Schedule is subject to change as needed. Assignments and readings are due on the day they are posted next to. For example, for class on 1/8, you will come to class having already read the three articles and you will turn in your Response Paper 1.
Week 1--Journal Entry Due
1/6 Read Introduction together in class
1/8 Read "Where Are You Coming From" Introduction, "Exile", and "Shooting Dad" Response Paper 1 Due over of the readings for 1/8
Week 2--Journal Entry Due
1/12 Watch Frontline Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA at the following link http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gunned-down/Read "Profile of an Arab Daughter", "No Name Woman", "I Listen to My Parents and I Wonder What They Believe"
1/14 Read "Stone Soup", "Voices from White Earth", and "The Authentic Trail" Response Paper 2 Due over one of the readings for 1/14
Week 3--Journal Entry Due
1/19 Read "Are We Responsible for Others?" Introduction and "Too Many Colleges are Still in Denial about Alcohol Abuse" Response Paper 3 Due over one of the readings for 1/19
1/21 Bring permission slips to class!
Week 4--Journal Entry Due
1/25 Read "The Parable of the Sadhu" and "Welcoming the Stranger", "The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society", and "Lifeboat Ethics", Response Paper 4 Due over one of the readings for 1/25
1/27 Read "Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp", "Cyberspace: If you Don't Love It, Leave It"
1/29 Read "The Earth Charter", "On Morality", and "Traveling through the Dark"
Week 5--Journal Entry Due
2/2 Essay 1 Due
2/4—senior retreat
Week 6--Journal Entry Due
2/8 Read "Is Violence Necessary?" Intro, "Giving Up the Gun", and "I Don't Believe This (Story)"
2/10 Read "The Case for Torture", "The Need for Discernment", and "Two Words" Response Paper 5 due over one of the readings for 2/10
2/12 Read "The Pursuit of Happiness", "Nobel Lecture", and "The Casualty"
Week 7--Journal Entry Due
2/17 Read "Eros and Thanatos", "Compassion and Love", "Are We Our Bodies" Intro, "Life Size", "Just Walk on By", and "Looking at Women" Response Paper 6 due over one of the readings for 2/17
2/19 Journal Collection 1 Due
Week 8--Journal Entry Due
2/23 Read "Male Body Image in America", "A Clack of Tiny Sparks", "The Story of My Body", "On Being a Cripple", "Before and After", and "Who Lives? Who Dies? Response Paper 7 Due over one of the readings for 2/23
2/25 Read "We Do Abortions Here" and "Designer Genes"
Week 9--Journal Entry Due
3/1 Essay 2 Due
3/3 Read "Is Honesty the Best Policy" Intro, "How Do You Think It Makes Your Mother Feel?", and "The Best Student Ever"
Week 10--Journal Entry Due
3/7—last day of third quarter/Have read all of the remaining essays from Chapter 5 and linked material: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2008/06/frey200806Response Paper 8 Due over linked material from Vanity Fair.
3/9 Catch up
Week 11--Journal Entry Due
3/14"What Is This Worth" Intro, "Am I Blue," "Serving in Florida," "What We Eat," "Eggs for Sale," "The Lesson"
3/16 Read "A Global Business Challenge," "The Land Ethic," "A Teasing Irony," "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits" Take a week off from Response Papers!
Spring Break
Week 12--Journal Entry Due
3/30—theatre day
4/1 Read "Why Change Your Mind" Intro, "C.P. Ellis", Long Overdue", and "Singing With the Fundamentalists" Response Paper 9 due over one of the readings from 4/1
Week 13--Journal Entry Due
Aspire Testing for frosh and sophs 4/7-11
4/5 Read "Passion at Yale", "The Achievement of Desire", and "Executions Are Too Costly--Morally" Response Paper 10 due over one of the readings from 4/5
4/7 Read "The Case for Moral Relativism" and "The Community of Truth"
Week 14--(LAST!)Journal Entry Due
4/11 Essay 3 Due
4/13 In-class journal catch-up day. Journal Entry 14 should be emailed to me at the end of class, if possible. Otherwise, make arrangements as needed with me.
4/15 Read "What Should You Do" Intro, "Get Ready Now", "The Good Doctor," "On Compassion" ""The Singer Solution to World Poverty," and "The Silence of the Lambswool Cardigans,"
Week 15
4/19 Second Journal Collection
4/21 Read "Out of Your Car, Off Your Horse", "The World Depends on This", and "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Week 16
4/26 Read "Why I Volunteer" and "Tell Me More"
4/28—faculty show
Schedule is subject to change as needed. Assignments and readings are due on the day they are posted next to. For example, for class on 1/8, you will come to class having already read the three articles and you will turn in your Response Paper 1.
Week 1--Journal Entry Due
1/6 Read Introduction together in class
1/8 Read "Where Are You Coming From" Introduction, "Exile", and "Shooting Dad" Response Paper 1 Due over of the readings for 1/8
Week 2--Journal Entry Due
1/12 Watch Frontline Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA at the following link
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gunned-down/ Read "Profile of an Arab Daughter", "No Name Woman", "I Listen to My Parents and I Wonder What They Believe"
1/14 Read "Stone Soup", "Voices from White Earth", and "The Authentic Trail" Response Paper 2 Due over one of the readings for 1/14
Week 3--Journal Entry Due
1/19 Read "Are We Responsible for Others?" Introduction and "Too Many Colleges are Still in Denial about Alcohol Abuse" Response Paper 3 Due over one of the readings for 1/19
1/21 Bring permission slips to class!
Week 4--Journal Entry Due
1/25 Read "The Parable of the Sadhu" and "Welcoming the Stranger", "The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society", and "Lifeboat Ethics", Response Paper 4 Due over one of the readings for 1/25
1/27 Read "Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp", "Cyberspace: If you Don't Love It, Leave It"
1/29 Read "The Earth Charter", "On Morality", and "Traveling through the Dark"
Week 5--Journal Entry Due
2/2 Essay 1 Due
2/4—senior retreat
Week 6--Journal Entry Due
2/8 Read "Is Violence Necessary?" Intro, "Giving Up the Gun", and "I Don't Believe This (Story)"
2/10 Read "The Case for Torture", "The Need for Discernment", and "Two Words"
Response Paper 5 due over one of the readings for 2/10
2/12 Read "The Pursuit of Happiness", "Nobel Lecture", and "The Casualty"
Week 7--Journal Entry Due
2/17 Read "Eros and Thanatos", "Compassion and Love", "Are We Our Bodies" Intro, "Life Size", "Just Walk on By", and "Looking at Women" Response Paper 6 due over one of the readings for 2/17
2/19 Journal Collection 1 Due
Week 8--Journal Entry Due
2/23 Read "Male Body Image in America", "A Clack of Tiny Sparks", "The Story of My Body", "On Being a Cripple", "Before and After", and "Who Lives? Who Dies?
Response Paper 7 Due over one of the readings for 2/23
2/25 Read "We Do Abortions Here" and "Designer Genes"
Week 9--Journal Entry Due
3/1 Essay 2 Due
3/3 Read "Is Honesty the Best Policy" Intro, "How Do You Think It Makes Your Mother Feel?", and "The Best Student Ever"
Week 10--Journal Entry Due
3/7—last day of third quarter/Have read all of the remaining essays from Chapter 5 and linked material: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2008/06/frey200806 Response Paper 8 Due over linked material from Vanity Fair.
3/9 Catch up
Week 11--Journal Entry Due
3/14"What Is This Worth" Intro, "Am I Blue," "Serving in Florida," "What We Eat," "Eggs for Sale," "The Lesson"
3/16 Read "A Global Business Challenge," "The Land Ethic," "A Teasing Irony," "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits"
Take a week off from Response Papers!
Spring Break
Week 12--Journal Entry Due
3/30—theatre day
4/1 Read "Why Change Your Mind" Intro, "C.P. Ellis", Long Overdue", and "Singing With the Fundamentalists" Response Paper 9 due over one of the readings from 4/1
Week 13--Journal Entry Due
Aspire Testing for frosh and sophs 4/7-11
4/5 Read "Passion at Yale", "The Achievement of Desire", and "Executions Are Too Costly--Morally" Response Paper 10 due over one of the readings from 4/5
4/7 Read "The Case for Moral Relativism" and "The Community of Truth"
Week 14--(LAST!)Journal Entry Due
4/11 Essay 3 Due
4/13 In-class journal catch-up day. Journal Entry 14 should be emailed to me at the end of class, if possible. Otherwise, make arrangements as needed with me.
4/15 Read "What Should You Do" Intro, "Get Ready Now", "The Good Doctor," "On Compassion"
""The Singer Solution to World Poverty," and "The Silence of the Lambswool Cardigans,"
Week 15
4/19 Second Journal Collection
4/21 Read "Out of Your Car, Off Your Horse", "The World Depends on This", and "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Week 16
4/26 Read "Why I Volunteer" and "Tell Me More"
4/28—faculty show
Week 17
5/3--Video Essays Due
5/5
Week 18
5/9 TBA
5/11
5/13 Final Exam
Week 19—senior exam week
5/17
5/19