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The University of Arizona
Southwest Project
A Study of Shifting Learning Roles


Significant Southwestern Data Added
July 2002 -

Completed

Defining the Southwest student projects http://www.library.arizona.edu/definingsw/students.htm

Twelve student projects from Dr. Roxanne Mountford's Fall Semester 2001 and Spring 2002 English 306 composition courses were to the Student Projects section of Defining the Southwest. [August 2002]

The Drachmans of Arizona http://www.elearn.arizona.edu/fierman/index.html

An e-text of an 1964 article written by Dr. Floyd S. Fierman and published in the American Jewish Archives November, 1964, issue. It adds a well-written historical account of Philip and Samuel Drachman's lives in Tucson and southern Arizona. Dr. Fierman's research collection was donated to the Southwest Jewish Archives, housed at the UA Library's Special Collections. [September 2002]

The First Chinese In Tucson: New Evidence on a Puzzling Question

E-text of an article that appears in the Winter 2002 issue of the Journal of Arizona History, written by U of A East Asian Studies doctoral student Wensheng Wang. [March 2003]

Huellas del Pasado ... Footprints from the Past

"A bilingual school and community oral history collection by the students of Davis Bilingual Magnet School (2002) ... This project was kindly sponsored in part by the Arizona State Museum Rio Nuevo School Partnership, which supports student exploration of local history and cultural heritage. The Partnership is an educational component of the City of Tucson's Rio Nuevo project, which is searching for Tucson's historical roots as it plans for the City's future. Through the efforts of Desert Archaeology, Inc., Tucson's past is being uncovered and interpreted; through the Partnership, local students are invited to witness and participate as a city embraces its past to define and create a better future. Huellas del Pasado was made possible by a generous grant from the Arizona Humanities Council. This year-long project incorporated teacher workshops, fieldtrips, an Oral History Family Night, photojournalism classes, student art and writing activities, excerpts from previously unpublished oral history projects, as well as this culminating publication." [December 2002]

An Interview with Luttie Wilson

Streaming video of the interview conducted in March 2000 with Luttie Wilson (1898-2000), a former teacher at the Old Fort Lowell School who also became its principal in 1929. The video is streamed for Real Player, QuickTime and Windows Media Player. It is linked from the Old Fort Lowell Neighborhood website. [October 2002]

School on the Range: The Little Cowpuncher Roundup

School on the Range: The Little Cowpuncher Roundup is an oral history project funded in part by a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council. It features streaming videos of interviews with former Little Cowpunchers who attended four of the five Arizona ranch schools where Eulalia "Sister" Bourne taught from the early 1930s to the early 1940s. During the interviewing process, new material was often brought forward by the subjects for inclusion in the website. Community volunteer and children's book writer/illustrator Joan Sandin co-directed the project.

Mr. Steinfeld is in Sole Control

A digital version of "Mr. Steinfeld is in Sole Control: The Celebrated Case of the Louis Zeckendorf vs. Albert Steinfeld and the Silver Bell Copper Company," which appeared in the Summer 2002 issue of the Journal of Arzona History. The e-text version is linked to the "Arizona Jewish Pioneers" section of the SW Jewish Archives website. [October 2002]

Music of the Southwest http://www.elearn.arizona.edu/msw

For her Fall 2002 course Music 344 Music in World Cultures, Dr. Janet Sturman created a learner-centered instructional module that will brought much-needed content to MSW. The assignment was:

"Project 1 (AP1) will involve library and ethnographic research to explain archival music examples. The length and content of written explanations will resemble the information boxes supporting songs and artists in the Soundscapes text. The data authors gather will be forwarded to the editor of the University of Arizona's Music of the Southwest website for publication. The first 50 points will be earned by preparing a written entry on a selected topic (list will be provided). This contribution will be due on Sep. 30. The second 50 points will be earned by collaborative work involving editing and revising the submitted material. The editor's suggestions and revised work will be due as printed in the workschedule."

Dr. Sturman juried all the assignments/submissions and provided direction to students as needed. The result is that MSW has some excellent content describing the different music genres, and even particular songs. For faculty interested in developing learner-centered modules, check this out as a model.

Stuart has submitted a grant that involves the student mariachi band and folklorico dance group at a local high school. There is great potential in the project to involve high school students in learner-centered endeavors, create new audio and video for this website, and achieve a major outreach activity in the Tucson community. Stuart is also pursuing an NEA grant (due in August) that would conserve and digitize the remain ~350 tapes from Tucson Meet Yourself. Valuable new data could be added to MSW from these tapes if NEA funds the grant application. [March 2003]

On February 19, 2003, the Southern Arizona Old Time Fiddlers performed at the UofA Bookstore opening ceremonies [Real 44:55]. After the performance, the band members were interviewed by Big Jim Griffith [Real 5:26]

The Pentland-Salcido Family: A Sonoran Family History http://www.elearn.arizona.edu/pentland-salcido

A new website in the Through Our Parents' Eyes series. It brings forward the story of four generations of the Pentlands and Salcidos in Arizona and Sonora. Walter Pentland I was a mining engineer whose family lived in Prescott. Pentland served as the chief engineer at a number of mines in several Mexican States. He was an avid photographer and the site includes images to many of historical photographs. [August 2002]

Tucson Community Technology Education Network

Panoramas, Models, and Other Imagery, under the direction of Robert MacArthur and the College of Agriculture. Examples include:

Contact Robert MacArthur and Michael Rose [121902]

Web Resources for Arizona's Social Studies Teachers

Thousands of images, documents, and audio/video resources are available online to Arizona's Social Studies teachers and their students in the websites highlighted below. Many of these websites, in-development since the mid-1990s, contain digital versions of artifacts and other resources stored in regional archives and museums or submitted from the personal collections of community members. [February 2003]

In Development

The Arizona Electronic Atlas Project: World Wide Web Access to Arizona Maps

The purpose of this atlas is to: 1. Integrate disparate and distinct data sources into one easy-to-use and easy-to-find resource by creating a dynamic Web-based interactive atlas of Arizona, that allows users of all skill levels to create, manipulate and download accurate and current maps and data. 2. Meet educational and research needs of the users. 3. Provide an innovative tool for improving geographic literacy.

Native American Languages Project

Dr. Susan Penfield has created lessons in Wimba for teaching Mohave. Oher Native American Languages can be added. Wimba is software loaded on a FCII server that incorporates voice and text on the Web for language instruction. Read George Shelton's article in the September, 2002 Computing & Communications News. Contact Garry Forger, Learning Technologies Center

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