1. Announcements
No Quiz
Final Essay Due Date Extended to Friday 6.7: no late papers accepted!
Final Exam Next Tuesday from 2.25-4.25
2. Blog roll
Deliah
Frankie
Judy
Kenny
Mercedes
Robert
Stacy
Ali
3. Group Discussion: fascism in It Can't Happen Here
4. Clips from film: The Plot Against FDR
5. Writing claims from film into claims about text: in-class exercise
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Final Blog Assignment: Due Friday
For your final blog, you will write a reflection based on one passage from It Can't Happen Here. The passage can be any you choose, but it must reveal what you believe to be a central point about the main character, Doremus. If someone asked you to choose the defining moment of his life, perhaps you might answer it by choosing this passage. What kind of person was he, and why? Use the passage to give evidence for your answers to these questions.
This blog is 200 words. If you write another 200 words about another passage, that will count as extra credit.
This blog is 200 words. If you write another 200 words about another passage, that will count as extra credit.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Remember: Museum Trip Tomorrow
The information about the museum and the assignment is below this post!
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Museum Trip II: Visit and Blog Assignment
ENN 195: Museum Trip to the The New York Historical Society
Directions: see website or class blog. Address: 170 Central Park West
at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street)
New York, NY 10024
at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street)
New York, NY 10024
We meet on
the front steps (if not raining) at TWO PM SHARP (2 PM). Be there ON TIME. If
it’s raining we’ll met INSIDE IN THE LOBBY, in the CENTER of the lobby. If for any reason you’re late, simply
find us in the exhibit.
Take: a notebook with pen AND pencil.
Assignment Goal: The goal of this assignment is for
students to produce a blog (minimum 300 words) that addresses three aspects of
their museum trip: their overall impression
of the museum as an “experience”; their summary
of the “story” that the exhibition tells; and their analysis or close-reading of at least three artifacts from the
exhibition. Students may later choose to focus on one of these artifacts for a future assignment.
Assignment Description: We will meet at the NYHS on the date
assigned (May 21, 2pm). As we tour, we will be taking notes, observing the space
of the museum itself (and the people in it), the artifacts on display, and the “story”
that these artifacts tell (and which the museum has designed in a particular
sequence, with certain themes emphasized). Look up, look down, get close, look
all around – and take notes!
Observing the space. You may find the following
questions helpful: what is communicated by the architecture of the museum? What
is communicated by the spatial design of the exhibit? Who is in this space?
What feelings or mood does the space give you? What feelings or mood is the
space supposed to convey? Who do you think this museum was designed for? In
what ways does it speak to you? In what ways does it not?
The artifacts. We will see a range of artifacts
that are supposed to tell us what the World War II in NY was like. Please take comprehensive notes on three artifacts. You will need to record, their title, their
source, their year, and any other information provided by the museum. Choose
artifacts that stand out to you: they might interest you, challenge you,
confuse you, or offend you. You will later mention three of these artifacts,
but you will write about one in detail. You will have to describe these objects
to someone that has not seen them.
The story of the exhibition. All museums and curators (the
people who design exhibitions) make certain choices when they put together
shows. Keeping in mind our course discussions, texts, and keywords, what story
do you think the museum is trying to tell about World War II in New York?
Who are the main characters in this story – the heroes, the villains? Who or
what do you think is left out? Why is photography an interesting medium to
observe the war? What do you wish had been in the exhibition that isn’t? What
more do you want to know?
We will
discuss both our experiences and your blogs when we meet next as a class.
Reading Quiz
First, write down the page number of the last page you read in the novel.
Then, using at least one specific example from the text, identify one event in the book that you believe best exemplifies Lewis' anxiety about what fascism was or is. In other words, what example from the book to you most memorably captures "fascism" and why?
Then, using at least one specific example from the text, identify one event in the book that you believe best exemplifies Lewis' anxiety about what fascism was or is. In other words, what example from the book to you most memorably captures "fascism" and why?
Class Agenda 5.14
1. Quiz
2. Announcements
No Break Today: Class ends early after Archive visit.
Extra credit event Thursday.
The Museum Visit: The New York Historical Society: assignment same as Met.
Changes to syllabus will be made to accomodate the completion of the novel.
Grades: Blogs are 30% of the grade in this course. Missing more than one blog means a loss of 6 points (that's 100 to 94). Two blogs means 12 points (that's 94-88). Three blogs is 18 points. That's 88 - 82. So students who are missing three blogs - even if they have an "A" on everything else - currently have a B-. Wake up!
You may make up blogs for extra credit.
The deadline for essay 1 revisions is June 1 - two weeks.
Assignment Three posted.
Highlights of museum blogs
Judy
Robert C.
Stacy
Ali
3. Group work: Groups will look at key passages and explain what they say about Lewis' ideas of fascism. We will present this work to the class, and then students will select a passage on their own to write about.
4. We will begin to view the film The Plot to Overthrow FDR.
Fascism
Fascism
5. We will go to the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.
6.
2. Announcements
No Break Today: Class ends early after Archive visit.
Extra credit event Thursday.
The Museum Visit: The New York Historical Society: assignment same as Met.
Changes to syllabus will be made to accomodate the completion of the novel.
Grades: Blogs are 30% of the grade in this course. Missing more than one blog means a loss of 6 points (that's 100 to 94). Two blogs means 12 points (that's 94-88). Three blogs is 18 points. That's 88 - 82. So students who are missing three blogs - even if they have an "A" on everything else - currently have a B-. Wake up!
You may make up blogs for extra credit.
The deadline for essay 1 revisions is June 1 - two weeks.
Assignment Three posted.
Highlights of museum blogs
Judy
Robert C.
Stacy
Ali
3. Group work: Groups will look at key passages and explain what they say about Lewis' ideas of fascism. We will present this work to the class, and then students will select a passage on their own to write about.
4. We will begin to view the film The Plot to Overthrow FDR.
Fascism
Fascism
5. We will go to the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.
6.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Details for Museum Trip Tomorrow
Dear Class,
Just a reminder that tomorrow we're meeting at the Met Museum. Please bring $1 for admission, some paper, and a pencil. For those meeting to travel over together, we will be meeting outside the C Building at 1 pm sharp. We will wait until 1:05, and then leave. We will then meet as a class at the Met on the steps. Look for me. We will enter the Museum at 2 pm. We will buy tickets individually and then walk to the exhibit.
Once we are at the Museum, we will move at our own pace. There is no organized lecture or tour. If you want to buy the audio tour, you can. Otherwise, I will be moving through the exhibition with you, writing about what I see. I expect students to move through the exhibit once or even twice for about an hour. You have the assignment with you, which I handed out last week. You can also see it on the link below.
Assignment and Directions.
The students I'm expecting outside the C building are:
Robert S.
Enid
Ali
Chris
Stacy
Robert C
Judy
Dehlia
Richard
See yal tomorrow,
J
Just a reminder that tomorrow we're meeting at the Met Museum. Please bring $1 for admission, some paper, and a pencil. For those meeting to travel over together, we will be meeting outside the C Building at 1 pm sharp. We will wait until 1:05, and then leave. We will then meet as a class at the Met on the steps. Look for me. We will enter the Museum at 2 pm. We will buy tickets individually and then walk to the exhibit.
Once we are at the Museum, we will move at our own pace. There is no organized lecture or tour. If you want to buy the audio tour, you can. Otherwise, I will be moving through the exhibition with you, writing about what I see. I expect students to move through the exhibit once or even twice for about an hour. You have the assignment with you, which I handed out last week. You can also see it on the link below.
Assignment and Directions.
The students I'm expecting outside the C building are:
Robert S.
Enid
Ali
Chris
Stacy
Robert C
Judy
Dehlia
Richard
See yal tomorrow,
J
Student Leadership Conference
...Our 2013 Student Leadership Conference.
"Redefining Leadership Through the Arts: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants"
Great leaders have a creative edge that brings their ideas to life. At this event your students will learn how the arts can take their leadership skills to the next level. Please encourage them to join us at our 2013 Student Leadership Conference for exciting and creative workshops, motivational speakers, networking opportunities, and raffle prizes (iPods, nook e-reader, and numerous gift certificates). This year, during the luncheon hour, we will celebrate the inaugural Induction Ceremony of Sigma Alpha Pi.
Our keynote speaker is Playwright, Actor, and Tony Award winning poet, Lemon Andersen.
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
LaGuardia Community College, E-Building Lobby
Seating is Limited. So Please Have Your Students Register NOW. For Further Details Go to:
www.LaGuardia.edu/Leadership
"Redefining Leadership Through the Arts: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants"
Great leaders have a creative edge that brings their ideas to life. At this event your students will learn how the arts can take their leadership skills to the next level. Please encourage them to join us at our 2013 Student Leadership Conference for exciting and creative workshops, motivational speakers, networking opportunities, and raffle prizes (iPods, nook e-reader, and numerous gift certificates). This year, during the luncheon hour, we will celebrate the inaugural Induction Ceremony of Sigma Alpha Pi.
Our keynote speaker is Playwright, Actor, and Tony Award winning poet, Lemon Andersen.
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
LaGuardia Community College, E-Building Lobby
Seating is Limited. So Please Have Your Students Register NOW. For Further Details Go to:
www.LaGuardia.edu/Leadership
Student Literary Forum
Celebrate student writers at LaGuardia!
Student Literary Forum
Thursday, May 16th
4-5:30pm, Room E-500
Winners of the spring Critical Essay and Creative Writing contests will be reading from their work. Following the forum, the students' work will be published in Literary LaGuardia.
Please join us!
Student Literary Forum
Thursday, May 16th
4-5:30pm, Room E-500
Winners of the spring Critical Essay and Creative Writing contests will be reading from their work. Following the forum, the students' work will be published in Literary LaGuardia.
Please join us!
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