DAILY ASSIGNMENTS(Revised 4/30/2014)

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

• First Class.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

• Be prepared to have your photo taken.
• Read and mark and sign the class contract (see Handouts section of class web page)
• Email required contact information to Dr. Halbert at hhalbert@mc3.com.  Download and use document template from Blackboard in the handouts section.
• Read and mark the following.  Put tabs to mark each page:
• "How to Really Mark This Book."—Halbert (handout)
• "Cluster: America in the World/The World in America" (background essay; Heath 124-126)
• from Utopia (Thomas More; Heath 127)
• from Of Cannibals (Michel de Montaigne; Heath 127-128)
• America (Painting, Heath 128)
• from New Atlantis (Francis Bacon; Heath 130)
• "Native American Oral Narrative" Essay
• "The Origin of Stories" (Seneca)
• "Creation of the Whites" (Yuchi myth; Heath Vol. A, 73)
• "The Arrival of the Whites" (Lenape-Delaware oral tradition; Heath Vol. A, 74-79
• "Iroquois or Confederacy of the Five Nations" (Iroquois)

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

• Read and mark the following Selections from the Heath Vol. A:
• All of the selections by John Smith (Vol A. 273-287)
• From Richard Frethorne, to His Parents (Virginia, 1623) (Vol A. 288-291)
• Read and mark "New England" (overview; Vol A. 314-318)
• Read at least 10 pages of William Bradford section (Vol A. 348--370)

Thursday, January 23, 2014

• Read and mark the entire *William Bradford section (Vol A. 348--370)

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

• Read and mark the *Mary White Rowlandson section (Vol. A480-514)
• We will discuss the in-class essay that will take place in one week

Thursday, January 30, 2014

• Read and mark the entire Thomas Morton section (Vol. A 319-331)
• Read and mark the following selections from Anne Bradstreet:
• "Anne Bradstreet 1612?-1672" (Vol A. 418-419)
• "The Prologue [To Her Book]" (Vol A. 420-421)
• "The Author to Her Book" (Vol A. 426)
• "The Flesh and the Spirit" (Vol A. 427-429)
• "Before the Birth of One of Her Children" (Vol A. 430)
• "To My Dear and Loving Husband" (Vol A 430-431)
• "A Letter to Her Husband, Absent Upon Public Employment" (Vol A. 431)
• "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665, Being a Year and Half Old" (Vol A. 432)
• "On My Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet, Who Died on 16 November, 1669, being but a Month, and One Day Old" (Vol A. 432)
• "Upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666" (Vol A.433-434)
• "To My Dear Children" (Vol A.434 - 437)

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

• Read and mark the following selections from Cotton Mather:
• "Cotton Mather 1663-1728" (Vol A. 531-533)
• from The Wonders of the Invisible World (Vol A. 533-538)
• from The Negro Christianized (Vol A. 551-556)
• from Bonifacius . . . With Humble Proposals . . . to Do Good in the World (Vol A. 556-557)
• There will be a test on 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.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

• Read and mark the following from *Jonathan Edwards:
• "Jonathan Edwards 1703-1758" (Vol. A 669-671) PRESENTATION BY EUN SHIM
• from Images of Divine Things (Vol A. 672-673)
• "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (Vol A. 690-701)
• Paper #1 Prewriting Due. Post a copy in the "Paper #1: Prewriting" forum on the discussion board.
• Sign up for Turnitin.com and add our class.  See handout for details.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

• Draft of Paper #1 Due.  Bring a copy to class and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #1: Draft" forum.  (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.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

• Read all of the selections of *William Byrd II (Vol A. 634-656)
• We will go over the midterm exam and the submission process for the final draft of Paper #1.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

• NO CLASS: Final Draft Paper #1 Due by 1PM.  See checklist for submission details.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

• Midterm Exam.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

• Read and mark the essay on Thomas Paine (Vol. A 1045-47). PRESENTATION BY TARA ORGANTINI.
• Download a copy of Common Sense from Project Gutenburg at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147   | You may print out the HTML version or read a copy and take notes on a Kindle or Nook.  This format is a bit of an experiment on my part: a good-faith attempt to take notes will not be punished if it's not quite right.
• Read and mark "A Paean to Common Sense" by Sy Skolnick (see handouts section)
• Read and mark The American Crisis (Vol. A. 1054-1060).
• Read and mark The Age of Reason (Vol. A. 1060-1065)
• Break this series of readings up over several days.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

• Read and mark Notes on the State of Virginia by *Thomas Jefferson (Vol. A 1022-1042)

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

• Read and mark The Autobiography of *Benjamin Franklin (Vol. A 837-840, 861-923)

Thursday, March 6, 2014

• Read and mark "Federalist and Anti-Federalist Contentions" (Vol. A  1059-1073)

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

• No Class: Spring Break.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

• No Class: Spring Break.
• Last day to withdraw without Dr. Halbert's signature.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

• Read and mark Vol A, pages 1008-1016 on John and *Abigail Adams PRESENTATION BY ASHLEY CANNING
• Read and mark all the selections by Sarah Moore Grimke and by Angelina Grimke (VOL B. 2238-2248)
• Read and mark "Declaration of Sentiments" (Vol B. 2270-2272
• Read and mark the entire *Fanny Fern Section (Vol B. 2256-2266) PRESENTATION BY ALYSON WERNLY
• We will discuss the Frederick Douglass in-class exam that will take place in one week.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

• Read and mark the introduction to *Frederick Douglass and Chapters 1-9 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, (Vol. B. 2035- 2070).
• PRESENTATION BY ROBERT HUNT

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

• Finish reading and marking Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, (Vol. B. 2035-2101)
• We will have our in-class essay exam on Frederick Douglass today.  Bring your exam card.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

• Read the following selections by *Phillis Wheatley: PRESENTATION BY SAMANTHA SMYTH
• "Phillis Wheatley 1753-1784 (Vol A 1297-1299)
• "To MÏcenas" (Vol A 1299-1301)
• "To the Right Honoruable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for North-America, &c" (Vol A 1302-1303)
• "On Being Brought from Africa to America" (Vol A 1306)
• "To the University of Cambridge, in New England" (Vol A 1308-1309)
• "To His Excellency General Washington" (Vol A 1311-1312)
• "Liberty and Peace, A Poem by Phillis Peters" (Vol A 1313-1314)

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

• Read and mark the following selections from *Washington Irving:PRESENTATION BY WES HAMILTON
• "Washington Irving" (Vol B. 2299-2301)
• from A History of New York, Chapter 5 (Vol B. 2301--2309)
• Read the following selections from A Sheaf on Humor of the Old Southwest:
• Sheaf introduction (Vol B.2276-2279, including the ad)
• All of the selections by Davy Crockett (Vol B. 2279-2282)
• All of the selections by Mike Fink (Vol B. 2283-2287)

Thursday, April 3, 2014

• Read and mark the following selections by *Ralph Waldo Emerson: PRESENTATION BY WHITINI COLE.
• "Ralph Waldo Emerson" (Vol B. 1704-1706)
• "Nature" (Vol B. 1708-1710)
• "Beauty" (Vol. B. 1711-1714)
• "The American Scholar"
• Self-Reliance (Vol B. 1746-1762)

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

• Read and mark the following the following by *Henry David Thoreau: PRESENTATION BY OLIVIA FARRELL
• "Henry David Thoreau" (Vol B. 1859-1862)
• "Resistance to Civil Government" (Vol B. 1862-1876)

Thursday, April 10, 2014 (Revised 4/8/2014)

• Read and mark selections from Walden by *Henry David Thoreau (Vol. B 1877-1911)

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

• Read and mark the following selections from *Edgar Allen Poe: PRESENTATION BY ALI MOHAMMED
• "Edgar Allen Poe" (Vol B. 2484-2486)
• "The Fall of the House of Usher" (Vol B. 2497-2510)
• "The Tell-Tale Heart" (Vol B. 2517-2520)
• "The Purloined Letter" (Vol B.  2527-2539)
• "The Raven" (Vol B. 2564-2567)
• "Annabel Lee" (Vol B. 2570-2571)
• Prewriting for Paper #2 Due. Post a copy in the Paper 2: Prewriting Forum. Use the guidelines for Prewriting from Paper #1 as your instructions.

Thursday, April 17, 2014(Revised 4/8/2014)

• NO CLASS: Dr. Halbert will be giving a paper at the National Popular Culture Association/American Association Conference.
• You should either work on your draft of the paper, the readings for next week, or both.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014(Revised 4/8/2014)

• Read and mark "Bartleby, the Scrivener" by *Herman Melville (Vol. B 2647-2677) PRESENTATION BY RACHEL TASHJIAN.
• Read and mark "Young Goodman Brown" by *Nathaniel Hawthorne (Vol. B 2398-2401 PRESENTATION BY PHOEBE GAVULA..
• Draft of Paper #2 Due. Bring a copy to class and post a copy to the discussion board in the "Paper #2: Draft" forum.  (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.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

• Last Class.
• Read and mark the following from *Walt Whitman: PRESENTATION BY ROSE ROBINSON
• "Walt Whitman 1819-1892" biography (Vol B. 2992-2995)
• "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors" (Vol. B 3087-3088)
• "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" (Vol. B 3089-3096)
• "Prayer of Columbus" (Vol. B 3097-3099)
• "To a Locomotive in Winter" (Vol. B 3100)

Friday, May 2, 2014 (Revised 4/27/2014)

  ·      NO CLASS.

·      Paper #2 Due by noon.  See checklist for submission details.

Please note: becaue that because I moved the due date, I am expecting all papers to be no later than noon on Friday. Papers submitted after that time will not be accepted, and they need to be submitted to the dropbox, the discussion board, and Turnitin.com.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

• Final Exam: 12:20PM-2:20 PM in our normal classroom.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

• NO CLASS.
• Major Paper Rewrite Due by 8AM.  Email paper directly to Dr. Halbert.  Use "Major Paper Rewrite" in email subject and attach an MS Word compatible file with the revised paper that follows this naming convention: LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_ENG#_P1REV.doc (or .docx or .rtf).