Final Exam - Prep Info and Scoring Guide last modified:3/13/14

See PSU website for day and time. Location is our classroom. Preview of final exam: Part 1) delivering concentrated facts about Humboldt's life, travels, work, and relation to sustainable environmentalism (but not on-demand facts, and they have to be organized); Part 2) relating AvH to our world ("Interpreting the Past"), without substituting preaching for documentation; Part 3) (you guessed it) another picture (and by now you should have a pretty good idea which one it will be, and what the theme will be); Part 4) reflection about an article that you will get at the next meeting (and can refer to during the exam - leave your copy at home and we'll provide fresh ones at the start of the final); Part 5) check sheet so we can be sure you get all the credit you deserve for your contribution to your group project. Here's the scoring guide. Strategy advice: 1) Show what you know about Humboldt's life and work, his times, and the origins of sustainable environmentalism. You can't "Interpret the Past" unless you know something about it and focus on the past (but also in relation to the present). 2) Provide evidence for your arguments, whether you're writing about Humboldt himself or the larger topics of sustainable environmentalism, current issues, etc. Asserting your ideology and political opinions does not count as evidence (although often in the final you will need to express your opinions and conclusions). 3) It is all right to refer to evidence beyond your own immediate knowledge even if you cannot cite your source precisely or remember the exact words of the source. Examples: "I recently read an Oregonian article about coastal erosion, and it said something like 'Expanded construction of vacation homes on the bluffs about Manzanita [or somewhere near there]…" Suggestions for reviewing course content: (re!)read the Helferich biography and Jaguars and Electric Eels; think of how you can formulate links between Humboldt life, work and time, Powell'slife, work and time, and our own lives, work and time. REVIEW THE COURSE MEETING PAGES linked from the SCHEDULE page. Check thorough the course handouts and think why what is in them is in them at some cost to the environment in paper and toner. How to write/keyboard, print, submit/send your exam: 1) You may handwrite your exam. If you do so, write on full-size (8.5 x 11) white paper, such as printer paper. Use ONLY one side, so that I can scan the pages conveniently. Put your name on each page, and numbers your pages. Use ballpoint pen (black) or a very dark (but not blunt) pencil. Turn in your exam as paper, when you leave the exam room. 2) You may also keyboard your exam on your laptop or mobile device. After you do that, you may either print it on the lab printers or send it to me (fischerw@pdx.edu) as an email attachment. Be sure to keyboard my email address accurately, especially the "c" in the middle of "fischerw" and the "w" at the end of it. Honor and honesty: 1) The exam is closed book. The only document you may use is the unmarked copy of the article you were given to read during the last week of classes. 2) The internet is OFF LIMITS, except for sending your files to the printer or emailing them to me. Resist the temptation to fiddle with your cell phone.