DESCRIPTION: see Santa Fe Trail Symposium 2002, Larned, Kansas at www.santafetrail.org or see the attached hard-copy description.

BOOKS:
Required:
Josiah Gregg Commerce of the Prairie    (hard copy or read at http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/gregg

And a non-fiction book of your choice. (adult, not children’s or young adult). Both the Santa Fe Trail Center and Fort Larned have excellent book selections.  Also, www.amazon.com has 100 selections on all reading levels if you type in the key words Santa Fe Trail.  Many local bookstores and all public libraries have books on the trail too.

Optional choices that I recommend:

Anything by Marc Simmons (he and other authors usually attend the conference)  (On the Santa Fe Trail is one example.)

The following are reprints and, like Gregg’s (above)  are primary sources:
• Land of Enchantment: Memoirs of Marian Russell Along the Santa Fe Trail: As Dictated to Mrs. Hal Russell.
• Marian, Meyer and Marc Simmons.  Mary Donoho: New First Lady of the Santa Fe Trail.
• Susan Shelby Magoffin and Stella Madeleine.  Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico:  The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin,1846-1847.
• Matthew C. Field, Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail.
 

GRADING:
Grades are based on meeting the requirements for the class component you are taking.  Because this class is an intensive class, attendance is an asset.
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? AH522ZA = 1 hour, undergraduate credit:
 ? Attend the Santa Fe Trail Symposium (50 points)
 ? Write a reaction paper.  (see guidelines)(50 points)

? AH522ZB = 2 hours, undergraduate credit:
 ? Attend the Santa Fe Trail Symposium (20 points)
 ? Write a reaction paper. (see guidelines)(30 points)
 ? Review a book about the Santa Fe Trail experience(see guidelines)(50 points)

? AH522XA = 1 hour, graduate credit:
 ? Attend the Santa Fe Trail Symposium (20 points)
 ? Write a reaction paper. (see guidelines) (20 points)
 ? Review 2 books about the Santa Fe Trail experience(see guidelines)(60 points)

? AH522XB = 2 hours, graduate credit:
 ? Attend the Santa Fe Trail Symposium (20 points)
 ? Write a reaction paper. (see guidelines) (20 points)
 ? Write a research paper about the Santa Fe Trail experience.(see guidelines)(60 points)

? Guidelines are after the daily class schedule.
? Plagiarism: I will follow ESU’s policy.

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 DATE                        COURSE CALENDAR

SEE SYMPOSIUM’S SCHEDULE OF EVENTS for more detail.
Events are listed on Symposium schedule of events.  Plan on doing field trips as you are actually out on the trail.
(attached their schedule so look on program and note if any changes)
Pre-conference events are not required, but the more you do the more you learn.

SFTA 2003 SYMPOSIUM TOUR SUMMARIES
     The tours being offered at this symposium will give registrants a comprehensive understanding of where the various trail routes are located in Western Missouri and the Kansas City area.  The tours for the symposium are all on 47 to 55 passenger over-the-road buses with trained guides.  Except for the Wednesday pre-symposium tour, tours are about five hours long and all leave from the Days Inn and return to the same place.
 The following is a summary of the tours to be offered:
Wednesday, September 24 - Pre symposium all-day tour of Lexington
Thursday, September 25 - three tours offered:
 Independence Route, Westport Route & Ft. Leavenworth
Friday, September 26 - same as Thursday
Saturday, September 27 - Independence Route, Westport Route and
extended Lexington tour (five hours)

LEXINGTON - The short tour on Friday will include a stop at Fort Osage.  The tour then will follow the Santa Fe Trail along the Missouri River and include information about the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  In Lexington, stops will be made at the Madonna of the Trail and at the Old Town.  A brief city tour will be followed by a stop at the very fine Lexington Museum.  The longer tour on Wednesday will also include a brief tour through Independence as well as a stop or two along the trail on the way to Lexington.   We will have a luncheon set up in Lexington.  In the afternoon an additional stop will be made at the Anderson House, which interprets the 1861 Civil War 'Battle of the Hemp Bales'.

INDEPENDENCE ROUTE - Follows the Santa Fe-Oregon-California Trail from Independence.  Stops will be made at the Upper Independence (Wayne City) Landing, the historic Independence Courthouse Square, the National Frontier Trails Center, the 1844 Rice-Tremonti House, New Santa Fe, Mahaffie Farmstead and the Lone Elm Campground.

WESTPORT ROUTE - Follows the Westport Route from Westport Landing through Westport and across the state line to Shawnee Mission.  The tour will cross both the Big Blue and Missouri Rivers on the way to downtown Kansas City.  Stops will be made at the new Town of Kansas Pedestrian Bridge, the Arabia Steamboat Museum, Lewis and Clark Point, a walking tour of Westport, and the Shawnee Indian Mission.

FORT LEAVENWORTH - The tour will follow the Fort Leavenworth Military Road (which was also part of the Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails).  The tour will stop at the Leavenworth Park on the Missouri River during a brief tour of the historic town of Leavenworth.  The Fort tour will stop at the Fort Museum and the Parade Ground before a brief walk in the big swale at the Missouri River.  The tour will conclude by following the Oregon-California Trail out to Eight-mile House where the trails split as they headed toward the St. Jo Road near Marysville or the Independence-Westport Route at the Kansas River at Topeka, which also includes segments used as the Santa Fe Trail in later days.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2003 WEDNESDAY
Board Meeting at Bannister Mall
           Committee Meetings 4:00
           SFTA Symposium check-in 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm.
Evening meal on your own.
 6:30 Shuttle busses leave hotel for NFTC
 7:00-7:55 Hors d'oeuvres at the National Frontier Trails Center
      French speaking students serve refreshments
 8:00 to 8:45 Program on French traders/settlers
 9:00 busses return to hotel.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2003 THURSDAY morning
Vendors open (contact liaison- Dorothy Kroh)
 7:30-5:30 check-in for registrants -get id tags, bags
 8:00 to 8:30 refreshments
  8:30 opening welcome  SFTA President,  MRO President,
                       Mayors of Kansas City and Independence
 9:00 to 9:45 Opening program:
              Speaker - Mike Dickey, Site Administrator at Arrow Rock
 9:45 to 10:00 break
          10:00 to 10:45 Program #2
10:45 to 11:30 Program #3
11:30 to 12:00 collect box lunch and load for bus tour
12:00 to 5:30 Tours
       Afternoon GPS/Geocaching workshop for students from Hickman
Mills, Grandview, Independence, and Raytown School Districts
6:30 to 7:00 GPS/Geocaching demonstration- John Schumacher
7:00 Dinner- entertainment, announcements

SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 FRIDAY
7:30 am to 5:30 pm check in for registrants - id tags, schedules, bags
8:00 to 8:30 refreshments
8:15 to 9:15 General membership meeting (committee reports, voting)
9:15 to 10:00 Program #4
10:00 to 10:15 break
10:15 to 11:00 Program #5
11:00 to 11:45 Program #6
11:45 to 12:15  Collect box lunch and load for bus tours
12:15 to 5:30 Tours
6:30 Dinner at Benjamin Ranch,  Missouri Theme, door prizes, Speaker
    After dinner entertainment

SEPTEMBER 27, 2003 SATURDAY
Vendors open all day
7:30-5:30 check in for registrants and local teachers
8:00 to 8:30 refreshments
8:30 - announcements, remarks
8:45 to 9:30 Program #7
 9:30 to 9:50 break
 9:50 to 10:35 Program #8
10:40 to 11:30 Program #9
11:30 to 12:00 Collect box lunch and load for bus tour
12:00 to 5:30 Tours
 12:30 to 5:30 Time Period Skills/Workshops/Demonstrations
  Bill Wall-knives and weapons
     Julie Daicoff-Creating the time period garden
     Suri Chambers, yucca and pine needle baskets
    Vicki Hood, Missouri Oak baskets
     Wagonwheel Rug Weaving
     Dana Mallinson, Weaving and natural dyes
     Diane Mallinson, Emily Fisher's salve
 GPS / Mapping workshop by mfg of GPS units

6:00 arrive for dinner at Benjamin Stable
6:00 to 7:00 Stagecoach rides on grounds (free)
Dinner 7:00 Buffet Hispanic Theme
7:45 Announcements, prizes for winners of Mystery Board Contest, SFTA Awards Program, Entertainment
9:00 Return to hotel

SEPTEMBER 28, 2003 SUNDAY
Time Period Church Service 9:00- Wayne City site
(Registrants and Participants encouraged to dress in time period attire)
 Brunch at VFW hall nearby
 Farewell remarks.

Possible Programs:
l.  The French in Missouri - Fur and Footholds (Wednesday eve)
2. * Mike Dickey-- Specie and Survival (The Santa Fe Trade and the        banking industry in Missouri) (Thursday morning)
3. * Bill Gwaltney - African Americans on the Trail
4.  * Pat O'Brian
5.  Charles Strom
6. * Leo Oliva

Current Committee Chairs:
    Finance and Registration: John Atkinson
    Programs: Mary Conrad
    Tours: Ross Marshall
    Meals and Amenities: Nancy Lewis
    Hospitality: Jane Mallinson
    Vendors: Dorothy Kroh
    GPS Workshop: John Schumacher

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Class particulars:
? we will talk at meals
? sign roster sheets at each event
? plan on telephone or email discussions with me post-conference
? no faxes and AVOID procrastination
?  Reaction papers are due October 19 ( a full month after the symposium)
? Book Reviews are due November1
? Research papers are due December 19 (two months after the symposium)

? address to:  Dr. Joyce Thierer
                2886 N Hwy 99
                         Admire, Ks 66830

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Pick up at the registration table further particulars relevant to this class.  For example at exactly which table we will meet for the Friday evening meal-discussion.
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Guidelines:
ALWAYS  GOOD PLACES TO CHECK for history on these subjects, as well as   book review examples :
? Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains.  And earlier versions.
? Journal of the West.
? Wagon Tracks.

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REACTION PAPER or A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION OF THE MATERIAL COVERED IN THE BOOK AND THE CLASS:

• Typed or keyboarded and double spaced
• Number the pages
• Length –- 8 to 12 or so pages ( some of you will write succinctly and say a lot in a few pages and others of you, by nature, will write more.  Please do edit for clarity and succinctness.)
• Footnotes are expected, and are a must after any quote you use.
Three styles are common in an essay of this style.  First is the (author’s last name p. #) after a sentence. This style  would require a bibliography at the end of your paper.  Secondly or the most typical style of historians is when they are entered at the bottom of the page of text.  And, thirdly, citations as endnotes.
• Organization
Topics to cover in your response reflect the symposium’s topics and your readings.
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RESEARCH PAPER:

• Typed or keyboarded and double spaced
• Length -- 10-20 pages.  Please number your pages.
• Footnotes –- see examples
• Organization – focus on an aspect of the Santa Fe Trail
• Let’s talk at some point during the semester so we have a mutural understanding of your research topic.   I have found that this leads to a higher quality of satisfaction on both of our parts, and overcomes the tyranny of distance that is a part of Kansas life.
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                                        FOOTNOTES or ENDNOTES

? use Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains as a guide because it is in all the public libraries, in many school libraries and in many homes.  If you are a member of the Kansas State Historical Society you receive it as a part of your membership (which is a bargain).
? use Ibid. if you are quoting the same item and it is the note/ item the same as the last one. (see below)
? If you are footnoting an article:

1.  Ann Birney and Joyce Thierer, “Shoulder to Shoulder: Kansas Women Win the Vote,” Kansas Heritage 3, no. 4 (Winter 1995): 64-68.
2.  Ibid.  65.
3. Ibid.  67-68.
? If you are footnoting a book (ex of things to put in):
Author Name, Title of Book Goes Here. Place of publication: Publisher, date.  p. or pp. #-#.
 (Ex: p. 41.  Or: pp.  100-1.)
[you are expected to either underline or italicize a book title]

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GUIDELINES FOR BOOK REVIEWS
*   Your book review should provide: a) an overview of the book’s content, and b) your critical response to the book’s content.  Follow the example for format.

1. Computer generate and print the review or type the review on non-erasable paper.  Make the margins 1 ½ inches on the left and 1 inch on the right.  Double-space throughout, including the heading.

2. The length of the review should be about 500 words.  That is two pages of elite type or use your computer’s software’s word count  tool.

3. Pay attention to grammar and punctuation.  Don’t turn in your first draft—edit it into a clean document.

4. For the general format of the review, consult recent reviews in Kansas History, a journal you should get to know anyway.  You will find it in most libraries.  Pattern the format of your review as if you were writing it for this journal.  The best way to learn about book reviewing is to read reviews.  Most historical journals have sections of book reviews.  I recommend, in addition to Kansas History, The Journal of the West, The Journal of American History, and the Western Historical Quarterly.

THE CITATION SHOULD BEGIN THE REVIEW.  Look at examples.

5.    Note that these reviews cover the following points:
a. the authority of the author
b. the author’s style
c. the scope of the book’s contents and sources
d. special features, illustrations, etc.
e. how the present work stands up compared to:
- the author’s announced intent (thesis)
- other work on the subject or in the field
f. if the work is a reissue, translation or other variation of an earlier work
g. the contribution the work makes to Kansas or western history
h. sources used (Did the author use primary or secondary?)
i. time span covered
j.    geo-area covered in book
k.    comment on: topics covered, organization or arrangement of book (parts, sections)

6.   In any book review the most important things to consider are  the purpose of the book  and whether the author achieved it (goal intent).  Sometimes the purpose is stated plainly in the preface;  other times you have to infer it.  In either case begin by evaluating whether the author did what she or he set out to do

7.   Summarize the content of the book.  Be concise.  No more than half of the review should be summary.  Be precise.  Use details and facts -- the wheres, the whens, the whos, etc.

8.  Comment on the quality of various aspects of the book---the sources on which it is based, its organization, its methodology, its literary merit.  You can’t discuss all such aspects, but you can touch on the striking ones.

9.  Comment on the significance of the book.  What notable facts, interpretations, or methods does it offer to historical scholarship?  What does it say that was not been said, or said in this particular way , before?

10.  Your goal is to summarize.  Don’t restate the title and author.  Refer to the author by last name only: Williams, not Ms. Williams.  Use Dr., if applicable, the first time as it establishes author’s authority.

11.   Really write a book review, not a book report.  Be precise and loaded the review with details.