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Required
Daisy
Bates, The Long Shadow of
Analytical
Essays (3) – 75% Analytical
Essays –
Using the assigned readings and lectures for the course you will write
three analytical essays, responding to prompts that I will give you.
The papers should be 6-8 pages in length, typed and double-spaced,
using standard (CMS) footnotes or endnotes, and draw on all relevant
sources (readings, lectures, films, class discussions, and etc.).
I will assess them in terms of grammar, organization, and argument.
They are worth 25 % of your final course grade, for a total of 75%.
Film
Review: You
must also write one film review (your choice from the three scheduled for
the course), 3-4 pp. in length. This
should provide a brief summary (not more than one full paragraph) and
include favorable as well as critical observations that draw on relevant
readings, lectures, and class discussions.
The review, graded by the same criteria as the analytical essays,
is worth 15% of your final course grade. Attendance:
At four points during the semester, unannounced, I will take attendance
for the class. This will be
worth 2.5% of your final course grade, for a total of 10%. Late
Assignment Policy:
For this course you are allowed two late submissions of an assignment (or
missed class meetings when attendance was taken) due to excused absences.
These must be documented with the attached form (see below) and
some other written record of the reason for your absence (e.g., a
doctor’s note, a relative’s obituary, court papers, etc.).
Any assignment you missed as a result of your absence must be
turned in during the next class meeting, when you return, in which case it
will receive no penalty. Once
you have used your two excused absences, however, any assignment not
submitted on the day it is due, in class, will receive an “F”.
Over-sleeping, family vacations, and other such reasons for missing
class and failing to turn in an assignment are not legitimate as grounds
for an excused absence, even with documentation. Grading Scale:
On all assignments the grading scale is as follows: A (92.5 and above), A-
(89.5 to 92.4), B+ (87.5 to 89.4), B (82.5 to 87.4), B- (79.5 to 82.4), C+
(77.5 to 79.4), C (72.5 to 77.4), C- (69.5 to 72.4), D+ (67.5 to 69.4), D
(62.5 to 67.4), and F (62.4 and below).
If at any time you have questions about the grading on an
assignment and/or wish to dispute a grade you should come see me during
office hours. I will only
consider serious and well-reasoned arguments for changing a grade. Plagiarism
and Cheating:
When you use the words or ideas of others, you must document your
source with the proper method of citation.
For this course, you will be expected to use footnotes or endnotes
to indicate your sources. The
one exception to this rule is the use of lecture material.
Evidence of plagiarism or cheating during exams—in violation of
University policy—will result in an F on the assignment or exam and
might lead to a formal disciplinary procedure (refer to the University’s
course catalog for more details). Classroom/Course
Accommodations:
If you have any special learning needs please let me know and I will see
about making the course and/or classroom more accommodating (typically you
must have documentation from Disability Services).
Also notify me if your religious observances conflict at some point
with assignment due dates or examinations and we will make different
arrangements if necessary.
Tentative
Lecture and Reading Schedule
Sept.
2 – Syllabus Review and Introductions; Lecture and Discussion: Movement
Roots Read
Bates, The Long Shadow
Read
Bates, The Long Shadow
Read
Tyson, Radio Free
Read
Tyson, Radio Free
Read
Suburbanization Oct.
7 – Lecture and Discussion: Facilitating White Flight; Civil Rights Essay due Read
Read
McGirr, Suburban Warriors
Read
McGirr, Suburban Warriors
Read
Appy, Working-Class War Nov.
4 – Lecture and Discussion: Colonialism and Cold War; Suburbanization Essay due Read
Appy, Working-Class War
Read
Appy, W.orking-Class War
Read
Foley, Confronting the War Machine
Read
Foley, Confronting the War Machine
Petition for Excused
Absence
Name: Date
of Absence: Assignment
Submitted Late/Class Meeting Missed: Reason
for Absence: Please
also attach written documentation indicating the reason for your absence
(e.g., doctor’s note, a relative’s obituary, court papers, etc.). |