DAILY ASSIGNMENTS

Documented edited on 9/20 to address an error in dates.

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

• First Day of Class

Monday, September 6, 2021

• No Class: Labor Day. Thank a Union.

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

• NO CLASS. We do not meet on Tuesdays.
• Last day to add without faculty signature

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

• Read the instructions and complete the Contact Information handout (See Handouts page).
• Read the instructions and complete the Student Contract handout (See Handouts page).
• Read the instructions and complete the “Introduce Yourself” assignment (See Assignments page)..
• Read "How to Really Read This Book" (Download from the Course Materials section of the class web page)
• Read and mark the following documents in this order (if you don't have the text yet, you can download these from Course Materials):
• "Creation of the Whites" (Yuchi myth; Heath Vol. A, 77)
• "The Arrival of the Whites" (Lenape-Delaware oral tradition; Heath Vol. A, 78-84)
• "In Focus: America in the World/The World in America" (background essay; Heath 107-109) (please note this section is called "Cluster: America in the European Imagination" if printed from Course Materials)
• from Utopia (Thomas More; Heath 110)
• from Of Cannibals (Michel de Montaigne; Heath 110-111)
• America (Painting, Heath 111)
• from New Atlantis (Francis Bacon; Heath 113)
• "Requerimiento" (Palacios Rubios; boxed text Heath 117-118)
• "Christopher Columbus" (background essay; Heath 122-123)
• Excerpt from The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America 1492-1493; Handout.
• "Cluster: Aesthetics and Criticism—Paradigms of Cultural Encounters" (136-146)

Monday, September 13, 2021

• Read and mark the following Selections from the Heath Vol. A:
• from Relation of Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca (147-161)
• "History of the Miraculous Apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531" (231-240)
• "The Coming of the Spanish and the Pueblo Revolt" (259-263)

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

• Read and mark the following Selections from the Heath Vol. A:
• All of the selections by John Smith (Vol A. 315-329)
• From Richard Frethorne, to His Parents (Virginia, 1623
• Read and mark "New England" (overview; Vol A. 359-364)

Monday, September 20, 2021

• Read and mark the entire William Bradford section (Vol A. 397--421). 

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 [EDITED 9/20]

• Last day to drop a course before withdrawal period starts.

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 [EDITED 9/20]

• Read and mark the entire Thomas Morton section (Vol. A 364-378)
• Read and mark the following selections from Anne Bradstreet:
• "Anne Bradstreet 1612?-1672" (Vol A. 437-438)
• "The Prologue [To Her Book]" (Vol A. 439-441)
• "The Author to Her Book" (Vol A. 445)
• "The Flesh and the Spirit" (Vol A. 446-448)
• "Before the Birth of One of Her Children" (Vol A. 448-449)
• "To My Dear and Loving Husband" (Vol A 449)
• "A Letter to Her Husband, Absent Upon Public Employment" (Vol A. 449-450)
• "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665, Being a Year and Half Old" (Vol A. 450-451)
• "On My Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet, Who Died on 16 November, 1669, being but a Month, and One Day Old" (Vol A. 451)
• "Upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666" (Vol A.451-452)
• "To My Dear Children" (Vol A.452-455)
• We will discuss the In-Class Essay on Cotton Mather's The Negro Christianized for 9/27 today.
• Withdrawal without faculty signature period starts.

Monday, September 27, 2021 [EDITED 9/20]

• Read and mark the following selections from Cotton Mather:
• "Cotton Mather 1663-1728" (Vol A. 552--554)
• from The Wonders of the Invisible World (Vol A. 555-560)
• from The Negro Christianized (Vol A. 573-578)
• from Bonifacius . . . With Humble Proposals . . . to Do Good in the World (Vol A. 579-580)
• There will be an In-Class Essay on Cotton Mather's The Negro Christianized: you will need to write an essay (with quotes) that discusses if the text is a pro-slavery message or a means of undermining the validity of slavery.  Everyone is required to take this exam.  See handout on exam card preparation.
• You will need to copy and paste your exam card into the actual test, so make sure it is in an MS Word file format prior to the start of the exam.

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

• Reading Check #1 Due. See Assignments page for details.
• Read and mark the following from Jonathan Edwards (do not include in reading check)
• "Jonathan Edwards 1703-1758" (Vol. A 700-702)
• from Images of Divine Things (Vol A. 702-704)
• "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (Vol A. 723-735)

Monday, October 4, 2021

• Read and mark all of the selections of William Byrd II (Vol A. 662-687)

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

• Prewriting for Paper #1 Due. Post a copy in the "Paper #1: Prewriting" forum on the discussion board.
• Two-minute presentation on Paper Topic
• Exam Quotation Assignment #1 Due.  Submit your quotation assignment to the Blackboard Drop Box by the start of class.

Monday, October 11, 2021

• Draft of Paper #1 Due.  Post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft" forum.  (5 points for posting.
• We will have a workshop during class time to revise the paper worth 20 points. The draft will be assessed according to the following scale: 20 points for a full draft with works cited, 15 for 4 pages without a works cited, 10 for 3 pages, 5 for 2 pages, and 2 for 1 page.
• We will go over the midterm exam essay options.

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

• Read and mark the entire Thomas Paine section (Vol A 1045-1065)

Monday, October 18, 2021

• NO CLASS.
•  Final Draft Paper #1 Due.  See checklist for details.

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

• Midterm Exam.

Monday, October 25, 2021

• Read and mark in Volume A the following essays by Benjamin Franklin:
• “The Way to Wealth” (913-919)
• “A Witch Trial at Mount Holly” (919-920)
• “The Speech of Polly Baker” (920-922)
• “Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America” (927-931)
• “On the Slave Trade” (931-933)
• “Speech in the Convention” (933-935)

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

• Read the following selections by Phillis Wheatley:
• "Phillis Wheatley 1753-1784 (Vol A 1349-1350)
• "To MÏcenas" (Vol A 1350-1351)
• "To the Right Honoruable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for North-America, &c" (Vol A 1352-1353)
• "On Being Brought from Africa to America" (Vol A 1357)
• "To the University of Cambridge, in New England" (Vol A 1359)
• "To His Excellency General Washington" (Vol A 1361-1362)
• "Liberty and Peace, A Poem by Phillis Peters" (Vol A 1363-1364)

Monday, November 1, 2021

• Read and mark Chapters 1-9 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, (Vol. B. 2163- 2199).

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

•  Finish reading and marking Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, (Vol. B. 2199-2234)
• Last day to withdraw without faculty signature. After today, you’ll need your professor to sign off on a withdrawal. See course policies for more details.

Thursday, November 4, 2021

• NO CLASS: we do not meet on Thursdays.
• Withdrawal with faculty signature period begins.

Monday, November 8, 2021

• Read and mark Vol A, pages 1065-1073 on John and Abigail Adams
• Read and mark all the selections by Sarah Moore Grimke and by Angelina Grimke (VOL B. 2444-2454)
• Read and mark "Declaration of Sentiments" (Vol B. 2477-2479
• Read and mark the entire Fanny Fern Section (Vol B. 2462-2473)

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

• Read and mark the following selections from Washington Irving:
• "Washington Irving" (Vol B. 2505-2506)
• from A History of New York, Chapter 5 (Handout in Course Materials)
• Read the following selections from In Focus: Humor of the Old Southwest:
• introduction (Vol B.2484-2487, including the ad)
• All of the selections by Davy Crockett (Vol B. 2488-2491)
• All of the selections by Mike Fink (Vol B. 2491-2492)
• The “Mike Fink” handout in Course materials

Monday, November 15, 2021

• Read and mark the following selections by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• "Ralph Waldo Emerson" (Vol B. 1822-1825)
• "Chapter I: Nature" (Vol B. 1826-1828)
• "Chapter III: Beauty" (Vol. B. 1829-1833)
• Self-Reliance (Vol B. 1868-1887)

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

• Reading Check #2 Due. See Assignments page for details.
• We will catch up on reading discussion today.

Thursday, November 18, 2021

• NO CLASS: we do not meet on Thursdays.
• Withdrawal with faculty signature period ends.

Friday, November 19, 2021

• NO CLASS: we do not meet on Fridays.
• Excused Withdrawal (WEX) period begins. From this point on in the semester, you will need to apply to Academic Affairs to withdraw from the course. The professor does not have any control over this type of withdrawal.

Monday, November 22, 2021

• Read and mark the following the following by Henry David Thoreau:
• "Henry David Thoreau" (Vol B. 1978-1979)
• "Resistance to Civil Government" (Vol B. 1979-1995)

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

• No Class: Thanksgiving Holiday.

Monday, November 29, 2021

• Read and mark the following selections from Edgar Allen Poe:
• "Edgar Allen Poe" (Vol B. 2691-2693)
• "The Fall of the House of Usher" (Vol B. 2706-2720)
• "The Tell-Tale Heart" (Vol B. 2727-2731)
• "The Purloined Letter" (Vol B.  2731-2745)
• "The Raven" (Vol B. 2764-2767)
• "Annabel Lee" (Vol B. 2767-2768)

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

• Two-minute presentations on Paper #2:The Research Paper.
• Post Annotated bibliography in the Research Bank Forum by 5PM today.

Monday, December 6, 2021

• We will have a workshop during class time to revise the paper worth 20 points. The draft will be assessed according to the following scale: 20 points for a full draft with works cited, 15 for 4 pages without a works cited, 10 for 3 pages, 5 for 2 pages, and 2 for 1 page.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

• Complete Quotation Assignment #2
• Read and mark the following from Walt Whitman:
• "Walt Whitman 1819-1892" biography (Vol B. 3218-3222)
• "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors" (Vol. B 3311)
• "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" (Vol. B 3312-3319)
• "Prayer of Columbus" (handout in Course Materials)
• "To a Locomotive in Winter" (Vol. B 3321)

Monday, December 13, 2021

• Reading Check #3.
• Final class discussion before exam.

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

• FINAL EXAM: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM Note time difference
• See Assignments for details.  The exam will take place in our Virtual Classroom.

Friday, December 17, 2021

• NO CLASS: the class meetings are over.
• Paper #2 Due by Noon. See checklist for details.

Monday, December 20, 2021

• Optional Major Paper Rewrite due by noon today.
• Please email your rewrite to Dr. Halbert and use the following subject line (substituting your course number for the “000”): “ENG 000 Major Paper Rewrite.” Make sure the file is an MS Word file or it will not be regraded. See Assignments for specific expectations for a rewrite.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

• NO CLASS: the class is over.
• Grades due by faculty at 11:59 PM.