| English 1, Section 80703, Tu&Th 2:00-3:15, Room 701 |
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| General Info |
Syllabus |
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First Visit |
If this is your first time here, follow the link. |
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The Students |
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| Week 1 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 8/18/2008 |
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Ring Around the Collar |
Neil Postman's article on advertisements |
| Week 2 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 8/25/2008; Last day to register or add classes, Fri. 8/29. |
| Week 3 |
Assignments |
Beginning Tuesday, 9/2/2008; Campus closed on Labor Day, 9/1. |
| Week 4 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 9/8/2008 |
| Week 5 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 9/15/2008 |
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Example MLA Paper |
While this is a long example, it's instructive |
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Erik Erikson's eight stages |
Follow this link for the Work Cited for this article. |
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Compact Eight Stages |
Similar information in a table |
| Week 6 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 9/22/2008 |
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Paper Grading Rubric |
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| Week 7 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 9/29/2008 |
| Week 8 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 10/6/2008 |
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Map of Human Migration |
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Impact of Whites on Native Americans |
From Josephy, Alvin M. Jr. "The Indian Heritage of America." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. 278-285. |
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African-American Timeline |
Link to PBS site |
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Finding the North Star |
Using the little and big dippers to find the north star |
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Frederick Douglass Timeline |
Douglass, Frederick. "Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass." New York: Barnes and Nobles Classics, 2005. VIII-XI. |
| Week 9 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 10/13/2008 |
| Week 10 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 10/20/2008 |
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Comparion of Baldwin & Obama |
By Colm Tóibín in The New York Review of Books |
| Week 11 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 10/27/2008 |
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What? Me Biased? |
Nicholas Kristof |
| Week 12 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 11/3/2008 |
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Barack Obama's & Our Victory |
Bill Moyers talks to Fresh Air's Terry Gross |
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A Historical Perspective |
Newshour historians |
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French Revolution |
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Slave Trade |
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| Week 13 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 11/10/2008; Campus closed on Tuesday, 11/11, for Veteran's Day. |
| Week 14 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 11/17/2008 |
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Roger Scruton on Morality |
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RSVPU Ethics |
Rules, Sympathy, Virtue, Piety & Utility |
| Week 15 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 11/24/2008; Campus closed for Thanksgiving, 11/27 to 11/30. |
| Week 16 |
Assignments |
Beginning Monday, 12/1 |
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Chinua Achebe, Part 1 |
An interview in three parts |
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Chinua Achebe, Part 2 |
with Bill Moyers |
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Chinua Achebe, Part 3 |
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| Week 17 |
Assignments & Finals Begin |
Beginning Monday, 12/8; Finals begin on Thursday, 12/11 |
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Final Exam Paper |
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| Week 18 |
Last week of semester |
Beginning Monday, 12/15; Final on Tuesday, 12/16, from 1:30-3:30; Finals and semester end on Wednesday,12/17. |