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SCHEDULE

Mon., 1/5 -- Introduction -- SDL ILC1

Introductions, explanation of syllabus, discussion of some exemplary websites.

 

Wed., 1/7 -- First visit to Sheldon Museum -- SHELDON

Orientation to materials at the Sheldon museum. We will look at the leisure and Civil War exhibits and begin exploring the manuscripts on private life.

For Wednesday, read Stameshkin, The Town's College, 1-142.

 

Thurs., 1/8 -- First visit to Special Collections at Starr Library -- STARR

Orientation to materials related to College history in Special Collections. Students will begin exploring The Undergraduate and other records related to collegiate life in the nineteenth century. We will also discuss Stameshkin's The Town's College.

For Thursday, read 143-281 in The Town's College.

 

Mon., 1/12 -- Second visit to Sheldon Museum -- SHELDON

Continue work on manuscripts and other materials related to private life in nineteenth-century Middlebury; begin exploring materials related to manhood in nineteenth-century Vermont; work on scanning leisure exhibit materials.

For Monday, read excerpts on E-Reserves from Karen Lystra, Searching the Heart.

 

Wed., 1/14 -- Technology workshop -- SDL ILC1

DREAMWEAVER WORKSHOP WITH SHEL SAX

Discuss first essays and related issues of web design; work on technology skills; discuss Web Style Guide, 2nd edition.

--- First essay due in class on Wednesday, 1/14 ---

 

Thurs., 1/15 -- College History Project -- STARR

Continue work in Special Collections on Middlebury College history project; read and discuss selected chapters of Stameshkin, The Strength of the Hills.

 

Mon., 1/19 -- Private Life, Manhood, and Leisure Projects -- SHELDON

Continue work on manuscripts and other materials related to private life and manhood in nineteenth-century Middlebury; work on scanning private life, manhood, and leisure exhibit materials.

 

Wed., 1/21 -- Technology workshop -- SDL ILC1

Work on preparing Dreamweaver pages incorporating digitized materials from our four exhibit topics (college history, private life, manhood, and leisure); read relevant chapters from Burton Bledstein, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, and/or Karen Lystra.

Bledstein, "The Old-Time College" and "An Emerging Culture," in The Culture of Professionalism.

Karen Lystra, "Introduction" and Chapter 1, Searching the Heart

 

 

Thurs., 1/22 -- College History Project -- STARR

Continue work in Special Collections on Middlebury College history project.

 

Mon., 1/26 -- Private Life, Manhood, and Leisure Projects -- SHELDON

Complete work on manuscripts and other materials related to private life and manhood in nineteenth-century Middlebury; work on scanning private life, manhood, and leisure exhibit materials.

 

**Tues., 1/27 -- College History Project -- STARR

Complete work in Special Collections on Middlebury College history project.

 

Wed., 1/28 -- Technology Workshop -- SDL ILC1

Finish assembling web pages; submit journals and portfolios.

 

**We will be meeting on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and not on Thursday during the last week of winter term.

 

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