Calendar
Class |
Topic
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Assignment
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1
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Course introduction, syllabus, surveys, defining 'reality' and 'America' | Course materials, read and annotate excerpt from Zinn's A People's History |
2
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Annotation, selecting and presenting evidence, defining, constructing, and Zinn | Re-annotate Zinn's "…Progress", read and annotate excerpt from Zinn's graphic Empire |
3
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Double entries, constructing and deconstructing, Atwan's Convergences | Categorization-of-Zinn double entry, read and annotate except from Mann's 1491 |
4
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Comparison of history to interdisciplinary research in Mann's 1491, advising | Read and annotate individual selection from Mann's 1491 |
5
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Pratt's "Contact Zone" and 1491, e-mail address list | Reread and reannotate individual excerpts from 1491 |
6
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Review course vocabulary and double entries, Unit 1 readings | Annotate Paper 1 instruction, paper sources double entry |
7
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Computer Lab. Excerpts from double entries, Paper 1 instructions | Scan Women of the West or WPA: La Diabla A Pie excerpt, position , paragraphs |
8
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Layering of authorship and filtering, group responses to homework, position paragraphs | Annotate excerpt from Turkle's Life on the Screen, PAPER I version 1 |
9
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Computer Lab. Peer review, web-blog responses to "Identity Crisis" | "Identity Crisis" (Life on the Screen) double entry |
10
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Comparing use of evidence, disciplines and perception of reality, view Jhally's Advertising | Finish Advertising and the End of the World double entry, PAPER I version 2 |
11
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Computer Lab: Oxford English Dictionary, the present and calendar websites, Healey Library research. | Annotate chapters in How to Watch by Postman and Powers. |
12
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Compare/contrast arguments and types of arguments made in Unit 2 sources, disciplines | Double entry based on class discussion |
13
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Computer lab. Reworking double entries, "reality" programing, categorizing programs | Revise double entries as necessary, complete group work before Tuesday of week 8 |
14
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Paper II instructions, position paragraphs, mid-semester evaluations | Annotate Paper II instructions, position paragraphs |
15
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Computer lab. Group web-blog responses, Healey Library Catalog, Reserve Desk | PAPER II version1 |
16
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Peer review, specific wording, examining arguments made in student papers, adding evidence |
Revise PAPER II according to comments |
17
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Documentation styles and pages, advising, read web-blogs responses to group work | Complete documentation page, review Paper II for clear attribution. |
18
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Final review of Paper II, dual language compositions | Annotate LeGuin's "Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons?", PAPER II version 2 |
19
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Computer Lab: LeGuin and Unit 3's reversal, brainstorm for project/construction, forming project proposal | Complete project proposal (method, message, media) |
20
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Begin drafting and forming actual project | Complete initial version of Project |
21
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Computer Lab: Assessment of Projects, begin documentation page and list of search terms. | Read Project evaluations, annotate "Man's Rights", appropriate from its contextualization |
22
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Healey Library CLI: Electronic library research- the deep or hidden web and scholarly sources. | complete Final Version of Project |
23
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Computer Lab. Continue electronic library research, "Man's Rights", contextualizing projects, citing students' projects, documentation pages, position paragraphs | Annotate Paper III and creator statement instructions, Paper III version I |
24
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Healey Library CLI: Collaborative research review | view The Brother From Another Planet |
25
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Computer Lab. Continued library research, Paper III and authorship, peer review, presentation instructions | Presentation notes, presentation handouts |
26
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Presentations, Paper III revision | Revise presentation handouts and presentation notes |
27
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Presentations, evaluations | Revise Paper III including title and documentation pages |
28
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Presentations, creator statements | PAPER III version 2, and portfolio, creator statement |
29
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Final copy of Paper III, Gallery Day | Read initial feedback on project/portfolio, speak to Meesh if instructed to do so. |
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