Pathways--Find Your GE Pathways
Three Paths to Deeper Understanding
TED Talks on the Pathways Themes
Syllabus and Schedules
MW Class Schedule (updated 11 Oct)
****Final Homestretch Schedule MW***** (updated 1 Dec)
TTH Class Schedule (updated 11 Oct)
****Final Homestretch Schedule TTh**** (updated 1 Dec)
Sample Assignments
Sample Rhetorical Analysis In-Class Essay
Sample Outline for a Response: Message to My Freshmen Students
Sample topic proposal for Profile
Sample Outline for Critical Analysis of a Film
Major Assignments
"Retry" Option for Rhetorical Analysis
Samples of profiles from the press
Memo to include with final draft
Film List for Film Club Project
- Self-Reflection (Portfolio) Essay (revised 5 Dec, for clarity)
Small Assignments
- Outline exercise: Response to "Message to My Freshman Students"
- An Exercise in Analyzing and Evaluating Movies
- Martin Curiel Quoting Exercise [DOCX]
- Martin Curiel Interview Questions [DOCX]
- Critical Film Analysis: Outline + Thesis
- Girl Rising Response Questions
- Questions for Multi-modal Samples
Extra credit with presidential debates
Peer Reviews
- Peer review sheet for Profile/Site Visit Essay
- Peer review for Critical Analysis (of a Film) Essay
- Peer review for Self-Reflection (Portfolio) Essay (revised 5 Dec)
Readings
Required Readings
- College Expectations: Two Arguments
- Regrets of an Accomplished Child
- Travel as a Political Act
- Message to My Freshman Students
- Working in the Shadows excerpt [PDF]
- Excerpt from Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World
Reading Questions for "Overture" excerpt from Gaviotas
- Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior
- "Martin Curiel: Jefferson Award"
- "For Muslim Prom Queen, There's no King"
- Sample Profiles
- Excerpt from Film Club
- Sample Reviews #1: Born Into Brothels
- Sample film analyses (reviews) #2
- Sample film analyses #3: Avatar and Politics
Supplemental Readings
- "Pillows for Peace"
- How to Raise a Mensch
- Why I Love my Strict Chinese Mom
- Bringing up Bebe summary for American Dads
- Martin Curiel--profile from Harvard Business School, etc.
- "Generation Q" by Thomas Friedman [DOCX]
- "The Woman Who Plants Peace" profile of Wangari Maathai
- More sample Reviews: Song of the Sea & Whale Rider
- "We Deride them as 'Migrants': Why not Call Them 'People' ?"
- Fight Street Crime: Paint the Barrio
- How the Millennials Won Me Over
- This is How the 1% Give
Principles of Rhetoric and Writing
- Analyzing Arguments Basic Questions [DOC]
- The Appeals and the Modes [DOCX]
- The Top Twenty Errors: A Quick Guide to Editing
- Evaluation Criteria [DOC]
- Considering Kairos [DOCX]
- Advice on Transitions [DOCX]
- Revision Strategies [DOCX]
- Some Principles for Writing Personal Essays [DOCX]
- Advice on Introductions and Conclusions [DOCX]
- Strategies for Researching Movies
- Elements of a Film Review
- Grand Course Summary and Evaluation