Fall 2008 Calendar of
You should expect to spend SIX to NINE HOURS every week outside of the classroom working on this class (online, researching, discussing, writing, and most of all, reading). If you are not willing to devote this amount of time on the course, you cannot expect to do well
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HIST 1301 COURSE CALENDAR (subject to change). Read the chapters from The Way We Lived carefully. You can skim the Created Equal readings. |
[Chapters 24 & 25 will be assigned as needed throughout the
semester |
Novel
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Assignments
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8-25/8-29 |
Week 1: Aug. 26/28
T: Course Syllabus and Team Forms
TH: Created Equal, preface |
Chapter 1: Active reading and thinking strategies:
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Journal 1a: Prospector. Journal 1b: To be announced.
In class assignments:
Respond to "I Hate Reading" |
2 9-1/9-5 (Sept. 1 Labor Day--Holiday!) |
Week 2: Sept. 2/4
T: Created Equal, Chapter 1 TH: The Way We Lived, 3-20 (“The First Americans”)
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Chapter 2
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Journal 2a: Prospector. Journal 2b: Respond to "Bangladesh Set to Disappear Under the Waves."
In-class assignment: Write your own "Dozen Ways to Improve Your Own Reading." In class assignment: Write your own "reading autobiography."
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3
9-8/9-12 |
Week 3: Sept. 9/11
T: Created Equal, Chapter 2
TH: The Way We Lived, 21-39 (“Colonial Beginnings”)
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Chapter 3: Thesis, Main Ideas, etc.
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Journal 3a: Prospector Journal 3b: "Investigating the Psychopathic Mind," by Greg Miller. In-class assignment: Summary practice on "Why Men Cheat" by Constance Holden. In-class assignment: Your Personal Reading Map.
In class (lab) assignment: Respond to this statement: "Choosing to enroll in university when you hate to read is as absurd as choosing to go out for soccer when you hate to run!" Post this on your Facebook notes.
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4
9-15/9-19 |
Week 4: Sept. 16/18 T: Created Equal, Chapter 3 TH: TEST – History and Historical Study; Indigenous, European, African, and Asian Contact, Conflict, Colonization, and Resistance in the Americas |
Chapter 4:Organizational Patterns
Chapter 24: Reading Psychology Selection: from Beginning to Heal, by Bass and Davis [distributed in class.]
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Journal 4a: Prospector Journal 4b: Respond to selection.
In class: Difficult summaries.
In: class: Summary practice
In class (lab) assignment: Writing as a teacher, respond to "I Hate Reading." Post on your Facebook notes. |
5
9-22/9-26 |
Week 5: Sept. 23/25
T: The Way We Lived, 40-55 (“The Enslavement of Africans”); Created Equal, Chapter 4 TH: Created Equal, Chapter 5 |
Chapter 5: Making Inferences
Chapter 25: Reading Biology Selection: from Science Magazine: "Caudate over Heels in Love" |
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Journal 5a: Prospector Journal 5b: Respond to selection (your choice).
In-class: Summary practice |
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9-29/10-3 |
Week 6: Sept. 30/Oct. 2
T: The Way We Lived, 118-135 (“People at War”) TH: Created Equal, Chapters 6 and 7
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Chapter 6
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Journal 6a: Prospector Journal 6b: More about Alcoholism.
In-class Analysis practice: Selection: Searching for the secrets of the Super-Old.
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7
10-6/10-10
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Week 7: Oct. 7/9 T: Created Equal, Chapters 8 and 9 TH: TEST – Slavery and National Formation
**Get started on the novel
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Chapter 7
Selection: "Rabid Dogs" |
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Journal 7a: Prospector Journal 7b: Selection:
In class: Use selection for:.
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8 10-13/10-17
Midterm grades due in by 10.15 |
Week 8: Oct.14/16
T: The Way We Lived, 139-153 (“The Onset of Industry”); Created Equal, Chapter 10
TH: The Way We Lived, 154-172 (“The Cherokee Removal”); Created Equal, Chapter 11
**Read the novel |
Chapter 9 Selection: Facebook: the CIA Conspiracy
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Journal 8a: Prospector Journal 8b: Facebook: The CIA Conspiracy
In-class: Analysis practice Reverse outline of novel.
In class: Analysis Practice: Dying for Science. |
9 10-20/10-24
Freshmen mid-term grades sent to UTEP email addresses 10/20. |
Week 9: Oct. 21/23 T: Daughter of Fortune, Part I/Hija de la Fortuna, Primera Parte TH: Continue reading novel |
Chapter 10 How to Write a Reader Response--The Basics Selection: Isabel Allende article distributed in class.
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Analysis Paragraph
Journal 9a: Prospector Journal 9b: Selection: "Sagging Pants."
In class: Reader response practice. |
10
10-27/10-31
*Friday October 31: Course Drop Deadline |
Week 10: Oct. 28/30
T: Daughter of Fortune, Part II/Hija de la Fortuna, Segunda Parte TH: Continue reading novel |
Chapter 11 Selection from Hogshire, You are Going to Prison. |
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Journal 10a: Prospector Journal 10b: Selection from Hogshire.
In class: Reader response practice: Respond to selection. |
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11-3/11-7 |
Week 11: Nov. 4/6T: Daughter of Fortune, Part III/Hija de la Fortuna, Tercera Parte TH: The Way We Lived, 173-190 (“Moving West”); Created Equal, Chapter 12 |
Chapter 17 Selections: From New York Times |
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Journal 11a: Prospector Journal 11b: Selection from New York Times.
In-class: Reader response practice |
12
11-10/11-14 |
Week 12: Nov. 11/13 T: The Way We Lived, 226-248 (“The Age of Reform”) TH: TEST – Economic and Geographic Expansion of the Nation |
Chapter 18: Business/Advertising/Econ. Read selection 24 in textbook.
Selection: "Think You Love Shopping?" |
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Reader Response Essay
Journal 12a: Prospector Journal 12b: Respond to "Think you Love Shopping?"
In class: To be announced. |
13
11-17/11-21 |
Week 13: Nov. 18/20
T: The Way We Lived, 249-270 (“Plantation Society”) TH: Created Equal, Chapter 13 |
Chapter 19
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Journal 13a: Prospector Journal 13a: To be announced.
In-class: Response to WebMD blog. Summary refresher. |
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14 11-24/11-28 Nov. 27-8 Thanksgiving Holidays |
Week 14: Nov. 25/27
T: Created Equal, Chapter 14
TH: Thanksgiving Break, No Class |
Chapter 20 Selection: S/H Recovery
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Journal 14a: Prospector Journal 14b: Selection.
In class: Rough draft of Reader Response due 11/25 for peer review. |
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12-1/12-5 |
Week 15: Dec. 2/4 T: The Way We Lived, 271-289 (“The Soldiers’ Civil War”) TH: Created Equal, Chapter 15 (Last day of class)
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Chapter 22 Selection: from Science Mag |
Reader Response Essay due by Dec. 2.
Journal 15a: Prospector Journal 15b: Selection.
All journals due by last day of class! |
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Dec. 9
Tuesday |
HIST 1301 FINAL EXAM: Thursday Dec 11, 10:00 am – 12:45 pm |
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