/letters.pdf

Martha Ballard wiki page http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Martha+Ballard


 * TERM PAPER**


 * Research/Sources**

Common-Place (The journal of early American life) http://common-place.org/

Doing History blog - Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture http://blog.oieahc.wm.edu/doing-history/

The Junto « A Group Blog on Early American History https://earlyamericanists.com/

Mining bibliographies World Cat (see also) Find Pocahontas/John Smith in World Cat

Grading Rubric http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Grading+Rubric

How to Create Google Alerts http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/how-to-create-google-alerts.html#.V_kJsUpHarU

LINK+

Virginia Gazette http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm

America:History and Life

William and Mary Quarterly

http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Term+Paper
 * Term Paper**

Term Paper: plus class presentation Virginia Can't use articles from class readings Peer-reviewed

Term Paper (4 X 6 card)

a. Use the side with lines b. Your name at top c. What topic intrigues you to delve into further d. What help do you need in finding sources (you will need at least 10 solid ones) for your term papers?

e. Tuesday, 1 November, a tentative thesis statement and a working bibliography.

f.. General description of the assignment. More details to follow.

Research paper (35% of your semester grade): 2000 (+/- 25) words, typed (12 point type), double-spaced, stapled in the upper left-hand corner, with properly written footnotes and a bibliography. Note that the History/Political Science Department follows the Chicago Manual of Style footnote format. Others styles (MLA, APA, etc.) are not acceptable. Late papers will be accepted, but penalized one day late unless you have made prior arrangements with me.

You should be prepared to share with me your topic, your process, and your drafts. Paper is due the last day of classes.

Term Papers: Narrow your term paper topic and find key articles with good bibliographies

1. Do a Google search

Let's use "religion on the Oregon Trail" as an example:

[I was not getting much when I searched on Google for "religion on the Oregon Trail," but I found this one after changing my search term to "Christianity on the Oregon Trail."]

Jerry Rushford. Christians on the Oregon Trail: Churches of Christ and Christian Churches in Early Oregon, 1842-1882. (1997)

One version: [go to page 577 for the Bibliography] http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=heritage_center

Book version on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Christians-Oregon-Trail-Christian-1842-1882/dp/0899007775

2. Amazon.com

Search within a book>>Table of contents>>Bibliography pages>>page search

Other similar books. This particular book doesn't have anything.

Can't look inside this particular book from Amazon.com.

Here is an example of one that has both other suggestions and search inside option. [I ran out of time before I could find one for us this morning.]

3. APU Quick Search

When I tried using the APU Quick Search, this same book came up.

4. LINK+ LINK+ does not list this book, so that avenue is closed.

5. World Cat

a. World Cat does have it. Then go to World Cat from this Quick Search screen

b. Here is how to get into World Cat from scratch

All Databases>>W>>World Cat [I don't use the World Cat.org one]>>Author search

World Cat helps me get other search terms:

Here is the one that will help the most to begin with: Restoration movement (Christianity) -- Oregon -- History -- 19th century.

To get the actual book, request it on Interlibrary Loan [a different step than LINK+]

6. Then I decided to look up info on Jerry Rushford on Google

This turns out to be great!

Jerry Rushford Center (Pepperdine University) http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/rushford/

Plus other links to him.

7. I am sure many other sources are available for Christians on the Oregon Trail.

II. Term Paper:

I want to use class time today and Thursday to help you nail down your topic.

Pose a specific question you are trying to answer: What were the characteristics of childhood education in colonial Pennsylvania. What were the characteristics of religion at the family level in colonial Virginia.

Let's play around with a few databases:

Here is how to mine one source for bibliographic items to follow up on:

Quick search: Religion in colonial Virginia

"An Entire Affection and Attachment to our Excellent Constitution": The Anglican Political Culture of British Virginia. [follow Full-text finder to Pro Quest] [use the footnotes to get other sources]

Pursuing happiness in colonial Virginia: sacred words, cheap print, and popular religion in the eighteenth century [use the footnotes to get other sources]