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Schedule & Readings
W 5 Jan. Paul & John. Lec. 1 Introduction. Course goals, outline, and instructions. Describe journals and projects.
F 7 Jan. John. Lec. 2 Why is "place" important? 

Discuss readings. 

Instructions for field trip.
    Introduce Sense Of Place exercise and ecological address.
    Wendell Berry, The Wild Geese, A Standing Ground, The Silence. (Handout.) 

Scott Russell Sanders. 1993. Staying Put. 

Stephanie Mills. 1995. Woods, Woods, Nothing but Woods. In: In the Service of the Wild.
M 10 Jan. Lec. 3 Cobblestone Farm and Mallets Creek.
John.  
Poems by Jane Kenyon. (Handout).
Cobblestone Farm Museum leaflet. (Handout.)
 
W 12 Jan. Paul. Lec. 4 Geology. The basis for the shape of our place, topographic variation and mystery in the landscape.
   
Along the Huron, p. 7 - 9, Reading the landscape. 

Ashworth, W. 1986. The Late Great Lakes, chapter 2, The Deep Past, Wayne State Univ. Press. 

Lusch, D. P. The Birth of the Basin: The Geologic history of the Huron River, Huron River Report, 1996.
F 14 Jan. Paul. Lec. 5 Climate and Weather. Weathering of geological formations and the abiotic setting in which biota must live.
   
Keen, R. A. 1993. Michigan Weather, p. 7-14, American and World Geographic Publ.
    Hand in Sense Of Place exercise and ecological address.
M 17 Jan.   MLK Day. No class.
W 19 Jan. Paul. Lec. 6 Soils and Biota. The results of interactions among geology, climate and organisms.
   
Along the Huron, p. 9, Soils. 

Albert, D. A. 1994. Regional landscape ecosystem features of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, p. 22, 102-108. U.S. Forest Service.
F 21 Jan. John & Paul. Lec. 7 Exploring our own maps. Discuss  Sense of Place and Finding The Way exercises.
   
Mapmaking. Encyclopedia Britannica. 23:521-532. 
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/5/0,5716,119045+1+110294,00.html
M 24 Jan. Lec. 8 Bentley Historical Library. Travel by campus bus. Documents, maps, and images that support the course or that might be used for student projects. 

Resources: 
MIRLYN, 
University Library, 
Bentley Historical Library, 
Bentley Historical Library, Huron River Resources, 
Bentley Historical Library, Students on Site, Huron River Topics.
W 26 Jan. John. Lec. 9 From the natural to the built environment.
   
Modernization and urbanization. Encyclopedia Britannica. 23:521-532. 
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/9/0,5716,115569+8,00.html 

Ashworth, W. 1986. The Late Great Lakes, chapter 6. The great wave, Wayne State Univ. Press. 

Map of early Ann Arbor. A Brief History. 

Shackman, Grace. 1993. The rise and fall of Allen’s Creek. Ann Arbor Observer. 

Shackman, Grace. 1996. The Broadway Bridge parks. Ann Arbor Observer.
F 28 Jan. Paul. Lec. 10 Urban Living: Physical Needs.
    Life. Encyclopedia Britannica. 7:346-347. 
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,109620+2,00.html
M 31 Jan. Paul. Lec. 11
Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor by van. The physics and chemistry of urban living 

Visit water intake. 

Huron River - Watershed Council. 
Pictures - Pictures  

What it has given us, what it now gives us, what it might give us in the future. Opportunities, perils, responsibilities.
   
Somewhere That’s Green. (Handout.)
W 2 Feb. John & Paul. Lec. 12 Establish Project Groups. Discuss possible project places. Describe resources.
F 4 Feb. Paul. Lec. 13 Footprints. Measuring human needs in terms of the land and resources needed to support them.
   
Wackernagel, M. and Rees, W. E. 1996. Our Ecological Footprint, p. 7-27. New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC, Canada.
M 7 Feb. Paul + Lec. 14 Nichols Arboretum. Nicols Arboretum and glacial history. Natural beauty. Natural Beauty and human happiness. Picture ... Pictures
    Introduce Finding The Way exercise. 

Cheever, N. W. Pleasant Walks and Drives About Ann Arbor.
  Excerpts from George Pray Diary. 1944. 

Jane Kenyon, Peonies At Dusk. (Handout.)
W 9 Feb. John & Paul. Lec. 15 Native Americans: What resources sustained them. How they lived.
   
Ashworth, W. 1986. The Late Great Lakes, chapter 3, Contact, Wayne State Univ. Press. 

Beakes, S. The First Inhabitants of the County, pp. 535-540 in Past and Present of Washtenaw County. 

Noble, Harriet L, Ann Arbor and Dexter: 1824. 

O’Shea, J. M. in press. The Huron River past. In The Huron River (Ed. J. Knott), UM Press, Ann Arbor. In press. 

Settler’s Reminiscences. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections. 

Map of Indian Trails in Washtenaw County.
F 11 Feb. John. Lec. 16 Pioneer Living . The first settlers and the early development of the town.
   
Clements Farm in Lima Township with stories of Indians, wolves, food and a housewarming party by Samuel Clements, pp. 570-573 in Past and Present of Washtenaw County by S. Beakes 

R. E. Bidlack, John Allen, Sesquicentennial Journal, 1974. 

Margaret Atwood, Further Arrivals and Looking in a Mirror
M 14 Feb. John & Paul. Lec. 17 Life Along the Huron River. Landmarks, points of interest or concern, dams. Sites of former mills and villages. Delhi Mills, followed by Webster Township Historical Society and Webster Church. Compare with maps. 
Pictures ... Pictures
   
Baxter, C., A Late Sunday Afternoon by the Huron 

Shackman, G., Delhi Village, Ann Arbor Observer, August 1995 

Webster Township Historical Society, Leaflets. 

After 79 Years, farm for sale. Ann Arbor News, October. 1999. 

Webster officials try to balance area’s growth with rural charm. Ann Arbor News, October. 1999. 

Early maps of Delhi and Scio/Webster townships.
W 16 Feb. John. Lec. 18 Report on Chosen Project Places and alternates (10 minutes for each group)
F 18 Feb. Class. Lec. 19 Land Use today. Urbanization and urban sprawl. Losing farmland. 

Travellers’ Pocket Diary, 1832, in Beakes, p. 701-702 

Creating Livable Communities: Alternatives to Urban Sprawl. Ecology Reports, Vol. XXIX, Number 1 (1997). (Handout.)
M 21 Feb. John. Lec. 20 Ann Arbor on foot. Important buildings, history, architecture. Human dimensions of urban living. Architectural Styles and Urban Development. 

Pictures ... Pictures
    Reade, M. & Wineberg, S. Historic Buildings: Ann Arbor, Michigan. P. vi-xix in Ann Arbor architecture.
 
W 23 Feb. Lec. 21 The River Ecosystem: Hydrology and river flows.
Paul.  
Martin, J. 1999. Malletts Creek Report. Huron River Watershed Council. (Handout.) 

Along the Huron, p. 14 - 16, Reading the landscape.
F 25 Feb. Lec. 22 The River Ecosystem: flora and fauna.
Paul.  
Kielb, Mike. Essay on natural history. The Huron River (ed. J. Knott), UM Press, Ann Arbor, In press. 

Martin, J. 1999. Malletts Creek Report. Huron River Watershed Council. (Handout from 23 February.) 

Along the Huron, p. 19-64, Components of the natural communities.
    Hand in Finding The Way exercise.
26 Feb. to 
5 Mar.		   SPRING BREAK
M 6 Mar. Paul. Lec. 23  Sampling Nichols Arboretum - Pictures.
W 8 Mar. Lec. 24 Land Use today - reprsie. Review readings from 18 February.
    Introduce A Sense of Place Revisited exercise.
F 10 Mar. Lec. 25 Project progress reports (10 minutes per group).
   
M 13 Mar. John. Lec. 26 Parks. Parks, Endemic Plants and Exotics. Pictures.
    Along the Huron, p. 100-123, The natural areas.
W 15 Mar Lec. 27 Human use of the Huron River.
John & Paul.  
Olson, Jon. 1989. 200 Years on the Huron, Ann Arbor Observer, June 1989. 

Taylor, K, and R. Tillinghast, Birding and Fly-Fishing the Huron. Drifting Down the River in Search of Birds and Bass, Ann Arbor Observer, June 1997, p. 29. 

Tillinghaus, Richard, What we bring to the river, What the river brings to us. (Handout.) 

Gregerson, Linda, Water-borne. (Handout.)
F 17 Mar. John. Lec. 28 Living with the Land. Review of the natural setting. Blending life-style opportunities presented by land forms, soils, climate and vegetation with artistic and literary views. 

Revisiting Sense of Place Maps. We will draw a second map. It does not have to be the same place as for your first map. To give you time to be creative with your maps, there no Journal is required today. The maps are due in place of your Journal entry on Friday 24 March - next week.
   
Albert, D. A. 1994. Regional landscape ecosystem features of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, p. 22, 102-108. U.S. Forest Service. 

Towering Plaza. 1999. Ann Arbor Observer. 

Urban reuse may save rural land. Ann Arbor News, Sunday Sept. 14, 1997.
M 20 Mar. John & Paul. Lec. 29 Agriculture and life-style alternatives. Sustainable farming in the Huron Valley. Community Farm of Ann Arbor. Organic growers. Work in the greenhouse. Discuss community agriculture and organic farming. 

Pictures ... Pictures
   
Donald Hall, Kicking the Leaves. (Handout.) 

Jane Kenyon, Mud Season, Potato. (Handout.)

Michael Pettit, Neat New England Fields. (Handout.)
W 22 Mar. John. Lec. 30 Personal life-styles and choices. Lawns, gardens, wildness. Landscaping for the long term.
   
Michael Pollan, Why Mow? 

Sarah Stein, In Respect of Grass. 

David Kline, An Amish Perspective.  

Janet Kauffman, Letting Go, The Virtue of Vacant Ground
F 24 Mar. John & Paul. Lec. 31 Discussion of Place and Life-style. 
    Hand in A Passing A Sense of Place Revisited exercise.
M 27 Mar. Lec. 32 Project Groups show their places to the class. 
Pictures ... Jeane, Jeff, and Gabe.
Pictures ... Adrienne, Justin, and Paul.
W 29 Mar. Lec. 33 Class discussion of first two project places. 
F 31 Mar. Lec. 34 Rethinking the Relationship I - Discussions around Sense of Place Maps.
M 3 Apr. Lec. 35 Project Groups show their places to the class.
Pictures ... Angie, Brett, and Jessica M.
Pictures ... Elisha, Jessica N., and Katherine. 
W 5 Apr. Lec. 36 Class discussion of second two project places. 
F 7 Apr. Lec. 37 Rethinking the Relationship II - Discussions around Sense of Place Maps.
M 10 Apr. Lec. 38 To be decided ... 
W 12 Apr. Lec. 39 Project reports.
F 14 Apr. Lec. 40 Project reports.