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| All assignments and discussion topics are listed on the day that they are due, or will be initially discussed, please come to each class prepared with work completed for each class period.
Week 1 Session 1 (1.1) � Introductions � Online Syllabus, read through the online syllabus and note any questions you might have for next class. � What is a Graphic Novel? - An introduction to the form (w/examples) � Scott McCloud Reading (for next class) � Begin No-No Boy (Due 2.2) � Explore Manzanar Session 2 (1.2) � Scott McCloud Discussion � What is Culture? � What is Race? � Discovering Manzanar (small groups discussion) Week 2 Session 1 (2.1) � Discussion of No-No Boy � Respond to discussion questions on online conferencing (Nicenet). � Begin Maus (Due 3.1) Session 2 (2.2) � Joane Nagel article: "Constructing Ethnicity: Creating and Recreating Ethnic Identity and Culture " � TBA Week 3 Session 1 (3.1) � Concentration Camps - Post response on online conferencing (Nicenet). � Discussion of Maus � Respond to discussion questions on online conferencing (Nicenet). � Begin Palestine (Due 4.1) Session 2 (3.2) � MySpace/Webpage Project Work day in computer lab. We will be discussing in greater detail the internet based project that is due 5.2. Please meet in the computer lab for this session. Explore Literary Worlds to gather ideas. Week 4 Session 1 (4.1) � Discussion of Palestine � Post to online conferencing (Nicenet) about the connections and conflicts that exist between Maus and Palestine. � Begin Devil in a Blue Dress (Due 5.1) Session 2 (4.2) � African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement � Visit AmericanRhetoric.com and listen to Martin Luther King, Jr.�s �I Have a Dream� speech. Post responses to online conferencing (Nicenet). � Explore some of the following civil rights links (here). Respond to discussion question on online conferencing (Nicenet). � Discuss Independent Literature Presentations (Due 6.2) Week 5 Session 1 (5.1) � Discussion of Devil in a Blue Dress � Respond to discussion questions on online conferencing (Nicenet). � Begin Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Due 6.1) Session (5.2) � Midterm Week Midterm MySpace/Webpage Project Due Week 6 Session 1 (6.1) � Native American Literature � Discussion of Lone Ranger and Tonto� � Respond to discussion questions on online conferencing (Nicenet). � Begin reading Pride of Bahgdad (Due 6.2) Session 2 (6.2) � Independent Literature Presentations � Begin discussion of Pride of Baghdad � Junko Yakota article: �Issues In Selecting Multicultural Literature� � Respond to Yakota article on online conferencing (Nicenet). Week 7 Session 1 (7.1) � Middle Eastern and United States Culture � Continue Pride of Baghdad discussion � Independent Literature Presentations � Respond to discussion question on online conferencing (Nicenet). � Begin The Watchmen (Due 8.1) Session 2 (7.2) � AnnLouise Keating article: Interrogating �Whiteness,� (De)Constructing Race � Respond to Keating article on online conferencing (Nicenet). Week 8 Session 1 (8.1) � Discussion of The Watchmen � Respond to discussion questions on online conferencing (Nicenet). � Critical Analysis Paper Due Session 2 (8.2) � Jamie A. Hughes article: "Who Watches the Watchmen?": Idealogy and "Real World" Superheroes � Graphic Novels Discussion � Cumulative Reflection, respond on online conferencing (Nicenet). Week 9 � Final Exam [Return to Syllabus] |