Daily Agendas

Week 14 - December 1-5, 1997

Monday -

Welcome

Roll call

Announcements

Lecture -

Puritans, Romantics, Transcendentalists and the Hudson River School of Art

Web Tour -

Hudson River School of Art Page

Tuesday -

Welcome

Roll call

Announcements

Video-

Video from the American Visions series regarding the Hudson River School of Art.

Homework -

Make sure that you have finished through Chapter 3 in Cadillac Desert

Wedneday -

Welcome

Roll call

Announcements

Assignment -

Create a piece of art which represents your relationship with wilderness. Your piece does not have to be in the Hudson River School style, but should reflect your thinking and feelings abut nature, just as the Hudson River School artists did. Consider the images and symbols you may wish to use to convey your thinking. When you have finished your artwork, write a short essay that will accompany the piece and explain your use of imagery, symbolism, thinking and feeling in the artwork. The artwork will be worth 25 points and the essay will be worth another 25 points. Due by the end of the week.

Thursday -

Welcome

Roll call

Announcements

Video -

Public Lands, Private Profits detailing the problems created by the 1872 Mining Law.

Reading -

Read pp. 265 - 274 in Merchant concerning early mining.

Friday -

Welcome

Roll call

Announcements

Class meeting -

• Progress status report on reading Cadillac Desert
• Negotiation of quiz dates
• Review content from days substitute was here

Lecture and notes -

• Thomas Jefferson
• Lousiana Purchase
• Lewis and Clark expedition
• Gold rushes
• Early mining practices

Homework -

Prepare for reading content quiz for Tuesday over the Introduction and Chapter 1 in Cadillac Desert.