Brief Course Overview
Below is a very brief overview of the topics and major assignments due for each week. For more details regarding assignments, please go to my calendar page. In addition to what is listed below, students will have weekly readings and bi-monthly Socratic Seminars on a topic related to the current focus
Week 1 -- 8/29: Quickwrites; VR Ruggierro readings and discussions on truth and reality
Week 2 -- 9/5: Quickwrites; VR readings and discussions on truth and reality;
Week 3 -- 9/12: Narrative essay due; Readings about VR and tech influences on our perceptions
Week 4 -- 9/19: Research paper assigned; proposal due; propaganda and logical fallacies
Week 5 -- 9/26: Advertising; Research Response 1
Week 6 -- 10/3; News Media and its responsibility
Week 7 -- 10/10; News Media and its influence
Week 8 -- 10/17; Impact of Social Media; Drafting, critiquing, revising
Week 9 -- 10/24; Persuasive Research essay due
Week 10 -- 10/31; The power of words -- free speech?
Week 11 -- 11/7: The power of words -- protest lit
Week 12 -- 11/14; The power of technology -- looking to the future
11/21 -- Thanksgiving break
Week 13 -- 11/28; Expository essay due
Week 14 -- 12/5; Exhibition prep and exhibition
Week 15 -- 12/12; Final
Week 1 -- 8/29: Quickwrites; VR Ruggierro readings and discussions on truth and reality
Week 2 -- 9/5: Quickwrites; VR readings and discussions on truth and reality;
Week 3 -- 9/12: Narrative essay due; Readings about VR and tech influences on our perceptions
Week 4 -- 9/19: Research paper assigned; proposal due; propaganda and logical fallacies
Week 5 -- 9/26: Advertising; Research Response 1
Week 6 -- 10/3; News Media and its responsibility
Week 7 -- 10/10; News Media and its influence
Week 8 -- 10/17; Impact of Social Media; Drafting, critiquing, revising
Week 9 -- 10/24; Persuasive Research essay due
Week 10 -- 10/31; The power of words -- free speech?
Week 11 -- 11/7: The power of words -- protest lit
Week 12 -- 11/14; The power of technology -- looking to the future
11/21 -- Thanksgiving break
Week 13 -- 11/28; Expository essay due
Week 14 -- 12/5; Exhibition prep and exhibition
Week 15 -- 12/12; Final