"Here I am the barbarian because they do not understand me."
---Ovid, Tristia, 43 B.C.- A.D. 17.
| Date |
Topics/Assignments |
| May 30 |
a. Read the class syllabus
b. Access the class web site. Familiarize yourself with the layout, click on links, etc.
c. Download A2, Student Information Sheet, fill it in on your computer, print out and turn in at the beginning of class on this date.
d. Read A3, Individual Topics, decide if you want to do your individual paper on one of these topics and indicate your choice on the sign-up sheet during this class period. Note: There will be future individual topics for Unit B and possibly into Unit C, so you can wait to make your topic selection if you choose. |
| June 4 |
a. Individual Topic. Chapter 2. The "Tempest" in the Wilderness: The Racialization of Savagery. Chapter 2 Study Guide.
b. (All) Read A4, Chapter 1. Introduction to A Different Mirror.
c. (All) Read A5, Takaki Essay on Clinton's speech on Multicultural America. |
| June 6 |
a. Individual Topic (no speaker). Chapter 3. The "Giddy Multitude": The Hiddden Origins of Slavery. Chapter 3 Study Guide. Written Assignment. Read chapter, complete study guide and turn in on June 11 (10 points).
b. Individual Topic (no speaker). Chapter 4. Toward the Stony Mountains: From Removal to Reservation. Chapter 4 Study Guide. Written Assignment. Read chapter, complete study guide and turn in on June 11 (10 points). |
| June 11 |
a. Individual Topic-Charles McNair. Chapter 5. No More Peck O' Corn: Slavery and its Discontents Chapter 5 Study Guide.
b. Individual Topic-Jim Reiner. Chapter 6. Emigrants from Erin: Ethnicity and Class Within White America. Chapter 6 Study Guide.
c. Individual Topic Sign-Up in Class.
d. Group Project sign-up in class (June 11 and 13). |
| June 13 |
a. Individual Topic-Cindy Ayon. Chapter 7. Foreigners in Their Native Land: Manifest Destiny in the Southwest. Chapter 7 Study Guide.
b. Individual Topic. Chapter 8-Nhu Vo. Search for Gold Mountain: Strangers from a Pacific Shore. Chapter 8 Study Guide.
c. Final Date for Group Project sign-up
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| June 18 |
a. Unit A Exam
- Chapters 1-8, A Different Mirror, use study guides, class lecture notes
- Takaki essay on Multicultural America
- Class lecture notes and class discussions
- Film, A Place At The Table
- Learning Contract
b. Introduction to Unit B. Unit B |
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