Weekly Readings List and Guidelines for Weekly Papers Weekly Readings: due each Tuesday.

Readings relate to the weekly topics, trips, and guest speakers. YOU MUST READ EVERY WEEK. Otherwise we won t have discussions and nothing will get done. Bring 3 questions to class related to your readings for each discussion. Weekly Papers: due each Tuesday! Follow essay and paper guidelines as listed above. Your essay must be at least 2 pages double spaced. You will have 13 assigned papers, 10 pts each and 3 lowest dropped. Weekly Paper Assignment Guidelines: y Make sure your essay is at least 2 pages, not including your heading. y Put your name, the date, and the weekly topic at the top of the paper. y BE SURE to ask at least 3 questions in your essay. y Think about these questions:  Who is the author, what is his/her background? What kind of bias does the author have?  Who is the audience? What is the main idea/thesis? How can you relate to this?  What is your opinion on the topic? Do you agree or disagree with the author?  What was the most interesting part of this, and what was least interesting?  Each week I will also have some kind topical question to go along with these basic questions. Guidelines for all essays and papers: Double space, use 12 point New Times Roman font, 1 inch margins. Make sure your work follows standard rules of communicating clearly and concisely, with proper grammatical construction. If you use outside sources, cite them properly or face the repercussions of plagiarism accusation as discussed below in Policies and Procedures. Essays should be turned in on D2L in the dropbox, but some may need to be printed and turned in during class time. ** Don t forget about the University Writing Center on campus it is a great resource! More information is available at http://www.mtsu.edu/uwc/. The UWC is located in James E. Walker Library, Room 362. Call 904.8237 to schedule an appointment, or email uwcenter@mtsu.edu. Readings List - All weekly readings are available on D2L Due Tuesday, January 17 Week 1 - Who Owns the Past? What Is Public History? o National Council on Public History Website What is Public History? http://ncph.org/cms/whatis-public-history/ o Browse discussions posted on Re: FORUM: What is Public History? May, June, July 2007 o James Ede, Who Owns Objects? A View from the Antiquities Trade, in Who Owns Objects? (pp. 77-82) o James Cuno Who Owns Antiquity Introduction o Ronald J. Grele Whose Public? Whose History? What Is the Goal of a Public Historian? The Public Historian, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Winter, 1981), pp. 40-48. Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. What are some of the definitions of public history? How do YOU define public history? 2. What is your favorite part of public history? If you don t have one yet, what are you most interested in learning about? 3. What do you expect to learn in this class? 4. What is the Goal of a Public Historian, according to Ronald J. Grele? Do you agree? 5. Who owns the past? What are some issues involved in believing someone can own the past? 6. Can anyone own the past? 7. What problems might historians, especially public historians have because of the idea that the past can belong to someone?

Due Tuesday, January 24 Week 2 - Archaeology and Material Cultures o Explore the NAGPRA Website especially pay attention to the FAQ and Resources for the Public and Museums o James Gleick, Keeping It Real, NY Times Magazine 1/6/2008, pp. 13-14 o Nathan Campbell, Introduction to Material Culture Studies: A Crash Course. Handout. o American Research Center in Egypt website especially pay attention to the Current News and Expeditions sections o Archaeology intro chapter from Dr. McCormack Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. What is material culture? How does archaeology relate to public history? 2. What is NAGPRA? What does it mean? What implications does it have for museums, historians, archaeologists, artifacts, and Native Americans? 3. What issues do you think may be similar in other areas, in particular in Egypt? 4. How can this relate to the question of Who owns the past? or Who owns objects? Due Tuesday, January 31 Week 3 Archives o United States National Archives Website o Blog Prologue: Pieces of History - http://blogs.archives.gov/prologue/ o FAQ - http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/archives-resources/questionsabout-archives.html o About - http://www.archives.gov/preservation/professionals/ o Richard J. Cox. Archivists and Public Historians in the United States The Public Historian, Vol. 8, No. 3, Archives and Public History: Issues, Problems, and Prospects (Summer, 1986), pp. 29-45. o ESPECIALLY FOR TUESDAY: Explore the MTSU Center for Popular Music Website: http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/ o BEFORE THURSDAY: Explore the MTSU Gore Center Website: http://janus.mtsu.edu/ Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. Why are archives important to history, especially public history? 2. Did you know we have several well-recognized and respected repositories on campus? Have you ever visited the Gore Center or CPM? If so, why or why not? 3. What are some of the important duties of archivists at the National Archives? What did you learn from their website about the institution? 4. The National Archive maintains several blogs what do you think their purpose is? What is your favorite part of the Prologue blog? What did you learn from it? Due Tuesday February 7 Week 4 Historic Preservation o MTSU Center for Historic Preservation Website - http://www.mtsuhistpres.org/ o Example 1 of historic structure analysis www.parks.ca.gov/pages/1072/files/historic%20structure%20report%20format.pdf o Example 2 of historic structure analysis http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/oha/hpseries/hp05.pdf o Historic Structure Evaluation of Lincoln Cabin PDF o National Trust for Historic Preservation Website http://www.preservationnation.org  What is Historic Pres?  About Us - http://www.preservationnation.org/about-us/ Continued on next page .

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Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. What is historic preservation, what does it entail, and is it important (why or why not)? 2. Have you been to Cannonsburgh? If so what did you think? Are you aware of any historic structures that are in need of repair in your area? 3. What is entailed in writing a historic structure evaluation? 4. What is your reaction to the list of endangered structures in TN? In the US? 5. What kind of work does the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU do? 6. Be sure to review the historic structure analysis examples in preparation of doing your own analysis of a historic structure. Due Tuesday February 14 Week 5 Oral History o Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History http://www.dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/oralHistory.html o Baylor Introduction to Oral History PDF o History Matters website o What Is Oral History? - http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/oral/what.html o How Do Historians Use It? - http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/oral/how.html o How to Interpret It? - http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/oral/interpret.html o Questions to Ask - http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/oral/summary.html o Quick Guide to Oral History Berkeley Institute http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/resources/1minute.html o Tips for Interviewers - http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/resources/rohotips.html Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. What are the steps of doing Oral History? How involved is it? Is it more difficult than what you may have initially thought? 2. What problems might be encountered when conducting, preparing for, or utilizing oral histories? 3. Are Oral Histories valid? What problems might arise from oral histories? How might someone s memories, biases, etc. affect their interview and story? 4. Be prepared to conduct an in-class interview with your classmates using the techniques you learned in your readings! Due Tuesday February 21 Week 6 Cultural Resource Management, Local History, and Historic Memory o Andrew L. Christenson, The Role of Museums in Cultural Resource Management, American Antiquity, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan., 1979), pp. 161-163 o Ronald W. Johnson, The Historian and Cultural Resource Management, The Public Historian, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Spring, 1981), pp. 43-51 o David Thelen, Memory and American History, The Journal of American History, Vol. 75, No. 4 (Mar., 1989), pp. 1117-1129 o Department of the Interior Resource Management Plan Guide y Chapter IV Continued on next page .

2001 NPS Management Policies - Chapter 5: Cultural Resource Management http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/mp/chapter5.htm y Introduction, 5.3.4 Stewardship of Human Remains and Burials, 5.3.5 Treatment of Cultural Resources,

Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. How does a person s memory or the collective memory of a group of people affect the way history is interpreted? Are they wrong if they don t follow the facts ? 2. How does memory affect local history? What about in this area? 3. What is CRM? What other fields of public history does it relate to? How do they interconnect? 4. How do/should museums participate in CRM? 5. What is the National Park s role in CRM? What are the components of a RMP? Due Tuesday February 28 Week 7 Museums, Exhibits, Collections o AAM Website - http://www.aam-us.org/index.cfm o American Association of Museums Website What is a Museum? - http://www.aamus.org/aboutmuseums/whatis.cfm o Exhibits 1220 Website - http://www.1220.com/ o ICOM About Us - http://icom.museum/who-we-are/the-organisation.html o ICOM International Council of Museums and Running a Museum: A Practical Handbook. Selections: y The Role of Museums, pp. 1 16 Pay attention to Ethics questions! y Collections Management, pp. 17-30 Again, pay attention to questions in boxes! y Display, Exhibits, and Exhibitions, pp. 91 103 Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. What is a museum? What are some differences in definitions? 2. How do YOU define a museum? 3. What things does an institution have to have to be considered a museum? 4. What is the history of the museum? How would you describe the first museums, and how have they changed? 5. What are the most important things to remember for Collections Management? For Exhibits? 6. What is ICOM? What is AAM? Explore the Exhibits 1220 Website. What do they do? Due Tuesday, March 13 Week 8 Museums, Education and Programming, Issues and Problems o ICOM International Council of Museums and Running a Museum: A Practical Handbook. Selections: y Museum Education, pp. 119-132 o Nina Simon, The Participatory Museum Preface http://www.participatorymuseum.org/preface/ o Nina Simon, Museum 2.0 Museums & Libraries in the 21st Century in 714 Word (Or Less) http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2008/07/museums-and-libraries-in-21stcentury.html o Sam Davis Home Website http://samdavishome.org Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. How do collections and education interact? 2. Why has museum visitation gone down? How can museums fix that? 3. How must museums change, according to Nina Simon, in the 21st century? How different is this from the first museums from the readings last week? 4. What is a participatory museum? Why is it important to move towards this?

Due Tuesday, March 20 Week 9 History in Unexpected Places Popular Culture o Margaret Malamud, As the Romans Did? Theming Ancient Rome in Contemporary Las Vegas, Arion, Third Series, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall - Winter, 1998), pp. 11-39 o Katie Stringer, Popular Culture and Public History, Blog on Something Old, Something New http://katiestringer.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/popular-culture-and-public-history/ o Facebook News Feed of the World - http://www.collegehumor.com/facebook-history o Warning some language and lewd humor - Brendan McGinley, 5 Facts About Thanksgiving Your History Teacher Left Out - http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-facts-aboutthanksgiving-your-history-teacher-left-out/ Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. What are some of the uses and abuses of history in popular culture? 2. Do you think pop culture reaches more people than traditional history? 3. Why are people so fascinated with the past, and how do they use it for their own means (Vegas)? 4. How can audience and bias affect popular culture and history? 5. How can YouTube, social media sites such as facebook or twitter, or blogs teach history, and if they do, do they do so effectively? 6. What did you think of the Vegas article? Have you been and seen the things the author talks about first hand? 7. Did you learn anything from the Facebook News Feed of the World or Cracked.com articles? What was your favorite part of those?

Due Tuesday, March 27 Week 10 National Parks, Environmental Histories National Parks Service About Us - http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/index.htm Overview - http://www.nps.gov/news/upload/NPS-Overview-2011_5-20.pdf Stones River National Battlefield Website - http://www.nps.gov/stri/index.htm History and Culture - http://www.nps.gov/stri/historyculture/index.htm Environmental Factors - http://www.nps.gov/stri/naturescience/environmentalfactors.htm Natural Features - http://www.nps.gov/stri/naturescience/cedarglades.htm National Parks Conservation Association FAQ - http://www.npca.org/about-us/faq.html History and Culture - http://www.npca.org/protecting-our-parks/history-culture/ David Louter, On Becoming Relevant: Environmental History and National Park Management Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. What role does the NPS have in presenting history? 2. What is Environmental history? Why is it important? What kinds of things can it teach us? 3. When did you last visit a national park? What parks have you visited in the past? What is your favorite one, and why? Least favorite, and why? Did you learn any history on your visit? 4. What Is the NPCA, and what do they do? What is their impact on History and Culture?

Due Tuesday, April 3 Week 11 Media and Technology in Public History Web, Documentaries, GIS, and Media o D. Cohen & R. Rosenzweig, Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web o Introduction - http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/introduction/ Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media - http://chnm.gmu.edu/ Geographic Information Systems http://www.gis.com o What Is GIS? - http://www.gis.com/content/what-gis o Benefits of GIS - http://www.gis.com/content/top-five-benefits-gis Murfreesboro GIS - http://www.murfreesborotn.gov/default.aspx?ekmenu=118&id=8113 o Map - http://maps3.murfreesborotn.gov/GIS/index.html Katie Stringer, What Can You Learn From Watching History s Ancient Aliens, Something Old, Something New - http://katiestringer.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/what-can-you-learnfrom-watching-historys-ancient-aliens/ History Channel TV Shows - http://www.history.com/shows

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Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: 1. What are challenges that historians have when presenting history through media or digital means? How has it been done in the past? 2. What is GIS and what are its benefits? 3. Explore the Murfreesboro GIS website and Map find your own neighborhood or the campus. What did you learn from it? 4. What do you think about the History Channel? What kind of shows do they present and why? How does this reflect history as historians practice it? What kinds of historical documentaries have you seen? What did you learn? Are they always accurate? What are some problems with documentaries? 5. How can audience and personal bias affect this?

Due Tuesday, April 10 Week 12 Professional Development, Jobs, and Opportunities NCPH Website on jobs USAJobs, MuseJobs, AAM Jobs, NCPH jobs board, AAM Professional Development, SI Development http://ncph.org/cms/careers-training/ MTSU Grad School website other ones with grad programs? Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper:

Due Tuesday, April 17 Week 13 Issues and Problems Civic Engagement, Sites of Conscientiousness Sites of Conscience: Opening Historic Sites for Civic Dialogue, Public Historian 30 (Winter 2008): 9-79. Great Places, Great Debates; Opening Historic Sites to Civic Engagement http://www.nps.gov/nero/greatplaces/indexgreatplaces.htm and International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience (http://www.sitesofconscience.org/) WRONG histories? History and Ancient History Blog Ronald J. Grele, Whose Public? Whose History? What Is the Goal of a Public Historian? The Public Historian, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Winter, 1981), pp. 40-48 Questions for discussion and to answer in your paper: