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Week 1

Mon Aug 24      Course Introduction/What is Public History?
Wed Aug 26      Introduction to Course Project
Fri Aug 28        Introduction to Digital History Resources

Week 2

Mon Aug 31       Introduction to Special Collections (in Special Coll.)
Wed Sept 2        Analyzing Historical Images (in Special Coll.) (Topic Selection)
Fri Sept 4          Metadata & Omeka (in Special Coll.)

Week 3

Mon Sept 7        Labor Day (No Class)
Wed Sept 9        The Public Side of Public History (Prospectus)
Fri Sept 11         Public Memory & Commemoration

Week 4

Mon Sept 14     History by Hollywood & Other Historical Dramas
Wed Sept 16     Heritage on Display: History for Tourists
Fri Sept 18       The Historian’s Side of Public History (Image Coll.)

Week 5

Mon Sept 21    Controversy in Public History
Wed Sept 23    Toward a Shared Authority
Fri Sept 25      The History of History Museums

Week 6

Mon Sept 28   Planning for Museum Interpretation
Wed Sept 30   Melding the Museum to Meet Public Needs
Fri Oct 2         Different Museums, Different Approaches (Synthetic Essay)

Week 7

Mon Oct 5       Analyzing Maps & Cartoons
Wed Oct 7       Case Study: Colonial Williamsburg
Fri Oct 9         Historic House Museums

Week 8

Mon Oct 12    Columbus Day (No Class)
Wed Oct 14    Introduction to Archives & Archival Practices (Map Analysis)
Fri Oct 16      Digital Archives

Week 9

Mon Oct 19    Sense of Place: Why Preservation Matters (Cartoon Analysis)
Wed Oct 21    History of Historic Preservation
Fri Oct 23      The National Park Service as Public History Institution

Week 10

Mon Oct 26    Case Studies in Historic Preservation
Wed Oct 28   Historic Designation vs. Protection
Fri Oct 30     The Preservationist’s Craft

Week 11

Mon Nov 2     Transforming Heritage Tourism: G’burg & W’burg to the 1960s (Primary Source Essay)
Wed Nov 4     Transforming Heritage Tourism: G’burg & W’burg since the 1960s
Fri Nov 6       Transforming Heritage Tourism: Plantation Tours before/after 2000

Week 12

Mon Nov 9    Building an Omeka Exhibit (in Special Coll.)
Wed Nov 11   Veterans Day (No Class)
Fri Nov 13     The Historian as Filmmaker (1st Draft of Essay)

Week 13

Mon Nov 16   Introduction to Oral History
Wed Nov 18   Oral history as Public History
Fri Nov 20    Adapting Oral History to Digital Projects (Final Image Coll.)

Week 14

Mon Nov 23   Rethinking the Role of the Historian in the Community
Wed Nov 25   Individual Project Consultations (in RT 1934) (Exhibit due)
Fri Nov 27     Thanksgiving Holiday (No Class)

Week 15

Mon Nov 30   Omeka Presentations
Wed Dec 2      Omeka Presentations
Fri Dec 4        Omeka Presentations

Exam Period

Mon Dec 7     No Exam (Essay due in class, 1-3 pm)

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