Day

Date

Reading Assignment

Writing

M

6/7

“First Day Slide Show”; introductions; discussion of writing assignments and paper topics

“HMXP Questionnaire”

T

6/8

Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave,” 3-6;

"How To Write the College Essay" (slide show)

W

6/9

Lakoff & Johnson, Metaphors We Live By, 7-11;

"Feedback on Paper" One (slide show); Forbidden!

R

6/10

Emerson, “Self Reliance,” 88-93; Emerson handout; fallacy handouts

M

6/14

Guest Speaker:  Nichole Scaglione

Reading: Ridley, "Human Nature," 187-96  

 MLA Format Slide Show

T

6/15

Myers, “Ingroup and Outgroup”; and DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk, 97-104; Forbidden!

Writing instruction:  go over a sample paper

W

616

DuBois, continued; Hemingway, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” (http://www.duke.edu/~ss57/macomber.pdf)

R

6/17

Guest speaker:  Michael Thomas

Paper One due

M

6/21

Swimme, “How Do Our Kids Get So Caught up in Consumerism?” 147-49.  View this video in class:  http://www.storyofstuff.com

“Greshki Slide Show”; Problems with P1

T

6/22

Marx, “Manifesto of the Communist Party” and “The Alienation of Labor,” 150-57. 

Go over a sample paper

W

6/23

Menkiti, “Person and Community in African Traditional Thought,” 165-72; McIntosh, "White Privilege and Male Privilege," 111-18

R

6/24

Gilligan, In a Different Voice, 122-35

Paper Two due

M

6/28

Eiseley, “The Secret of Life,” 208-13; Wilson, The Future of Life: The Planetary Killer, 217-29; bring Wilson handout

T

6/29

Quinn, “An Adventure of Mind and Spirit”; and Bodian, “Simple in Means, Rich in Ends: An Interview with Arne Naess,” 230-41

W

6/30

Orr, “Love It or Lose It: The Coming Biophilia Revolution,” 2242-46

Peer Editing Exercise

R

7/1

Guest speaker:  Dr. Kwabena Sankofa; film:  Through the Tunnel and Beyond

Paper Three due

M

7/5

Lewis, Mere Christianity; and Tillich, “What Faith Is,” 249-59

T

7/6

Moore, “The Sacred Arts of Life,” 284-87; and Monroe, “’Cause the Bible Tells Me So,” (on e-reserve at Dacus Library:  http://0-dacus.winthrop.edu.library.winthrop.edu/eReserves/hmxp102f-1.pdf)

 Course evaluation

W

7/7

You will have the entire 2-hour period to write the examination.  Be sure to bring a large bluebook and two blue or black ballpoint pens.  I will not reschedule your final exam to accommodate your vacation travel.

 Final Examination