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Date

Activities

Reading completed

What's due?

Week One: October 5

Introductions, program overview, covenants. In-class writing. Sign up for context setting groups.

Workshops: Unbundling "Suburbs"
Nancy: What is academic writing? Sarah: How to read a book for seminar.
Seminar: Hayden article

In-class reading: Dolores Hayden article to be handed out in class
Please read this essay by your classmate, Steven.

A current Evergreen library card and a useable e-mail account

Week Two:

October 12

Sprawl
Video, Traditional Town Planning. Nancy on local environment and development. (lecture notes here)
Sarah on utopianism and planning.
Cedrona and Grass Lakes visit.
Pick the novel you'll read,
Form project groups.

Rooted in the Land, preface and essays that begin on pages 1, 40, 76, and 104. Suburban Nation pages 1-97

Week Three:

October 19

Urban Villages: Alternatives to sprawl?

Seminar on Suburban Nation
Field trip to Briggs and DuPont, forum with local builders, planners.

Suburban Nation (finish)

Paper on Suburban Nation (see assignment sheet)

Week Four:

October 26

History

Sarah: What is history and how can it help us understand suburbs?
Film: Building the American Dream: Levittown. Guest: Holly Gadbaw, Urban Planner and former Olympia City Council member.
Afternoon: Attend part time studies workshops (see schedule here)

Crabgrass Frontier, Intro-p. 156

If you're going on the train to Portland, reserve your ticket soon! For a recently announced discount, go to: www.AmtrakCascades.com
then, use discount code H253 and internet discount code H254.
ad says this is 30 percent off.

Week Five:

November 2

History and Quantitative Tools

Seminar: Crabgrass Frontier
Library Census Data Workshop
Excel Census Data Workshop

Crabgrass Frontier, p. 157-end

Paper on Crabgrass Frontier (see assignment sheet)

Week Six:

November 9
Questioning Inequality:

Seminar on Black Wealth/White Wealth
Sarah: A short history of discrimination
Nancy: Developing Policy
Group project workshop
Workshop on co-authored evaluations Questionnaire for coauthored evaluation

Black Wealth/White Wealth

Paper on Black Wealth/White Wealth
(see assignment sheet)

Week Seven: November 16

Rail and urban alternatives:

Field trip to Portland on Amtrak and vans
Here are driving directions and a map
Please read this rail tour description
Also, read this article on affordable housing

Rooted in the Land, essays that begin on pages 25, 140, 150, 167, 185

Week Eight: November 23

Suburbs and Identity

Nancy: Suburban Haiku
Seminar; Daughters of Suburbia
Film: TBA
Memory sheet

Daughters of Suburbia

Paper on Daughters of Suburbia (see assignment sheet)

November 25-30

Stay home!

Thanksgiving Week(end) No Classes

Week Nine:

December 7

Literature: Novel workshop, seminars and presentations

Peer editing of evaluations
Project time

Novel or play of your choice

Paper on your novel (see assignment sheet)

Draft of self evaluation

Week Ten: December 14

Student project presentations

Portfolios and peer-edited draft self evaluation Group and individual papers.

Evaluation Week

Student/faculty evaluations by appointment

Faculty evaluation, Final draft of self evaluation, on disc, for conference

Date	Activities	Reading completed	What's due?
Week One: October 5	Introductions, program overview, covenants. In-class writing. Sign up for context setting groups. Workshops: Unbundling "Suburbs" Nancy: What is academic writing? Sarah: How to read a book for seminar. Seminar: Hayden article	In-class reading: Dolores Hayden article to be handed out in class Please read this essay by your classmate, Steven.	A current Evergreen library card and a useable e-mail account
Week Two: October 12	Sprawl Video, Traditional Town Planning. Nancy on local environment and development. (lecture notes here) Sarah on utopianism and planning. Cedrona and Grass Lakes visit. Pick the novel you'll read, Form project groups.	Rooted in the Land, preface and essays that begin on pages 1, 40, 76, and 104. Suburban Nation pages 1-97
Week Three: October 19	Urban Villages: Alternatives to sprawl? Seminar on Suburban Nation Field trip to Briggs and DuPont, forum with local builders, planners.	Suburban Nation (finish)	Paper on Suburban Nation (see assignment sheet)
Week Four: October 26	History Sarah: What is history and how can it help us understand suburbs? Film: Building the American Dream: Levittown. Guest: Holly Gadbaw, Urban Planner and former Olympia City Council member. Afternoon: Attend part time studies workshops (see schedule here)	Crabgrass Frontier, Intro-p. 156	If you're going on the train to Portland, reserve your ticket soon! For a recently announced discount, go to: www.AmtrakCascades.com then, use discount code H253 and internet discount code H254. ad says this is 30 percent off.
Week Five: November 2	History and Quantitative Tools Seminar: Crabgrass Frontier Library Census Data Workshop Excel Census Data Workshop	Crabgrass Frontier, p. 157-end	Paper on Crabgrass Frontier (see assignment sheet)
Week Six: November 9	Questioning Inequality: Seminar on Black Wealth/White Wealth Sarah: A short history of discrimination Nancy: Developing Policy Group project workshop Workshop on co-authored evaluations Questionnaire for coauthored evaluation	Black Wealth/White Wealth	Paper on Black Wealth/White Wealth (see assignment sheet)
Week Seven: November 16	Rail and urban alternatives: Field trip to Portland on Amtrak and vans Here are driving directions and a map Please read this rail tour description Also, read this article on affordable housing	Rooted in the Land, essays that begin on pages 25, 140, 150, 167, 185
Week Eight: November 23	Suburbs and Identity Nancy: Suburban Haiku Seminar; Daughters of Suburbia Film: TBA Memory sheet	Daughters of Suburbia	Paper on Daughters of Suburbia (see assignment sheet)
November 25-30 Stay home!	Thanksgiving Week(end) No Classes
Week Nine: December 7	Literature: Novel workshop, seminars and presentations Peer editing of evaluations Project time	Novel or play of your choice	Paper on your novel (see assignment sheet) Draft of self evaluation
Week Ten: December 14	Student project presentations		Portfolios and peer-edited draft self evaluation Group and individual papers.
Evaluation Week	Student/faculty evaluations by appointment		Faculty evaluation, Final draft of self evaluation, on disc, for conference