Wednesday

8/25

Monday

• 8/30

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

• Hurston, Barracoon, 9-31
• Hamilton, skim Ch2

What you’re going to write:

• Paragraph: The primary theme of Hurston’s Barracoon is ____________.

What else you’re going to do

• Start thinking of subjects
• Look into possible sources for subjects

What we’re going to do in class

• Quiz: Hurston + Hamilton
• Discuss Hurston and Hamilton: Why is it important to understand the way your subject communicates. Hurston as anthropologist and biographer. Why it’s important to let the dead people talk.
• Not complain about Hurston’s use of vernacular

What you’re going to turn in

• Paragraph on the primary theme of Barracoon.

What you’re going to do after class

• Organize your reading/discussion notes
• Do some basic wikipedia-level research on potential subjects

Wednesday

9/1

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

• Hurston, 33-89
• Hamilton, Ch 4
• I Am Well – pgs 1-16.5
  • Just skim through the first sixteen pages of this book and jot down your ideas. Whatever they are. Just jot down what you’re thinking. What you think he’s trying to express.

What else you’re going to do

Complete Critical Reading Handout – Hurston

What we’re going to do in class

• Roche, lecturette on Post as Guru
• Discuss choosing a subject. Who do we want to “room” with. The “doability” question. What’s been done. Library of Congress Subject Headings + JSTOR

What you’re going to turn in

• Completed Handout on Critical Reading – Hurston

What you’re going to do after class

• Organize your reading/discussion notes
• Reconnoiter potential sources

Monday

9/6

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

• Hurston,  91-137
• Hamilton, Ch 5

What you’re going to write

• Paragraph – Choose one: In Barracoon, Zora Neale Hurston described the extraordinary life of Cudjo Lewis. In Barracoon, Zora Neale Hurston fashioned an extraordinary life from the stories of Cudjo Lewis.

What else you’re going to do

• Finalize your subject choice

What we’re going to do in class

• Quiz: Hurston, 33-end of the book + Hamilton chapters 4-5
• Discussion on Hurston – what do we know about biography now. The shape of Cudjo Lewis’s Life
• What have we learned from Hurston?
• How might we apply what we’ve learned.

What you’re going to turn in

• Paragraph – Hurston and Extraordinary Life

What you’re going to do after class

• Begin research
• Organize your reading/discussion notes

Wednesday

9/8

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

• Hamilton, Ch 6

What you’re going to write

• One-page document that identifies your subject, explains why that subject, and a preliminary bibliography of secondary sources

What else you’re going to do

• Complete Critical Reading Handout

What we’re going to do in class

• Roche, lecturette, The Life of a Businessman
• Discuss building a bibliography: annotation, gather, the inverted pyramid of helpfulness
• Discuss digging for primary materials

What you’re going to turn in

• One-page document that identifies your subject, explains why that subject, and a preliminary bibliography of secondary sources
• Critical Reading Handout

What you’re going to do after class

• Start research + expanding bibliography

Monday

9/13

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

• Marshall, Crazy Horse Intro and Part I + Hamilton Ch 7

What you’re going to write

• Paragraph – A biography of a Lakota, by a Lakota, for the Lakota

What else you’re going to do

What we’re going to do in class

• Quiz: Marshall + Hamilton
• Discuss: Audience and Sources
• Discuss: How do Marshall and Hurston construct lives

What you’re going to turn in

• Paragraph: A biography of a Lakota, by a Lakota, for the Lakota

What you’re going to do after class

• Read – your subject

Wednesday

9/15

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

What you’re going to write

• First annotated bibliography

What else you’re going to do

• Complete Critical Reading Handout

What we’re going to do in class

• Short Lecture: Post the Politician
• Discuss Writing a Strong Statement of Topic and Finding Good Sources
• Discuss Marshall Crazy Horse

What you’re going to turn in

• First Annotated Bibliography

What you’re going to do after class

• Read your subject

Monday

9/20

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

• Marshall, Crazy Horse, Part IV and afterword
• Hamilton Ch 9

What you’re going to write

• Paragraph – Crazy Horse and the Threats to the Lakota World
• or short essay – Crazy Horse and the Threats to the Lakota World

What else you’re going to do

• Consider the larger histories of your biography subject.

What we’re going to do in class

• Discuss Marshall and Hamilton
• Quiz, Marshall + Hamilton

What you’re going to turn in

• Paragraph
• or short essay

What you’re going to do after class

• Prepare basic timeline – genealogy – biographic materials

Wednesday

9/22

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

What you’re going to write

• Topic Statement
• Primary Source Collections

What else you’re going to do

Complete Critical Reading Handout

What we’re going to do in class

Lecture: Post the Utopian

Discussion/Workshop: Notetaking = story+data+argument+source mining

What you’re going to turn in

• Topic Statement
• Primary Source Collections

What you’re going to do after class

• Begin strategic notetaking

Monday

9/27

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

What you’re going to write

• Paragraph – in class. See email
• Short Essay – in class. See email

What we’re going to do in class

• Quiz Agee Reading
• Discuss Agee
• Graf Workshops
• Short lecture on sharecropping and southern life in the 1930s

What you’re going to turn in

• Paragraph tbd
• or Short Essay tbd

What you’re going to do after class

Get ready for your conference

Wednesday

9/29

what you’re going to do before class

• If you have a conference this week you will prepare materials
• If you don’t have a conference this week, you are going to do research

What we’re going to do in class

Conferences: Sam B., May, Grace, Mason, Ben

Monday

10/4

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

• Agee, Rest of the book

What you’re going to write

• Paragraph or Short Essay: Agee works toward fulfilling his goal to provide “an independent inquiry into certain normal predicaments of human divinity” by . . .
• Critical Reading Handout Agee

What we’re going to do in class

• Quiz Agee Reading
• Discuss Agee

What you’re going to turn in

Paragraph or Short Essay

Critical Reading Handout Agee

What you’re going to do after class

Get ready for your conference

Wednesday

10/6

what you’re going to do before class

• If you have a conference this week you will prepare materials
• If you don’t have a conference this week, you are going to do research

What we’re going to do in class

Conferences: Nathanael, Laura, Olivia, Liz, Ryan

Monday

10/18

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

Herrera, Frida Preface Parts I & II

What you’re going to write

Paragraph or Short Essay: Herrera refers several times in the first section of the biography of Kahlo’s “mask” at one point even calling it the “frame” of her life. Why does Herrera believe that Kahlo is wearing a mask?

What else you’re going to do

Organize and consolidate your notes

What we’re going to do in class

• Quiz, Herrera Reading
• Discuss, Frida

What you’re going to turn in

Paragraph or Short Essay

What you’re going to do after class

Wednesday

10/20

what you’re going to do before class

If you have a conference this week you will prepare materials

If you don’t have a conference this week, you are going to do research

What we’re going to do in class

Conferences: Austin, Sammi, Holly, Hannah

Monday

10/25

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

• Group A (Hanna, You, Krage, Boudreau) Read Part 3
• Group B (Keogh, Nengel, Hlaing) Read Part 4
• Group C (Poisson, Santiago, Shaum) Read Part 5
• Group D (Pavlecis, Jentes, van Horssen) Read Part 6

• What you’re going to write
• Paragraph or Short Essay – Individual responses to your section

What else you’re going to do

Prepare Three-Slide presentation + 1-page summary of your part

What we’re going to do in class

• Put together the life of Frida Kahlo
• Quiz, Herrera Reading

What you’re going to turn in

One-page summary of your Part

Paragraph or Short Essay – Individual response to your section

What you’re going to do after class

Wednesday

10/27

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

• Your Research Notes
• Skim Hamilton

What you’re going to write

Themes of your notes

What else you’re going to do

Complete your critical reading Handout

What we’re going to do in class

Discussion Hamilton and Herrera.

Discuss making sense of our notes

What you’re going to turn in

• Your notes and themes of your notes
• Critical Reading Handout

What you’re going to do after class

Go to do more research

Monday

11/1

No Class

Wednesday

11/3

what you’re going to do before class

Read: 

Isaacson, Code Breaker Intro and Part One

What we’re going to do in class

Discuss, Isaacson and writing early life

What you’re going to do after class

Write Three-Paragraph Essay on establishing an early life

Monday

11/8

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

Isaacson, Code Breaker

Group A (Santiago, Hanna, Krage ) Parts 2 (CRISPR) ) and 9  (Coronavirus)

Group B (Shaum, Hlaing, Nengel) Part 3 (Gene Editing) and 9 (Coronavirus)

Group C (van Horssen, Jentes, Pavlecic, Boudreau) Parts 4-6 and 9 (Coronavirus)

Group D (You, Keogh, Poisson) Parts 7-8) and 9 (Coronavirus)

What you’re going to do:

Prepare a 3-Slide Presentation – as a group – with one image and no more than 20 words on each slide that describe the main points of your sections.

What we’re going to do in class

Put the book together

What you’re going to do after class

Research and Write

Wednesday

11/10

what you’re going to do before class

Prepare your elevator paper pitch.

What we’re going to do in class

Elevator Pitches – each student will present their subject in a 3-minute pitch. See handout. For an examples go to Three Minute Thesis

What you’re going to turn in

1st Draft of Paper

What you’re going to do after class

Begin copy editing other papers

Group A) Jentes, Pavlecic, Van Horssen, Hlaing

Group B) Keogh, Poisson, You

Group C) Krage, Santiago, Boudreau

Group D) Nengel, Shaum, Hanna

Monday

11/15

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

Skloot, Henrietta Lacks First Half

What you’re going to write

Paragraph or short essay tbd

What else you’re going to do

Continue to edit your paper

What we’re going to do in class

Discuss, Skloot, Henrietta Lacks 1st Half

Quiz: Skloot

What you’re going to turn in

Paragraph or Short Essay

Wednesday

11/17

what you’re going to do before class

Prepare examples of self editing

Prepare your style/edit sheet

Copy-Edit Two Other Papers

What we’re going to do in class

Workshop Papers

What you’re going to turn in

Self-Edit Examples

Copy Edited Papers

What you’re going to do after class

Research, Write, Edit

Monday

11/22

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

Skloot, Henrietta Lacks 2nd Half

What you’re going to write

Short essay tbd

What else you’re going to do

Research

What we’re going to do in class

Discuss, Skloot, Henrietta Lacks

What you’re going to turn in

Second Draft

What you’re going to do after class

Research and Write

Monday

11/29

what you’re going to do before class

What you’re going to read

Noah, Born a Crime

Hamilton, Chapter 13

What you’re going to write

Short Essay – What would be the theme/period of life for your memoir?

What else you’re going to do

Research and write

What we’re going to do in class

Quiz: Noah + Hamilton

Discuss Noah – humor and horror

What you’re going to turn in

Short Research Paper

What you’re going to do after class

Wednesday

12/1

what you’re going to do before class

Prepare Research Presentations

What we’re going to do in class

Research Presentations

You

Hanna

Jentes

Krage

Pavlecic

Santiago

Van Horssen

What you’re going to turn in

Self – editing examples

What you’re going to do after class

Monday

12/6

what you’re going to do before class

Prepare Research Presentations

What we’re going to do in class

Research Presentations

Boudreau

Hlaing

Keogh

Nengel

Poisson

Shaum

Wednesday

12/8

what you’re going to do before class

Finish your Paper

What we’re going to do in class

Debrief

What you’re going to turn in

Research Papers