Tentative Schedule
English 102, Section 071
N.B. : Only major
assignments are listed. You are also responsible for any homework assigned at
class meetings.
Mon 20 Course
Introduction; in-class thinking and writing exercise.
Wed 23 Rereading
America (1-15) “Thinking Critically Challenging Cultural Myths”
R.A. (19-25) “Harmony at
Home,” Norman Rockwell
Mon 28 R.A.
(26-38) “What Makes a Family,” E. J. Graff
Wed 30 R.A.
(52-68) “What We Really Miss About the 1950’s,” Stephanie Coontz
Paper #1 - Topic Distributed
Mon 4 R.A.
(81-88) “The Military-Nintendo Complex,” John Naisbitt et al.
Paper #1 Peer Edit
Wed 6 R.A.
(223-232) “Learning to Read,” Malcolm X
Paper #1 Due
Tues 10 Deadline
to Add and Drop (NGR)
Mon 11 R.A.
(141-150) From “Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education, 1848,” Horace
Mann
Paper #2 - Topic
Distributed
Wed 13 R.A.
(298-304) From “Ragged Dick,” Horatio Alger
R.A. (318-333) “Class in
America: Myths and Realities,” Gregory Montsios
Mon 18 Washington
Holiday – No class meeting.
Wed 20 R.A.
(407-410) “How the Americans Understand the Equality of the Sexes” Alexis de
Toqueville
Paper #2 Peer Edit
Mon 25 R.A.
(414-423) “Becoming Members of Society:
Learning the Social Meanings of Gender,”
Holly Devor
Wed 27 R.A.
(660-672) “Gray Boys, Funky Aztecs, and Honorary Homegirls,” Lynell George
Paper #2 due
Mon 4 R.A.
(611-624) “Notes of a Native Speaker,” Eric Liu
Wed 6 R.A.
(539-544) From “Notes on the State of Virginia,” Thomas Jefferson
R.A. (545-547) “Let America Be
America Again,” Langston Hughes
Mon 11 R.A.
(548-561) “Causes of Prejudice,” Vincent Parrillo
Wed 13 Midterm:
In Class Essay and Summary
Mon 18 R.A.
(814-824) “Freedom and Want, ” Donald Worster
Wed 20 R.A.
(584-597) “Virtual Integration: How the Integration of Mass Media Undermines
Integration,” Leonard
Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown
Mon 25 R.A.
(734-748) “The American West and the Burden of Belief,” N. Scott Momaday
Wed 27
R.A. (683-691) From “The Significance of the Frontier in American
History,” Frederick Jackson
Turner
Paper #3 Topic
Distributed
Mon 1 Spring
Break – No class meeting until April 8
Mon 8 R.A.
(826-835) “Department of the Interior,” Linda Hogan
Paper #3 Peer Edit
Wed 10 R.A.
(836-851) “Looking for Nature at the Mall,” Jennifer Price
Mon 15 From
“Phaedrus, ” Plato (class handout distributed previous meeting)
Paper #3 Due
Wed 17 Critical
Thinking Reading and Writing (345-347) “Criteria for Moral Rules,” Barnet
and Bedau
(class handout
distributed previous meeting);
How are We to Live (vii-x), Peter Singer
Mon 22 HWL Chapter 1
Paper #4 Topic
distributed
Tues 23 Deadline
to Withdraw (W)
Mon 29 HWL
Chapters 2 and 3
Wed 1 HWL Chapter 4
1st Peer Edit
Mon 6 HWL
Chapters 5 and 6
Wed 8 HWL Chapters 7 and 8
2nd Peer Edit
Mon 13 HWL Chapter 9 and 10
Paper #4 Due
Wed 15 HWL
Chapter 11
Mon 20 Final
Essay Exam – Room 828