9 am - 12 pm Orientation to Introduction to the Liberal Arts

The Design and Objectives of Introduction to the Liberal Arts

Introduction to the Liberal Arts and Integrated Studies

Obama, "Origins"

Informal in-class writing on "Origins," Dreams From My Father

Obama, "Origins"

The Art of Asking Questions

Due: A paragraph responding to this thesis:

 In “Origins,” Obama indicates that race is/ is not a salient aspect of his early years.

Make a choice about whether you believe it is or is not salient, and write a paragraph explaining that thesis. Like all work done outside of class, the paragraph must be typed and double-spaced. Format your out-of-class writing according to MLA format.

Mindful Listening

Obama, "Origins"

Due: 2 - 3 page diagnostic essay

Convocation: Dean Jane Jakoubek on the liberal arts

Obama, "Origins"

Robert D. Putnam's "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital"

Putnam's "Bowling Together"

In Robert Putnam's controversial 2007 Scandinavian Political Studies article "E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture": Jonas, Michael. "The Downside of Diversity."  The Boston Globe 5 August 2007.  31 Aug 2007 <www.boston.com/news>.

Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and Matthew E. Brashears, "Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks Over Two Decades"

Recommended: James S. Coleman's "Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital"

Obama, "Chicago" (133-186)

Altgeld Gardens

Recommended: New York Times audio report entitled "Obama's Failed Senate Race" with accompanying images

Obama, "Chicago" (187-223)

Obama, "Chicago" (224-94)

Obama, "Kenya"

Please keep/ create a family tree of Obama's African relatives as you read "Kenya."

History of Kenya

Recommended: Survey of definitions of colonialism

No class

Obama, "Kenya"

Revised diagnostic essay due with commented-upon first draft

Obama, "Kenya"

Obama, "Kenya"

Orientation for Success: Study Skills

Obama, "Kenya"

Convocation: Professor Stacy Cordery on writing biographies

Dreams From My Father exam

6 - 9 pm class meeting at the Peterson dorm viewing room

First Person video

Recommended: Linda Williams, "Mirrors Without Memories: Truth, History, and the New Documentary." 

Errol Morris Interview with The Believer

John Conomos, "Error Morris and the New Documentary"

Roy Grundmann and Cynthia Rockwell, "Truth is Not Subjective: An Interview with Errol Morris"

Discussion of First Person episodes

Convocation: Professor Steve Price on academic honesty

No class

Che Guevara, Part One: Chapter One

Summary by Professor Belschner

Summary exercises

Autobiographical essay due

Dinner @ 6:30 pm with President Ditzler at Quinby House (meet at Dunlap Terrace outside of Stockdale Center)

Che Guevara, Part One

Chapters Two and Three

Kalista's summary of Chapter Two

Allison's summary of Chapter Three

Che Guevara, Part One

Chapters Four and Five

Che Guevara

Chapters Six, Seven, and Eight

Che Guevara

Chapters Nine, Ten, and Eleven

Che Guevara

Chapter Twelve

Appendices A, B, & D

Final draft of autobiography due

The True Story of Che Guevara: The Life and Death of the 20th Century's Most Iconic Rebel (History Channel documentary)

The True Story of Che Guevara: The Life and Death of the 20th Century's Most Iconic Rebel (History Channel documentary)

Che Guevara

Che Guevara

Thirteen Days, 1 - 49

Kennedy's national address on the Cuban missile crisis (October 22, 1962)

Thirteen Days, 50-98

Library Presentation

Thirteen Days, Afterword

Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis documentary

Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis documentary

Spring Break

Giving Presentations by Professor Steve Price

Research day: meet in Hewes Library, Room 124 (open classroom by reference section)
 

TBA

PowerPoint on MLA documentation

Easter Break

Thirteen Days presentations

Thirteen Days presentations

Thirteen Days presentations

Stearns, Peter N. "Why Study History"

***Please cut and paste the essay to a new Word document before printing otherwise text on the right side does not print.

"Why Study History" summary

Noddings, "On Community" (handout)

Orientation for Success: Michelle Shawgo, Wackerle Center

Tartan Room (in the basement of Stockdale)

No class

TBA

Triandis, "Consequences of Individualism and Collectivism" from Individualism and Collectivism (107 - 121)

Please make a table listing the consequences of individualism and collectivism over the next three days.

First draft of paper three due (2 pages on Guevara)

Triandis, "Consequences of Individualism and Collectivism" from Individualism and Collectivism (121-129) (handout)

Orientation for Success: Paula Huntley, The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo, on civic engagement

No Class

Triandis, "Consequences of Individualism and Collectivism" from Individualism and Collectivism (129-144)

Triandis, "Consequences of Individualism and Collectivism" from Individualism and Collectivism

Second draft for paper three due (two pages on Thirteen Days)

It Was A Wonderful Life (film)

It Was A Wonderful Life (film)

No class

Writing Workshop with CAC Associates

Orientation for Success: The History of the College by Jeff Rankin

Hacking, "Making Up People" (handout)

No Class: SCOTS DAY

Nussbaum, "Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism" from For Love of Country (handout)

Appiah, "Cosmopolitan Patriots" in For Love of Country (handout)

No Class

Danganembga, Nervous Conditions 1-57

Comparative essay due

Danganembga, Nervous Conditions, 57 - 104

Danganembga, Nervous Conditions, 105 - 122

Danganembga, Nervous Conditions, 123 - 150

Reading quiz on Nervous Conditions

No Class

Danganembga, Nervous Conditions, 151-178

Discussion of the final exam

Danganembga, Nervous Conditions, 178 - 208

TBA

Review

Reading Day

(no classes)

   8 am - 11 am

Final Exam

Final essay due