English 1A, SB 1 and 2, MW 1:30-2:45pm, Rm. 904
Class
Calendar (Tentative)
Note: Homework assignments will be given in class
separately. Also, I reserve the right to change the schedule as needed.
January
17 Intro to Eng 1A and Global Politics. Which
global issue concerns you most right now: A) Human Rights? B) Money/Jobs? C) Security/Violence? D) The Environment?
22 Review active/critical reading. Discuss
Plato’s “Allegory.”
24 Continue with Plato, and applications
to today. Review quoting and paraphrasing.
29 Discuss “One World, Rival Theories” (PS 30 handout). What
“shadows” might we be tracking when we read the international news? How are IR
theories also “shadows”?
31 Intro to NGO approaches to making the world better.
Presentation groups on NGOs assigned. Library Orientation. Essay #1 assigned.
February
5 Discuss
“NGOs: Sins of the Secular
Missionaries.” Presentations begin.
7 Presentations continued. Pre-writing
for essay #1. Analyze an NGO: what can
it achieve? What hidden costs might there be for citizens or a state?
12 Class
work on essay #1 as needed.
14 Peer review workshop on essay #1
19 President’s Day Holiday .
No class.
21 Essay #1 due. Begin politics of conflict and identity. Watch
Hotel Rwanda. How can identity
related to class, gender, nationality or religion lead to conflict? How is such
identity powerful?
26 Discuss Orwell’s “Shooting an
Elephant” (handout)
28 Discuss “Final Cut” and/or “The Clash
of Civilizations?”
March
5 Discuss
“Loves Microsoft, Hates
7 Continue with essay #2.
12 Peer review workshop on essay #2 Begin Travels
of a T-Shirt. How does a global
marketplace affect all of us? Our jobs? Our culture? Our natural resources?
14 Continue Travels of a T-Shirt.
19 Essay #2 due. Continue
Travels of a T-Shirt.
21 Continue Travels of a T-Shirt.
26 Continue Travels of a T-Shirt.
28 Conclude Travels of a T-Shirt. Review topics for midterm.
April
2 Midterm exam (in-class essay on Travels of a T-Shirt).
4
Essay #3 assigned. What are the costs and
benefits of TNCs such as Gap,
9-13 Spring Break
16 Essay #3 prospectus and annotated list of sources due. Discuss
“Dueling
Globalizations.”
18 Library research day/ conferences on research papers.
23 Discuss “Deep in the
25
Discuss texts related
to essay #3 (TBA).
30 Discuss texts related
to essay #3 (TBA).
** Note: April 6 is the deadline to drop the class with a W **
May
2 Peer Review of Essay
#3
7 Begin looking at environmental
politics: globally and locally. Final
projects assigned.
9 Essay #3 due. Watch An Inconvenient Truth
14 Environmental politics
continued. Texts for discussion TBA.
16 Environmental politics continued. Texts
for discussion TBA.
21 Final
projects presented 12-1:50pm (Note change from regular class time)
Relax and have a great summer … I’ll see you in
English 4!
