We will have a "bye" in class tomorrow in exchange for the field trip to see the lesser prairie chickens (LPC) a week from this weekend (April 10, 11).
Turn in this week's journal to Jordan at the OPC by 5 PM Thursday.
Next week we will meet at LLL. We will discuss preparation for the LPC trip.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Current Readings update 3/25
Finish reading The Survival of the Bark Canoe for next week.
The midterm 1st draft will be due at the start of the tutorial next week.
The midterm 1st draft will be due at the start of the tutorial next week.
Fieldcraft update 3/25
Meet at the OPC tomorrow at 2:30 to leave for our trip.
The weather looks like it is going to be challenging and so Jordan and I have made some slight changes to the original plan: we will hike on Friday, and canoe on Saturday and Sunday. We will discuss this in more detail tomorrow. It will still be a lot of fun.
Do bring your long underwear, rain gear, warm hat, and gloves, though, as well as the other items on the list. Expect it to be cold at night. The wind will be blowing hard, and the wind chill will be impressive. The rain gear will help block some of that; if you don't have any and can't afford it, the OPC will rent it to you. If you decide to rent it, be sure to show up a little early at the OPC to take care of that.
Several of you have asked about wearing flip flops in camp. We will be doing some hiking on Friday (part of the change in plans), so it would be better to bring running shoes/hiking shoes. Also, these will be warmer at night while in camp.
Don't forget your sack dinner for tomorrow night!
See you tomorrow!
The weather looks like it is going to be challenging and so Jordan and I have made some slight changes to the original plan: we will hike on Friday, and canoe on Saturday and Sunday. We will discuss this in more detail tomorrow. It will still be a lot of fun.
Do bring your long underwear, rain gear, warm hat, and gloves, though, as well as the other items on the list. Expect it to be cold at night. The wind will be blowing hard, and the wind chill will be impressive. The rain gear will help block some of that; if you don't have any and can't afford it, the OPC will rent it to you. If you decide to rent it, be sure to show up a little early at the OPC to take care of that.
Several of you have asked about wearing flip flops in camp. We will be doing some hiking on Friday (part of the change in plans), so it would be better to bring running shoes/hiking shoes. Also, these will be warmer at night while in camp.
Don't forget your sack dinner for tomorrow night!
See you tomorrow!
Landscapes update 3/25
Meet tomorrow at the Tech Gardens/greenhouses (north of the student rec center)..
We will discuss the chapter from Kingsolver's book a bit more, the cookout details, and then start on some drawings.
We will discuss the chapter from Kingsolver's book a bit more, the cookout details, and then start on some drawings.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Landscapes update 3/22
We will meet one last time at the Ranching Heritage Center and hear the last of the reports.
Following those, we will discuss this week's reading, which is found in your course packet and is the chapter from Barbara Kingsolver's book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I believe the title of the chapters is something like, "Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast."
Following those, we will discuss this week's reading, which is found in your course packet and is the chapter from Barbara Kingsolver's book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I believe the title of the chapters is something like, "Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast."
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Current Readings update 3/11
For the next class period (two weeks from today) read the first half of The Survival of The Bark Canoe by John McPhee. I don't have the book with me at the moment, so I can't post a page number, but read until you get to someplace about halfway through, and stop at a good stopping point. I'll try to post a page number before the weekend.
Landscapes update 3/11
Research each of your three structures and make notes about a "Day in the Life" for each. Choose one for a short 5-10 minute presentation to the rest of the class tomorrow.
Imagine that you are a museum docent: what would you say about this structure that would bring it and that time period to life?
Leave a comment below noting which structure you've chosen to talk about. If you see that several others have chosen the same one, you might wish to choose another (it would be difficult to think of things that haven't already been said if many others have gone before you).
Dress WARMLY.
Seriously WARMLY.
With rain gear.
Try to arrive as close to the start of class time as possible. We will have to step lively in order to get through all of them by the end of the class period.
Imagine that you are a museum docent: what would you say about this structure that would bring it and that time period to life?
Leave a comment below noting which structure you've chosen to talk about. If you see that several others have chosen the same one, you might wish to choose another (it would be difficult to think of things that haven't already been said if many others have gone before you).
Dress WARMLY.
Seriously WARMLY.
With rain gear.
Try to arrive as close to the start of class time as possible. We will have to step lively in order to get through all of them by the end of the class period.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Take The Mother Earth Chronicles Pop Quiz!
HONS 1301 H03 (CRN 21978) "The Mother Earth Chronicles"
Take the Quiz!
Which of the following statements is true:
A. The instructor of this course will try to turn me into a “tree-hugger.”
B. I can’t write/hate writing, so I would not enjoy this course.
C. This is a “chick” course.
D. All the classes in this course are held outside.
E. The instructor of this course dresses unprofessionally.
“The Mother Earth Chronicles” is a fun, gentle, thought-provoking exploration of literary and film works about nature, environment, and landscape. In this course, you can expect to cover a wide and diverse range of topics about living with “Mother”—everything from bees, to homesteading, to white water rafting. This is also an excellent opportunity to practice writing in a workshop/tutorial format; if you’ve always thought that writing is a boring, excruciating, mind-numbing, pointless exercise in formulaic drivel and pap, well then, you’ve never done any writing like this. This course is writing intensive. Satisfies Core Curriculum Humanities requirement.
Answer Key:
A. There aren’t any trees in Lubbock, so no worries there.
B. See above, in re “you’ve never done any writing like this.”
C. You think that only women love their Mother?
D. Okay, some are, on really pretty days…
E. Erm, this is true.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Current Readings update 3/6
Hi all--
Danged if I didn't get back to my office on Wednesday and forget to write down the prompt we came up with. As best I can remember, it went something like this:
Pick one or two examples from Spragg's book where he shows instead of tells us about a character/place/himself.
If that isn't it, someone let me know.
Danged if I didn't get back to my office on Wednesday and forget to write down the prompt we came up with. As best I can remember, it went something like this:
Pick one or two examples from Spragg's book where he shows instead of tells us about a character/place/himself.
If that isn't it, someone let me know.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Fieldcraft update 3/4
Work on those midterms! Find the other sites, if you have not already done so. Make detailed notes of each site, then create a field guide page for each.
Imagine that you are submitting this page to a publisher as part of a book proposal. What sort of information is important in a field guide? How do you want to "package" it? Make sure your work is very neat and presentable (I would not recommend any hand lettering, since that is not the sort of thing you'd turn into a publisher, is it?) And yes, you must draw the organism you are describing.
This will be due March 12, before 5 oclock, my office (Dr T).
Next Tuesday we will have a pre-trip meeting at the OPC during our regularly scheduled class period.
Imagine that you are submitting this page to a publisher as part of a book proposal. What sort of information is important in a field guide? How do you want to "package" it? Make sure your work is very neat and presentable (I would not recommend any hand lettering, since that is not the sort of thing you'd turn into a publisher, is it?) And yes, you must draw the organism you are describing.
This will be due March 12, before 5 oclock, my office (Dr T).
Next Tuesday we will have a pre-trip meeting at the OPC during our regularly scheduled class period.
Landscapes update 3/4
Meet tomorrow at the Ranching Heritage Center. We will continue sketching the structures.
Prepare the story for each of your structures for presentation a week from Thursday. You should include any information that is relevant to that structure (for example, if it is appropriate for that strucutre, then you mgith include a summary of the structure's history, info about the homestead act, what percentage of homesteaders were able to "prove up," and aspects of daily life, such as food they grew and ate, what they wore, etc.). The details may be different for each structure, but what I want to see is both a reference to the readings and evidence of outside research on the topic.
As always, more is better.
Announcement: the field trip to Caprock Canyon that was scheduled for this weekend has been postponed to April 4. This will be an optional field trip.
Prepare the story for each of your structures for presentation a week from Thursday. You should include any information that is relevant to that structure (for example, if it is appropriate for that strucutre, then you mgith include a summary of the structure's history, info about the homestead act, what percentage of homesteaders were able to "prove up," and aspects of daily life, such as food they grew and ate, what they wore, etc.). The details may be different for each structure, but what I want to see is both a reference to the readings and evidence of outside research on the topic.
As always, more is better.
Announcement: the field trip to Caprock Canyon that was scheduled for this weekend has been postponed to April 4. This will be an optional field trip.
Spring advising for Natural History and humanities majors and minors
BIG ALERT!
Yes, it is time for spring advising again. Things are a little different this time around, however, since we have switched over to the new Banner system. I have had some training, but need to "practice" on one or two students in order to get fully up to speed. I am looking for two volunteers to be the training guinea pigs—it means that your advising session will be a little longer than usual, but the bonus is that it will be out of the way once we’ve worked our way through this mess together. Plus, you will have done a good deed for your fellow NHHers.
After I’ve gone through the process with the volunteers, I’ll be ready to set up appointments with everyone else.
If you’re interested in being a volunteer, please contact me and we’ll set something up.
Landscapes: Fieldtrip
The field trip to Caprock Canyon that was originally scheduled for this weekend has been postponed until April 4.
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