WEEK THREE
9/12 Somaly Mam’s long road
DUE: Mam, Chapters 1-4
9/14 Mam
DUE: Mam, Chapters 5-8
9/16 Mam, Hallmarks
DUE: Mam, Chapters 9-12
WEEK FOUR
9/19 Catholic Social Teaching and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition; other traditions that value justice; SND
DUE: Excerpt from Living Justice
9/21 Mam, Hallmarks
DUE: Mam, Chapters 13-15
9/22 Minh Dang talk on human trafficking, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, RH ballroom
9/23 Mam, concluded; Writing workshop on Paper #1, how to write an analytical paper; rubric
DUE: Enrichment #1 on Minh Dang talk
WEEK FIVE
9/26 Library session on documentation – bring all books, notes and drafts relating to Paper #1, along with a copy of the final version that you turned in. MEET IN THE LIBRARY!
DUE: DRAFT of RA#1, including Bibliography and in-text citations
9/28 Introducing Francisco Jimenez, immigration and border issues, & The Circuit
DUE: Paper #1, Reading Analysis – Both Dorothy Stang and Somaly Mam have dedicated their lives to achieving justice. The two women come from very different backgrounds but one could argue that their work is similar and that the two women share core values that are expressed in the Hallmarks. Please write a 3-5 page paper that makes such an argument, using textual analysis of evidence found in Martyr, Road and the Hallmarks booklet to support your assertions. See the English Department Writing Rubric for guidelines.
9/30 Social justice with regard to children of migrant workers – The Circuit; Soledad planning
DUE: Circuit – pages 1-83
WEEK SIX
10/3 Soledad planning
10/5 The Circuit, Soledad planning; interacting with children and families
DUE: Circuit – pages 84-134
Any preparatory items relating to Soledad carnival
10/7 Soledad preflection
10/8 Soledad Trip, date is still tentative but plan to be away this entire day
WEEK SEVEN
10/10 Reflection on Soledad; Hallmarks
10/12 Computer Lab – create your blog!
DUE: Bring in one or more quotes from any ethical or faith tradition. The quote(s) may, if you like, reflect the values of your own ethical or faith tradition.
10/14 Oral Communication strategies; resources for recording & posting oral presentations
DUE: Educate yourself about the resources available to you for recording a 2-3 minute presentation and posting it to your blog
WEEK EIGHT
10/17 Mid-semester review in preparation for the midterm exam
DUE: Any problems relating to recording and posting your presentation
DUE: Enrichment #2
10/19 MIDTERM EXAM
DUE: Study for the midterm!
10/21 Midterm Break
WEEK NINE
10/24 Mid-semester 1:1 student reviews; Learn how to use classroom A/V equipment, including desktop computer, projector, internet access, input switchbox, and volume controls.
DUE: Oral Presentation posted to blog. Choose one of the organizations you have learned about so far this semester - the Sisters’ safe house, the Somaly Mam Foundation, or the group in Soledad, for example. Record a 2-3 minute oral presentation in the form of an ad. Your ad should introduce the organization to your viewer, explain in a compelling manner why the organization’s work is worth supporting, & conclude by outlining one or more steps the viewer could take to support the issue in general or the organization in particular. Your presentation length MUST be between 2 and 3 minutes. Only presentations that meet the length requirement will be evaluated. Please submit a paper copy of the Bibliography for your presentation.
10/26 Oral Presentations viewed and evaluated in class
10/28 Remaining Oral Presentations viewed and evaluated in class; Just Words from a variety of ethical and faith traditions; assign Biographical Narrative
DUE: Enrichment #3
WEEK TEN
10/31 The life and work of the Dalai Lama – is the pursuit of happiness a social justice issue?
DUE: Happiness – Part I (Chapters 1 through 4)
DUE: Identify interviewee; Draft interview questions
11/2 Happiness
DUE: Complete and transcribe interview
11/4 View and evaluate selected biographies
DUE: Biographical Narrative posted to blog – Conduct a brief interview of a Sophomore, Junior or Senior at NDNU who has been involved in a social justice issue. Transcribe the interview. Prepare a script, and record a 2-3 minute narrative presentation in which you introduce the student and his or her work on this issue. How did the student become involved? What has he or she done? What has been his or her motivation? When attributing comments to your interviewee, use quotes from your interview transcript rather than paraphrasing or relying on memory. Supplement your interviewee’s comments with some additional research of your own relating to his or her social justice topic area. Please submit a paper copy of the Bibliography and Script for your presentation, and post a copy of the transcript to your blog.
WEEK ELEVEN
11/7 Post-mortem on Interviews & Oral Presentation recordings – problems? concerns?; assign final Research Project
11/9 Happiness
DUE: Happiness – Part II (Chapters 5 through 7)
11/11 TBD
DUE: Identify interviewee; arrange date and time of interview; draft questions
WEEK TWELVE
11/14 Happiness
DUE: Happiness – Part III (Chapters 8 through 11)
11/16 TBD
DUE: Enrichment #4
DUE: Conduct interview for Research Project
11/18 Obstacles to human happiness
DUE: Happiness – Part IV (Chapters 12 through 14)
WEEK THIRTEEN
11/21 TBD
11/23 Study session for students missing or behind in their work
11/25 Thanksgiving Holiday
WEEK FOURTEEN
11/28
DUE:
11/30 View presentations; vote for two to be presented at Research Conference
DUE: Research Project posted to blog – Conduct a detailed interview of a Sister, Staff, Alum or Faculty Member at NDNU who has been involved in a social justice issue. What has that person done to promote social justice since joining the NDNU or SND community? How did he or she become involved? What has been his or her motivation? The interview must be recorded in some manner, but you do not need to transcribe the entire interview. Prepare a script, and record a 4-5 minute presentation in which you introduce the person and his or her work on this issue. When attributing comments to your interviewee, use quotes from your interview transcript rather than paraphrasing or relying on memory. Supplement your interview with signigicant additional research of your own relating to your interviewee’s background and his or her social justice topic area. If possible, include photographs, filmed footage or an audio recording of your interviewee doing the work that is the subject of the interview. Please submit a paper copy of the Bibliography for your presentation, and post a copy of the transcript or recording to your blog.
12/2 View presentations; vote for two to be presented at Research Conference
WEEK FIFTEEN
12/9 TBD
??/?? Freshman Research Conference, 7pm, Taube
12/7 Recap of semester and preparation for final exam
12/9 Final Exam
DUE: Study!!!
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