USCS 118H: Week 4
Week 4: Sharing is Caring For Monday (9.22): Type up your first autoethnography story based on the prompt distributed in class. Bring a hard copy to class to share in the story circles session. Review details of Story Circle Protocol posted on Canvas. Monday, 22 September Today we build on conversations from last week […]
USCS 118H: Week 3
Week 3: Keywords & Story Circles For Monday (9.15): Read Keywords for American Cultural Studies: “Introduction” & “Identity” Bring two agenda items to class for discussion Monday, 15 September Today we dive into the Introductory essay on keywords and the first example of “Identity.” We assess the forms and contents of each of these essays, […]
EL 205(H): Week 4
Week 4: 22-26 September For Monday (9.22): Read Walker, from David Walker’s Appeal (B, 443-455) Record two entries in your common-place book Wall of Separation Between Church and US Nation-State? Monday, 22 September Today we engage literature of the nineteenth century and dig into two very different approaches to addressing one of the most contentious […]
EL 205(H): Week 3
WEEK 3: Eighteenth-Century Awakenings, Great Ones and Revolutionary Ones For Monday, 15 September Read Mather, from The Wonders of the Invisible World (A, 338-342); Read Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (A, 354-363) Record two entries in your common place book Monday, 15 September Today we move into the 18th Century. With […]
USCS 118H: Week 2
WEEK 2: 1-5 SEPTEMBER STAGE-BUILDING For Monday (9.8): Review Syllabus on Canvas Come prepared to learn Monday, 8 September We’ll start with some general introductions and then move to a discussion of the syllabus, all to build a solid foundation for the upcoming term. From there, we’ll … For Monday, 15 September Read
EL 205(H): Week 2
Week 2: Seventeenth-Century Preoccupations For Monday (9.8): Read Winthrop, “A Model for Christian Charity” (A, 219-228) Read Bradford, from Of Plymouth Plantation, excerpts from Chapters 1, 11, and 12 (A, 171-173; 179-182) Record two entries in your common place book Monday, 8 September We start by thinking about the prospects of new beginnings. We’ll then […]
EL 205(H): Week 1
Week 1: Labor & Contingencies For Wednesday (9.3): Review Syllabus on Canvas Come prepared to learn Wednesday, 3 September We’ll start with some general introductions and then move to a discussion of the syllabus, all to build a solid foundation for the upcoming term. From there, we’ll set some context for our study that stretches […]