1998 Advent Calendar


August September October November December


Date / DayClass #Lecture Topic / Notes
August 28F1First Class. Course Overview
31M2Smith Web Orientation
September 2W3Faith, Religion, Culture
3ThLab 1University Barn
7M4Wood, Farm, City: Rural Concepts
9W5American Genesis: Coastal Enclaves
10ThLab 2Gibson Cemetery
(Roark's Cove)
14M6European/Amerindian Lands
16W7Forays Westward
17ThLab 3Abandoned Farm
(Near Cowan)
21M8Towns and Deserts
23W9Perspective Sample: Year 1690
24ThLab 4Country Store/Church
(Marble Hill/Moore Co.)
28M10Ice for Charleston: Coastal Trade
30W11Awakening: Call to Order
October 1ThLab 51820 House & Barn
(Big Bean Hollow)
5M12Hides and Cotton: The Torn Fabric
7W13Farmers and Mechanics
Mid Term Project Due
8ThLab 6Ladd Cove Church
(Battle Creek Area)
12M14Perspective Sample: Year 1790
14W15Across the Mountains
Mid Term
15ThLab 7Lost Cove Homestead
(Sherwood/Crow Creek)
19M16Frontier Revival
21W17From Tennessee to Texas
22ThLab 8Joint Lab/County School
(TBA)
26M FALL BREAK
28W18Town and Textiles
29ThLab 9Falls Mill Site
(Salem/Franklin Co.)
November 2M19Perspective Sample: Year 1890
4W20Machinists and Merchants
5ThLab 10Lynchburg/Cumberland Sprs.
(Moore Co.)
9M21Leaving the Farm
11W22Towns Transformed
12ThLab 11County Tour
16M23Round Bales, Bare Choirs
18W24Perspective Sample: year 1990
19ThLab 12(TBA/Repeat)
23M25No Class
25W26No Class
26ThNo labThanksgiving Holiday
27FNo Class
30M27Rural To Urban Transition: Franklin CO.
December 2W28Death of the Rural?
3ThNo Lab
7M29Urabn Apocalypse?
Last class: Projects Due


August September October November December