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Course Number: EPC 538
Course Title: Malaga Island: Ethnicity, History, Science, and Education
Class #: 6502
Dates: August 12-31, 2009
Times: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location: See below
Faculty: Robert M. Sanford, USM Department of Environmental Science;
Rachel Talbot Ross, NAACP - Portland Branch;
Nathan D. Hamilton, USM Department of Geography-Anthropology;
Patricia Pierce Erikson, USM American and New England Studies
Credit: Three (3) Inservice Graduate Credits
Tuition/Fees: $1,108.00 (Maine Resident
Registration Form: Click Here (pdf) or call 780-5055
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course is intended primarily for middle and high school teachers but is also suitable for non-formal educators and others interested in the context of education, environmental history, ethnicity, civil rights, and place-based learning. Malaga cultural and environmental history is presented in Part I, using field trips, lectures, and hands-on experiences. Part II of the course allows students to independently pursue readings and develop an educational unit based on Malaga. Part II is realized through online learning, facilitated by a team of experts in the areas of social justice, archaeology, environmental education, and environmental history.
PART I
August 12-15, 2009
On-Location Lectures and Hands-On Experiences
Wednesday - USM Portland Campus
Thursday - Pineland and Cemetery
Friday - Malaga Island
Saturday - Malaga Island
PART II
August 16-31, 2009
Online Asynchronous Sessions
Choice of two strands for informing classroom applications
• Anthropology/Archaeology/Historical
• Human-Environmental Science and Ecology
ABOUT MALAGA
Malaga had generated considerable attention long before the Governor of Maine forcibly removed the inhabitants in 1912. This island community of people of mixed African-American, Native American, and other ethnic identities provides valuable lessons and insights into who we are today. The environmental aspects of Malaga help document maritime subsistence patterns, and how plant and animal communities change over time. The cultural aspects of Malaga raise issues of social justice and the importance of education about history, politics, material cultural, and social behavior in the context of place.
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