| Date | Readings & Assignments |
| ANALYSIS | |
| 8/30 | OVERVIEW OF CLASS
Group Assignments (for final projects and posting) The Declaration of Independence (1776) @ The Avalon Project, Yale Law. Reading/paying attention What is Rhetoric? And What is Rhetorical Analysis? Bai, Stephany. “George Takei Warns Against A Trump Presidency in a Spanish Language Video” (July 21, 2016) @ NBC News.com |
| 9/6 | The Declaration of Independence (1776) The Avalon Project, Yale Law.
The Constitution of the United States of America. (Preamble; Article 2; All Amendments). The Avalon Project, Yale Law. Group A Posts PROJECT SITES UP And all group members listed as administrators What is Comparative Analysis? |
| 9/13 | Douglass, Frederick. “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (July 1852). Teaching American History.org
Truth, Sojourner. “Address at the Woman’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio” (May 1851). Voices of Democracy.org Thesis Dos and Don’ts for Comparative Rhetorical Analysis papers. Group B Posts Thesis for Paper 1 Due
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| 9/20 | PEER REVIEW
Paper Draft Due for Peer Review |
| 9/27 | REVISED DRAFTS DUE Wed. 9/28 at midnight.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. “‘The Solitude of Self’: Speech to the House Judiciary Committee” (Feb. 1892). Voices of Democracy.org Harper, Frances E. “Woman’s Political Future” (May 1893). Voices of Democracy.org
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| 10/4 | NO CLASS
Narrowing Your Focus and Developing Research Questions Assignments Due Monday, October 10th by 8:00 am [see post for assignment details]
Turn in Individual Meeting Sign-up Sheet by Wed, Oct 12 at 5pm |
| 10/11 | NO CLASS
Preparing for Library Presentation Assignment Due Monday, October 17th at 8:00 am [see post for assignment details.] |
| RESEARCH | |
| 10/18 | LIBRARY PRESENTATION DAY in Room VC 6-155 |
| 10/25 |
Post Library Presentation Day Assignment due as a post and an email to me by 12 noon. In Class: review annotated bibliography assignments; discuss paper; discuss campaign ad analysis assignment.
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| 11/1 | King, Martin Luther Jr. “Give Us the Ballot.” Washington DC (1957) King Encyclopedia, Stanford University.
Group C Posts Malcolm X. “The Ballot or the Bullet” (April 1964). Group D Posts Draft of Social Media Election Guide Due |
| 11/8 | ELECTION DAY
NO CLASS [SIGN UP for Individual Meetings with professor; bring your introduction with thesis and road map to the meeting. Sign up sheet will have been emailed by 10/5; you should submit your preferences by 10/12; meetings times will be announced by 10/16; meeting times finalized by 10/20]
Social Media: Election Guide Annotated Bib Due 11/6 by midnight
Posts from the A, B, C, D Campaign Ad Analysis Post Assignments Due Friday 11/11 by 6pm |
| ARGUMENTATION | |
| 11/15 |
Comment on one of the posts from the A, B, C, D Campaign Ad Analysis Post Assignment. Due Monday, November 14 at 10am. NOTE: Your comment should not be strictly evaluative. It should engage with the analysis presented. If you think something about analysis isn’t working, then you should actually asks a question about where you need more clarity to understand the point and/or you should posit an alternative reading of the material that doesn’t just highlight what’s not strong in the original post but also offers a suggestion of how the author might strengthen their analysis. Thesis 2 Due [due at the time of your meeting –see 11/8 note] |
| 11/22 | Peer Review Paper 2: Mixed Media Argumentation
Draft of Paper 2 Due Sun 11/20 by noon |
| 11/29 | PROJECT WORKING DAY
Hopefully Computer Lab Revised Paper 2 Due by 10 am. |
| 12/6 | PRESENTATION DAY
PROJECT SITES DRAFTS DUE |
| 12/14 | All Work Due (First Day of Exams)
Final Projects Due |
| 12/21 | End of Semester |