Course Schedule

Tuesday, September 11, 2001

Discussion of political cartoons

Other types of visual argument

Thursday, September 13, 2001

Bring in three political cartoons, ads, or other types of visual medium

In class:  Complete journal about the visual medium

Prewrite for Assignment #1

Tuesday, September 18, 2001

Begin to work the material for the journal into the essay

Discussion of terms to use within the essay, a visual argument vocabulary

Thursday, September 20, 2001

Work on rough draft of the essay

Discuss pitfalls of the assignment

Tuesday, September 25, 2001

ROUGH DRAFT DUE; Writing Workshop

(You may also submit your essays to the listserv for further discussion).

Thursday, September 27, 2001

SECOND DRAFT DUE (To me, for a grade).

Discussion of Assignment #2

Self-assessment of Assignment #1

Discuss various views of “success.”

Tuesday, October 2, 2001

View film clips: The Meaning of Life, “The Inquisitor”

Large group discussion: journal writing.

Thursday, October 4, 2001

Oral Presentation: Leo Tolstoy.

Discuss “How Much Land Does a Man Need.”

Tuesday, October 9, 2001

Discuss selected passages from Bhagvad Gita, The Bible, and the Koran.

Time permitting, work on Assignment #3 in class.

Thursday, October 11, 2001

Discuss selected passages on Taoism and Confucianism, and The Tibetan Book of the Dead.

Time permitting, work on Assignment #3 in class.

Tuesday, October 16, 2001

Continue working on Assignment #3. Discussions on research concerns.

Thursday, October 18, 2001

ASSIGNMENT #2 DUE.

Discussion of Assignment #3.

Discussion of Assignment #4 proposal.

Progress check: journal for first half of the semester.

Tuesday, October 23, 2001

Oral Presentation: Harriet Beecher Stowe. Discuss selections from “Uncle Tom's Cabin.”

Oral Presentation: Martin Luther King. Discuss “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

Thursday, October 25, 2001

Oral Presentation: Mark Twain. Discuss selections from “Huckleberry Finn.”

Discuss essay on Huck (distributed in class).

Tuesday, October 30, 2001

Oral Presentation: Langston Hughes. Discuss “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” and film clip from “A Raisin in the Sun.”

Thursday, November 1, 2001

Discuss readings about Latino and Asian cultures. Readings TBA.

Tuesday, November 6, 2001

ASSIGNMENT #3 DUE (You may also post your paper to the listserv for peer comments).

Introduction of the research paper process

Thursday, November 8, 2001

Lecture: The Academic Conversation

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

RESEARCH PROPOSAL DUE.

Lecture: Negative Research.

View parts of Secrets of the Pharaohs.

Thursday, November 15, 2001

Documenting sources.

Progress check.

Work on research paper in class.

Tuesday, November 20, 2001

RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Discussions after each presentation.

Thursday, November 22, 2001

THANKGIVING HOLIDAY.

Tuesday, November 27, 2001

RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Discussions after each presentation.

Thursday, November 29, 2001

RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Discussions after each presentation.

Reception/celebration of semester's work.