Vancouver Island University – Nanaimo Campus Territory of the Coast Salish Snuneymuxw First Nation Department of History History 351: Twentieth Century British Columbia Section S16 N01 – Building 250 Room 140 Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 to 4:00 pm. Instructor: Kelly Black Email: [email protected] Office: Building 340 / Office 123 Phone: (250) 753-3245, x 2132 Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00pm to 2:00pm. Course Objectives • To introduce students to key events and themes in the history of British Columbia. • To foster analytical thinking, research and communication skills. • To introduce students to the concept of public history. • To demonstrate the practical and everyday importance of history. • To engage students with local history and the communities in which we live and learn. Course Themes • Colonialism • Resource Extraction • Political Conflict • Environmentalism / Conservation • Provincial Identity Readings There is no textbook for this course. There are however mandatory weekly readings. These readings are posted on VIU Learn (D2L). These assigned readings (see below and VIU Learn) should be completed before each class and will inform each lecture and in- class discussion. While there is no textbook for this class, I suggest budgeting approximately $15 for the potential cost of materials associated with the public history assignment. Updated January 10, 2015 1 Course Schedule Week 1 January 5: Introduction - N/A January 7: “The Queen is Dead!” - Introduction to Sources: http://web.uvic.ca/vv/student/victoria_dead/index.html - Philip Resnick. The Politics of Resentment: British Columbia Regionalism and Canadian Unity. “British Columbia as a Distinct Region of Canada.” (D2L) Week 2 January 12: Roads, Rail, Reserves, & Resources - N/A January 14: Premier McBride & BC/Canada Relations - Impacts of the McKenna-McBride Commission (1 to 8): http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/Resources/ourhomesare/narratives/Impacts_1.htm Week 3 January 19: Local & Public History - Watch: “Rethinking Public Interpretation Around the Salish Sea:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqL1udxsxUw - “New Directions in Public History:” http://activehistory.ca/2015/11/new- directions-in-public-history/#more-17540 - “Vancouver History: Emery Barnes:” http://www.miss604.com/2010/10/vancouver-history-emery-barnes.html - Listen: “He was a famous poet and he was partly responsible for Canada's residential school system:” http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2678147687 January 21: Trip to the Nanaimo Archives - Browse http://www.nanaimoarchives.ca/ Week 4 January 26: “A White Man’s Province” - N/A January 28: Group Conversation – Race & Empire in BC - J.F. Bosher. “Vancouver Island in the Empire.” (D2L) - Cole Harris. “How Did Colonialism Dispossess? Comments from an Edge of Empire.” (D2L) - Renisa Mawani. “The Racial Impurities of Global Capitalism: The Politics of Labour, Iterraciality, and Lawlessness in the Salmon Canneries.” In Colonial Proximities. (D2L) Week 5 February 2: Education at the Edge of Empire (Guest Lecture by Dr. Patrick Dunae) Updated January 10, 2015 2 February 4: The First World War - James A. Wood. “BC Narratives of the Great War: Home, Home Away, Loss, and Hope.” (D2L) Week 6 February 9: Life after War - Jack Hodgins. Broken Ground. “Voices from Portuguese Creek 1922.” (D2L) February 11: Morality & Reform - Robert A. Campbell. “Ladies and Escorts: Gender Segregation and Public Policy in British Columbia Beer Parlours, 1925-1945.” (D2L) Week 7 February 16: The Great Depression - N/A February 18 The Second World War - P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Guerillas in Our Midst: The Pacific Coast Militia Rangers, 1942-45.” (D2L) February 22 to 26: Study Days, University Closed Week 8 March 1: Conservation & Resource Extraction - N/A March 3: Group Conversation – Exploitation & “Protection” - Roderick Haig-Brown. A River Never Sleeps (Excerpt on D2L) - Scott Wallace & Brian Gisborne. Basking Sharks, The Slaughter of BC’s Gentle Giants (Excerpt on D2L). - Jeremy Wilson. “Forest Conservation in British Columbia, 1935-85: Reflections on a Barren Political Debate.” (D2L) - Douglas C. Harris. Fish, law, and colonialism: the legal capture of salmon in British Columbia. “The Law Runs Through It: Weirs, Logs, Nets, and Fly Fishing on the Cowichan River, 1877–1937.” (D2L) Week 9 March 8: Labour & Capital: Post War Prosperity - Watch: Ripple Rock https://www.nfb.ca/film/ripple_rock March 10: WAC Bennett - Tina Loo. “People in the Way: Modernity, Environment, and Society on the Arrow Lakes.” (D2L) Updated January 10, 2015 3 Week 10 March 15: Left Turn, Right Turn - “Dave Barrett’s Rich Legacy to British Columbians” http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/08/30/Dave-Barrett/ March 17: A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1972. http://spacing.ca/vancouver/2010/06/07/a-year-in-five-minutes-vancouver-1972/ Week 11 March 22: Recession & the 1980s - Watch: Solidarity https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/145442 1/uiconf_id/26824312/entry_id/0_3nfde2wa/embed/dynamic March 24: Public Interpretation Assignment Review - N/A Week 12 March 29: The War in the Woods & the Modern Treaty - N/A March 31: Group Conversation – Environmentalism, Resources, & Colonialism - Terry Glavin. This Ragged Place. “From the Old Rice Mill to Annieville Drift.” (D2L) - Nicholas Blomley. "Shut the Province Down:” First Nations Blockades in British Columbia, 1984-1995. (D2L) - Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group. Getting to 100%. (D2L) - Lorna Stefanick. “Baby Stumpy and the War in the Woods: Competing Frames of British Columbia Forests” (D2L) Week 13 April 5: Class Review April 7: Class Review Assignments Office Hour Visits 5% Group Conversation Participation 15% Learning Responses 20% Public History Group Assignment 30% Community Snapshot 30% Total 100% Updated January 10, 2015 4 All written assignments must use the VIU Department of History Essay Writing and Style Guide. Office Hour Visits (2 x 2.5% = 5%) Communication with your instructor is essential to success in any class. Schedule a visit with me during my office hours (a sign up sheet will be posted on my office door) at least twice during the term. If you are unable to make scheduled office hours please speak with me so that we can arrange a different time that will work for you. Visits during the last 3 weeks of the course will not count toward this grade. Group Conversation Participation (3 x 5% = 15%) In this class we will be learning from the lectures and readings, but also from each other. Our group conversations are an opportunity to explore your thoughts about the readings and what they tell us about the course themes and the past/present of British Columbia. Each student will be assigned a particular reading to be responsible for. While all students are expected to be familiar with all readings, it is expected that you will have a more intimate knowledge of the reading assigned to you. The week before the group conversation I will assign a specific reading to you and provide a set of questions to consider based on that reading. During class I will help guide discussion - however, it is your role to contribute, listen carefully, and act respectfully as these are the criteria you will be evaluated on. Learning Responses (2% x 10 weeks = 20%) Due: Each Saturday at 11:30pm. Submitted online through VIU Learn. Length: 200-350 words (total) For the first 12 weeks of the class you will be asked to submit short learning responses based on the content of that week’s class (including the assigned readings). These are expected to be full sentences and should be more than a simple summary of events. I would like to see you identify the reasons for your response (i.e.: why did these issues stand out to you?). Your 10 best responses out of 12 will be selected and count toward your final grade. You will be asked to answer the following two questions: 1) From your perspective, what were the key issues discussed in the lecture, readings, and discussion? (1%) 2) After reflecting on the lecture, discussion, and readings what is an unanswered Question that you have? (1%) Public History Group Assignment (30%) Updated January 10, 2015 5 Due: Proposal – February 11th (10%) Interpretation – March 24th (20%) Part of this class is about exploring the practical and applicable aspects of history – often referred to as Public History. Public history refers to the many diverse ways that we encounter, create, present, debate, and discuss the past. In this assignment you and other members of your group are asked to develop a form of public interpretation. Public interpretation refers to concise, informative, creative, and engaging ways to tell stories and present information to the public. You have seen interpretation many times in your life – even if you haven’t recognized it: plaques, panels, statues, walking tours, and murals are just a few examples of public history and public interpretation. Groups will be asked to create an example of public interpretation based on a historical person/place/event/theme in Nanaimo’s history (areas outside of Nanaimo may be considered but the group must speak with me before moving ahead). We will have a class devoted to this subject where we will discuss the assignment in greater detail. As a brief overview, the assignment asks for the following: 1) Proposal. The proposal should describe in 1 to 2 pages the person/place/event/idea etc. that the interpretation will explore. On an additional page(s), the group should explain what this interpretation will look like: a walking tour, a plaque, etc. Provide a preliminary sketch or outline. Your group’s proposal must also detail how the work of the assignment will be divided between the various members of the group. You should also propose a budget for the project (cost of printing, materials etc). 2) Interpretation. Interpretation is not simply a list of historical facts. The best interpretation tells a story. Your project should be: - Creative - Engaging - Informative - Historically accurate The following books are on reserve at the VIU Library’s main desk and may be a good place to start for this assignment: • Black Diamond City: Nanaimo in the Victorian Era.