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week 1


Dates

Topic

what should i Do Before class?

due dates


27 Aug
MON
9:00 am Opening Convocation
10:30 Class begins, Barnes Room 410
1:30 to 3:00, afternoon class
​How to read an article/chapter? 

28 Aug
​TUE
What is sustainability and sustainable development?
READ: Theile, Introduction, CH 1, 2
​READ: Walker (2007), in Canvas, Files
READ: This course website; come to class with any questions.
DUE: After you have completed the readings, a short, revised definition of sustainability to share with your group and why you are persuaded this is an appropriate definition; upload to Canvas before class. ​

29 Aug
WED
What is resilience and a complex adaptive system? 

READ: How to read articles/chapters
READ: Folke, Resilience (Oxford Encyclopedia) in Canvas, Files (Take your time with this article - it's very important for your learning!)
READ: Thiele, Chapter 3

30 Aug
​THU
What is collapse?  


READ: Thiele, Conclusion
​​READ: Railey and Reycraft, Canvas
READ: Middleton, Collapse, Resilience, and Transformation, pages 1 to 6​ only, Canvas

31 Aug
​FRI
Discussion of Childs, Roberts, and Visit with Respect video
Individual student meetings (some in afternoon)
​Field trip preparation
READ:  Amateurs, Finders Keepers
READ: Roberts, Prologue only, not CH 1 unless you'd like to...
WATCH: Visit with Respect video
​REVIEW: Field trip equipment list
DUE 5:00 pm: First Attempt, Key Concept Quiz, Canvas, online ​

week 2


3 Sep
​MON
9:00 Depart for Baca,
Archaeological site visit in afternoon. What is archaeology?
Provide SLV site map
NOTE: see the "Human History" section in the Final Report. These readings will help you write this section. 
READ: Mitchell and Krall, American Indian Lifeways in the San Luis Valley
READ: San Luis Valley, Simmons, Select chapters in Canvas

4 Sep
​TUE
8:00 - 9:30 Group reading time and discussion of Baca Grande
10:00 Baca Wildlife Refuge. 
Witness bats' emergence
READ: McCalpin, Natural Environment of Crestone and Vicinity


5 Sep
WED
8:00 - 9:00 Discussion of Cattle Guard Site
10:00 Cattle Guard Site and Great Sand Dunes​
​Dinner at Desert Sage
READ: Jodry, Stanford 1992 Stewart's Cattle Guard Site
READ: Hoefer 1999 Site Types

6 Sep
​THU
8:00 Research Design workshop followed by tree-core sampling
Afternoon departure for overnight at Duncan site




7 Sep
​FRI
9:00 - 2:00 (?) Meet with Crestone Spiritual Alliance, return to CC

week 3 


10 Sep
​MON
Lab: prepping, sanding, dating tree cores; 
Afternoon lab: Stop by the Barnes loading dock between 1 and 2:30 pm to sand your tree cores. Begin dotting and crossdating in afternoon
READ: LTTR, Introduction to Dendrochronology
Use the weekend to make progress on all sections of the Final Report except the Results, Discussion, and Conclusion sections.

11 Sep
​TUE
Lab: continue dating tree cores
10:30 - Meet in Tutt Library, Room 323
Afternoon lab: open for measuring ring widths
DUE 9:00 am: Second Attempt, Key Concept Quiz, Canvas, online ​

12 Sep
​WED
Discussion of Ingram and Dean
Lab: Finish measuring and detrending cores
READ: Ingram 2017
READ: Dean 1988

13 Sep
​THU
Peer-review of Final Report
Continue lab work, lab open in afternoon


DUE: Bring 1st draft of your Final Report to class for peer-review.

14 Sep
​FRI
Peer-review of Final Report
​
DUE: Bring 2nd draft of your Final Report to class for peer-review.
​DUE: 9:00 am Field notebook, bring to class
​DUE: 5:00 pm Final Report uploaded to Canvas

Week 4 


17 Sep
​MON
9:15 Start
What is critical inquiry? Archaeological and socio-cultural modes of inquiry. 
Begin discussion of climate change
​Begin individual feedback meetings on Final Report.
READ: Modes of Inquiry (in Canvas). Which modes of inquiry have we used in this class? Which mode/s do you identify with at this point in your intellectual life? 

18 Sep
​TUE
9:15 Start
​Evidence for anthropogenic warming

​Reflections on the block and your learning
​10:30 Reflection on writing on the Block Plan with the Writing Center
​Continue individual feedback meetings on Final Report.
READ: IPCC, Summary for Policymakers
​READ: Thiele CH 7
DUE 9:00 am: Third attempt, Key Concept Quiz, Canvas, online ​

19 Sep
​WED
9:15 Start
Discussion of "Can the Past Inform the Future" essays. 
Continue individual feedback meetings on Final Report (if needed)
DUE: Essay: Can the past inform the future? ​​

























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