| English 1, Section 0561, Chapman 8, MWF 10:00-10:50 a.m. |
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| General Info |
Syllabus |
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The Students |
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| Week 1 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 8/21/2006 |
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Handout |
Neil Postman's "Parable of Ring Around the Collar" |
| Week 2 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 8/28/2006 |
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Bias of Language & Pictures |
Neil Postman chapter from "How to Watch TV News." |
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Impact of the Media? |
Benedict Carey in NY Times looks at the increase in the desire for fame. |
| Week 3 |
Assignments |
Beginning Wednesday, 9/6/2006 (No class Monday, Labor Day) |
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Washington Post on Afghanistan |
Various newspaper articles dealing with 9/11 five years later |
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New Yorker Conversation |
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SF Chronicle on Military |
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NY Times on Fear |
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NY Times on History |
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NY Times on Generations |
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LA Times on Bush Address |
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LA Times on ABC Pressure |
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US Constitutional Amendments |
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NYTimes on Truth and Jail |
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NYtimes on 9/11 Impact |
Bob Herbert on us as strangers |
| Week 4 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 9/11/2006 |
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Philippe Petit's Tightrope Walk |
Fifth anniversary of 9/11 |
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Postman's Critical Triad |
A diagram of developmental methods |
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Quiz #2 |
On Postman's Critical Triad |
| Week 5 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 9/18/2006 |
| Week 6 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 9/25/2006 |
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Erik Erikson |
Eight stages of development |
| Week 7 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 10/2/2006 |
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Quiz #3 |
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| Week 8 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 10/9/2006 |
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IQ Test Questions |
From the SAT website |
| Week 9 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 10/16/2006 |
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Can We Categorize People? |
Butler & McManus |
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Why Aren't We Shocked? |
Bob Herbert on Misogyny |
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Quiz #4 |
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| Week 10 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 10/23/2006 |
| Week 11 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 10/30/2006 |
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"My Graduation Speech" |
Postman on Athenians and Visigoths |
| Week 12 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 11/6/2006 (No class Friday, 11/10, Veteran's Day) |
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How do you spell that? |
An interesting observation from Michael O'Shea |
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From the Big Bang to the Big Brain |
By Michael O'Shea |
| Week 13 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 11/13/2006 |
| Week 14 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 11/20/2006 (No class Wednesday, 11/22, In-Service, and Thursday - Sunday, Thanksgiving) |
| Week 15 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 11/27/2006 |
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Morality |
Roger Scruton's philosphy |
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Good Country People |
Short Story by Flannery O'Connor |
| Week 16 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 12/4/2006 |
| Week 17 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 12/11/2006 |
| Week 18 |
Semester ends Wednesday |
12/20/2006 |