Great Plains Studies
English 458/858P
Monday, June 24: "Mosaic of the Prairie"
TEXT: Prairie Mosaic selections
8:30-9:00 Introduction and Overview
9:00-10:30 Lecture/Discussion of interdisciplinary backgrounds from Prairie Mosaic
10:45-12:00 Creative responses (poetry)
12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own
1:00-2:30 Lecture /Discussion of interdisciplinary backgrounds from Prairie Mosaic
3:00-4:30 "Nebraska Landscapes": Gary Zaruba, UNK Professor of Art, Lecture and Tour at Museum of Nebraska Art
5:30-7:00 Picnic at Cottonmill Lake
7:00-8:30 Tour of Oldfather Prairie with biologist Dr. Charles Bicak
Tuesday, June 25: "The Immigrant Plains"
TEXT: Obscure Destinies by Willa Cather
9:00-10:30 Library project
10:45-12:00 Historical and Cultural Backgrounds to Cather
12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own
1:00-2:30 Lecture and Discussion of Obscure Destinies
2:45-4:30 "Lives of Western Women": Anita Sue Clement, NHC Scholar
4:30-6:30 Dinner on your own
6:30-9:00 PBS Movie O! Pioneers and discussion
Wednesday, June 26: "The Native Plains"
TEXTSThe Dance House: Stories from Rosebud by Joseph Marshall III and Skins by Adrian Louis
9:00-10:30 Lecture and Discussion of The Dance House: Stories from Rosebud by Joseph Marshall III
10:45-12:00 "Lakota History, Culture, and Spirituality": Mary Lee Johns, Director of Youth and Family Services, Indian Center, Inc.
12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own
1:00-2:30 Lecture and Discussion of Skins by Louis Owens
2:30-5:00 Group Collaboration and Research for Class Presentation
5:00-6:30 Dinner on your own
6:30-9:00 "Lakota Storytelling": Mary Lee Johns
Thursday, June 27: "The Mulitcultural Plains"
TEXTS:"O Yes" from Tell me a Riddle by Tillie Olsen and And the Earth Did Not Devour Him, Tomas Rivera
9:00-10:30 Lecture and Discussion "O Yes" by Tillie Olsen
10:45-12:00 Creative Response (Rite of Passage)
12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own
1:00-2:30 Lecture and Discussion of And the Earth Did Not Devour Him, Tomas Rivera
2:45-5:00 PBS Movie And the Earth Did Not Devour Him and discussion
5:00-6:30 Dinner on your own
6:30-9:00 Group Collaboration and Research for Class Presentation
Friday, June 28: "Our Plains"
9:00-12:00 Group Presentations
12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own
1:00-5:00 Research and/or Individual Conferences with professors on Writing Projects
For questions or more information, please contact:
Great Plains Studies Web Site
GreatPlainsStudies
Dr. Charles Peek
Peekc@unk.edu
Dr. Susanne George Bloomfield
Bloomfields@unk.edu
English Department
308-865-8299