Agenda - Week Eleven
Tuesday Nov. 1 (Halloween/All Saint's day/Dia de los Muertos)
Walking in/Walking Out music for today is Old Southern Medley from John Fahey's Album the "Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death." I've chosen music today with the idea of soothing jangled nerves as we head into the m election and the pedal to the metal last weeks of the semester and our time together.
Announcements:
Walking in/Walking Out music for today is Old Southern Medley from John Fahey's Album the "Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death." I've chosen music today with the idea of soothing jangled nerves as we head into the m election and the pedal to the metal last weeks of the semester and our time together.
Announcements:
- Essays Returned - Comments
- Elements of Style Workbook Due Tues. Nov. 8
- Lecture Requirement - the sooner the better
- Research Project Proposal: Each student should create a one-two page research plan/bibliography which will be due Nov. 15 . The research plan/bibliography should include 1) a brief rationale for the project 2) a series of steps to complete the project 3) a projected time table 4) a preliminary bibliography listing at least 3 sources.(5 points) I would suggest putting your bibliography citations in the format from the style manual you'll be using for your project
- Note the Alternate Format option for the Research Proposal - Presenting your research in the form of a fictitious memoir. (See the Research Project guideline page for details).
- Note that each student will be making a presentation to the class based on their research project. I will take note of these when calculating participation points.
- Our last day of class will be Wednesday Dec. 8. Nov. 29, Dec. 1, Dec,.6 and Dec. 8 will be devoted to Terrible Love of War Panels and student presentations.
- Research Project Papers will be due on Nov. 24
- On Nov. 10, we will begin covering the My Lai massacre by listening to Part I of the My Lai tapes in class. Students should explore the My Lai wiki page and listen to Part II by Nov. 15. The reaction papers on the tapes will be due Nov.16. .
- The next reading will be James Hillman's A Terrible Love of War. All students will be required to read Chapter One, "War is Normal" plus another chapter to be assigned later. Most students will find the book both intellectually and emotionally challenging so it is by no means too early to begin work on Chapter One. The reaction paper for that reading will be due around Nov.19.
- Taking up Temple Grandin's Work (Reaction Papers due Nov. 10 ) Brief discussion as segue into the next activity
- Where we've been and where we're going in this class.
- Small group discussion - tie together the various things we've seen, read, and discussed to date in this class
- Full seminar group discussion linking where we've come to date to what remains before us.
Thursday Nov. 3 - No Class Meeting