SCHEDULE - FALL 1999- THE FRONTIER HERITAGE
IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
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DAY
 ASSIGNMENT
 ACTIVITY
WEEK 1
Day 1
September 5
Read:
Turner "The Significance of the Frontier in American History"
Atwood "Survival"
Grey Spirit of the Border
DUE DAY 8 		View: Last of the Mohicans
Day 2
September 7 		Read:
Pratt "Brebuef and his Brethren"
Cooper Last of the Mohicans
DUE DAY 8 		View: Last of the Mohicans
Small Group Discussion - Discussion Guide
WEEK 2
Day 3
September 12 		Read:
Grey's Introduction to Spirit of The Border(Excerpt)
DUE DAY 8
Lecture/Discussion - Last of the Mohicans: The American Myth
Day 4
September 14
View:
Black Robe
WEEK 3
Day 5
September 17 		Read:
Eckert The Frontiersman (Excerpt)
DUE DAY 8 		View: Black Robe
Small Group Discussion - Discussion Guide
Day 6
September 21
Read:
Lavalle Tchipayuk
DUE DAY 12 		Lecture /Discussion - Black Robe: The Canadian Myth
WEEK 4
Day 7
September 26
Lecture/Discussion - Frontiers: Canada and the U.S.
Day 8
September 28

QUIZ
Spirit of the Border and readings
Small Group Discussion - Discussion Guide
WEEK 5
Day 9
October 3 		Read:
Welch Fools Crow
DUE DAY 18 		Lecture/Discussion
Spirit of the Border
Day 10
October 5 		Read: Johnson, "As It Was in the Beginning"
DUE DAY 18 		Lecture/Discussion
Archetypes, Myths and History
WEEK 6
Day 11
October 10
View:
Ikwe and Mistress Madelaine
Day 12
October 12
QUIZ
Tchipayuk,Ikwe, Mistress Madelaine and readings
Small Group Discussion - Discussion Guide
WEEK 7
Day 13
October 17 		Read:
Sandoz Slogum House
DUE DAY 21 		Lecture /Discussion: Métis, women and "heroes"
Tchipayuk,Ikwe, Mistress Madelaine and readings
Day 14
October 19
View: Jedediah Smith, Mountain Man
WEEK 8
Day 15
October 24
View: Jeremiah Johnson
Day 16
October 26 		  View: Jeremiah Johnson
Small Group Discussion - Discussion Guide
WEEK 9
Day 17
October 31 		Read:
Erdrich Tracks - DUE DAY 27
Lecture /Discussion Jeremiah Johnson
Day 18
November 2 		Read:
Steinbeck "Leader of the People"
DUE DAY 27 		QUIZ
Fools Crow
Small Group Discussion - Discussion Guide
WEEK 10
Day 19
November 7 		  Class Canceled
Day 20
November 9 		  Lecture /Discussion Fools Crow
WEEK 11
Day 21
November 14
Read:
Brandon "The Buffalo Singer"
DUE DAY 27 		View: Shane
Day 22
November 16
QUIZ
Slogum House
View: Shane
Small Group Discussion - Discussion Guide
WEEK 12
Day 23
November 21
Lecture/Discussion - Shane and Slogum House
WEEK 13
Day 24
November 28 		  Class Canceled
Day 25
November 30
View: Legends of the Fall
WEEK 14
Day 26
December 5
Class Canceled
Day 27
December 7 		Re-Read:
Turner "The Significance of the Frontier in American History"
Atwood "Survival"
DUE DAY 29 		View Legends of the Fall
Small Group Discussion - Discussion Guide
WEEK 15
Day 28
December 12
QUIZ
Readings and Tracks
Small Group Discussion - Discussion Guide
Day 29
December 14
GROUP POSTING DUE
Lecture/Discussion: Tracks and Legends of the Fall - From frontier to fences, fields and factories