Schedule
| Module | Date | Agenda/Readings | Assignments |
| Module 1: Introduction | Weds. 8/26 | Zoom 8:30-9:30AM | |
| Sun. 8/31 | Maggie Dickinson, “The Making of Space, Race, and Place” | Module 1
3-5 paragraphs on Dickinson |
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| Module 2: Summary | Mon. 9/1 | Zoom 8:30-9:30AM
Introduce Core Assignment 1: Literacy Narrative |
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| Weds. 9/3 | Layli Long Soldier, “38” | Blog due noon | |
| Thurs. 9/4 | Leave comments on 2 peer blogs by 5PM | ||
| Sun. 9/6 | Paolo Freire, “The Banking Concept of Education“ | Due: Module 2, Rewrite “Attitudes and Practices” list
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| Module 3: Analysis | Mon. 9/7 | No Zoom: Labor Day | |
| Weds. 9/9 | Zoom Check-in 8:30-9:30AM
Morgan Parker, The President has Never Said the Word Black Radley Balko “The Curious Grammar of Police Shootings” |
Blog due by noon | |
| Thurs. 9/10 | Comments due by 5PM | ||
| Sun. 9/13 | Gloria Anzaldúa, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue“ | Due: Module 3
First draft of Literacy Narrative |
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| Module 4 | Mon. 9/14 | Zoom check-in 8:30-9:30AM
Small groups |
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| Weds. 9/16 | Zoom workshop 8:30-9:30AM | Comments on working group drafts | |
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| Sun. 9/20 | Module 4 due
Core Assignment 1: Literacy Narrative due |
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| Module 5 | Mon. 9/21 | Zoom 8:30-9:30AM
Introduce Core Assignment 2: Rhetorical Analysis paper |
Literacy Narrative informal “presentations” |
| Weds. 9/23 | Blog due noon: music video analysis | ||
| Thurs. 9/24 | Comments due 5PM | ||
| Sun. 9/27 | Claudia Rankine, excerpt from “Citizen, An American Lyric”
Apoorva Tadepalli, “The Rhetorical Weapons of Liberal Nimbyism“ |
Module 5 due
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| Module 6 | Mon. 9/28 | No Zoom: Yom Kippur | |
| Tues. 9/29 | |||
| Weds. 9/30 | Zoom check-in 8:30-9:30AM
“The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans” by Claire Jean Kim |
Blog due 5PM | |
| Thurs. 10/1 | Comments due 5PM | ||
| Sun. 10/4 | “You Left out the Part About…” by Ta-Nehisi Coates and “One Step Towards Equality, Two Steps Back for Asian Americans” by Tristin Chau | Module 6 due
Rhetorical Analysis: Notes towards a first draft |
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| Module 7 | Mon. 10/5 | Zoom check-in 8:30-9:30AM | |
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| Weds. 10/7 | Research a published review of your artifact | Blog due noon | |
| Thurs. 10/8 | Comments due 5PM | ||
| Sun. 10/11 | Module 7 due
Core Assignment 2: Rhetorical Analysis First Draft 2-3 pages with Writer’s Letter due |
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| Module 8: Halfway there! 🙂 | Mon. 10/12 | No Zoom: Indigenous People’s Day | |
| Conferences | Weds. 10/14 | Peer workshop 8:30-9:30AM
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Working group feedback due |
| Conferences | Thurs. 10/15 | Comments due 5PM | |
| Sun. 10/18 | Module 8 due
Core Assignment 2: Rhetorical Analysis due |
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| Module 9 | Mon. 10/19 | Zoom check-in 8:30-9:30AM
How-to: Library databases for research Introduce Core Assignment 3: Annotated Bibliography |
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| Weds. 10/21 | Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow
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Blog due noon | |
| Thurs. 10/22 | Comments due 5PM | ||
| Sun. 10/25 | Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Case for Reparations” I, II, III | Module 9 due
Three possible “broad topics” |
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| Module 10: Narrowing your Focus | Mon. 10/26 | Zoom check-in 8:30-9:30AM
Introduce Core Assignment 4: Research Paper Introduce Research groups |
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| Weds. 10/28 | Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Case for Reparations” IV, V, VI | Blog due noon
From Topic to Thesis worksheet |
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| Thurs. 10/29 | Comments due 5PM | ||
| Sun. 11/1 | Module 10 due
Focused Research question |
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| Module 11 | Mon. 11/2 | Zoom check-in 8:30-9:30AM | |
| Weds. 11/4 | Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Case for Reparations” VII, VIII, IX, X | Blog due noon | |
| Thurs. 11/5 | Comments due 5PM | ||
| Sun. 11/8 | Module 11 due
Research Proposal due in Working Group folders |
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| Module 12 | Mon. 11/9 | Zoom check-in | |
| Weds. 11/11 | Zoom research group conferences
Abdallah Fayyad, “The Criminalization of Gentrifying Neighborhoods” |
Blog due noon
Core Assignment 3 due: Ref. Annotated Bibliography |
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| Thurs. 11/12 | Zoom research group conferences | Comments due to Research Groups | |
| Sun. 11/15 | Module 12 due
Outline worksheet in working group folders |
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| Module 13 | Mon. 11/16 | Zoom check-in | |
| Weds. 11/18 | Adam Serwer, “The Coronvirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying” | Blog due noon
Final outline in working group folders |
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| Thurs. 11/19 | Comments due to Research Groups | ||
| Sun. 11/22 | Module 13 due
Research Paper Outline due Research Paper First Draft: 2 pages due in working group folders Optional: Intro worksheet
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| Module 14 | Mon. 11/23 | Conferences & peer workshop | |
| Tues. 11/24 | Conferences & peer workshop | ||
| Weds. 11/25 | Thanksgiving break | No Blog | |
| Sun. 11/29 | Research Paper Second Draft: 4 Pages | ||
| Module 15 | Mon. 11/30 | Zoom check-in 8:30-9:30AM
Continue Zoom conferences with both Phoebe and with individual research groups throughout this week |
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| Weds. 12/2 | No Blog: work on your paper | ||
| Thurs. 12/3 | Comments due to Research Groups | ||
| Sun. 12/6 | Module 15 due
Core Assignment 4 due: Final Draft of Research Paper, 7-8 pages, WITH all drafts, outlines, peer comments, and Updated Annotated Bibliography |
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| Module 16 | Mon. 12/7 | Last class Zoom check-in 🙁 8:30-9:30AM
Research Paper share |
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| Weds. 12/9 | Final due |