Due for Friday Read through 655! You'll have the first 15 or so minutes of classtime to finish reading and submit your thoughts on a Schoology post to prime you for our conversation. It'll be on Ismene's willingness to claim the penalty in solidarity for Antigone's actions.
Due for Monday, the 4th Read through 880! You'll have the first 15 or so minutes of classtime to finish reading and submit your thoughts on a Schoology post to prime you for our conversation. It'll be on what the proper role of an advisor is for a king. Due for Wednesday, the 6th Read through 1238! You'll have the first 15 or so minutes of classtime to finish reading and submit your thoughts on a Schoology post to prime you for our conversation. It'll be on if you think that Antigone is an extremist.
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Due for Tuesday 11:59 PM Submit your 400 word "brain dump" on your Taste and Power paper
Due for Thursday Read the Atlantic's piece on the New Puritans and cancel culture Blog Post: (200 words!) Consider one of the many examples of "mob justice" listed in this piece and put forth one that you feel like actually does warrants some sort "justice" - loss of opportunity or social criticism. Then, consider the following excerpt; do you agree? would you push back? What value are the new rules adding, and do you generally think it's worth the cost? Which is precisely what got some of these people into trouble, because the definition of acceptable has radically changed in the past few years. Once it was not just okay but admirable that Chua and Rubenfeld had law-school students over to their house for gatherings. That moment has passed. So, too, has the time when a student could discuss her personal problems with her professor, or when an employee could gossip with his employer. Conversations between people who have different statuses—employer-employee, professor-student—can now focus only on professional matters, or strictly neutral topics. Anything sexual, even in an academic context—for example, a conversation about the laws of rape—is now risky. The Harvard Law School professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has written that her students “seem more anxious about classroom discussion, and about approaching the law of sexual violence in particular, than they have ever been in my eight years as a law professor.” Akhil Reed Amar, a professor at Yale, told me that he no longer mentions a particular historical incident that he once used in his teaching, because it would force his students to read a case study that revolves around the use of a racial slur. Due for Monday, Oct 4th Bring to class an outline of your Taste and Power paper, complete with the sources and quotes you will use! Due for Wednesday Submit a link to your finished Visualizing Ourselves project! Head straight to the lecture hall on Wednesday morning in lieu of class.
Due for Monday, the 27th NOTHING Mr Lee wasn't in that day. Due for Wednesday, 29th the Read through line 115 (stop when the chorus comes in). Schoology post: It's easy enough to understand Antigone's argument for burying her brother, but it's a bit tricky to parse through Ismene's hesitance. How would you summarize her argument against defying Creon's orders, and what's a situation for which you do feel outrage and would organize against, but not at a significant cost, like arrest or expulsion? (50-75 words) Due for Monday, 27th 11:59 pm Submit your Response Paper 1 - prompt on the resources page! - on Schoology
Due for Tuesday, 28th 11:59 pm Submit your 400 word "thought dump" on your Power and Choice paper onto Schoology Due for Tuesday 1. Bring in your letter! 2. Read the following articles 1. NPR on Hannah-Jones not being offered tenure 2. ABC with a bit more background 3. Statement from her colleagues Blog post: what role should public reputation or political scandal play in determining an individual's employment? Does it matter that she, as someone with some controversy regarding bias around her journalistic work, was set to teach or lead research among young adults in a journalistic institution as opposed to work as a CFO or other white collar job? Do you believe that media should be unbiased and objective or, as Hannah-Jones writes, much of what is reported shouldn't be neutral?
Due for Monday, the 20th Read the following articles 1. Lorde's new EP and how she approached its conception 2. A Māori man's response Blog post: What lengths should an individual go to make sure that her product is culturally appropriate? Was what Lorde did enough? Would it ever be appropriate for the descendant of a colonizer to make indigenous art? Dues for Tuesday the 21st Read these three(1) NYT(2) pieces(3) on the Olympics. Blog post Should someone feel guilty for watching the Olympics when it is a reflection of so much of what is wrong with our world and empowers corrupt governments and organizations to exploit their power? Due for Monday, the 13 Come to class with a solid idea of the story you're going to tell, how you're going to adapt that story to a computer screen, and the basic plan you're going to follow to get this done by the 20th.
Due for Wednesday, the 15th Complete check in before the end of class. Due for Monday, the 20th Submit a link to your final product onto Mr. Lee's schoology page. Due for Monday 1. Submit student interest survey by emailing me your responses 2. Blog Post: Tiffany Day - NIGHTS WU: what song are you feeling these days?
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