CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN STUDIES
November 2007 (subject to change)

 

10/29 (G)

 

-Revolution and Rinehartism

 

HW: Read Chapter 25/"Epilogue"; paper due Friday

10/30 (A)

 

NO CLASS

10/31 (B)

 

-And Then There Was Light...

Also: Field Trip to see The Women of Brewster Place

 

 

HW: Paper on Invisible Man due Friday

11/1 (C)

 

-Wrap up Invisible Man

-Discuss Naylor's play in terms of Invisible Man

 

HW: Paper due tomorrow

11/2 (S)
MS Parent/Teacher

 

-Twilight Zone

 

HW: One-page response due Tuesday

11/5
AIMS Conference

 

NO SCHOOL

11/6 (D)

 

-I Love Lucy

-Background on Lorraine Hansberry

 

HW: Read A Raisin in the Sun
Act I, Scene 1, Write one page response

11/7 (E)
 

-Dreaming the Dream

 

HW: Read Act I, Scene 2 and Act II, Scene 1, Write one page response

 

11/8

US Parent/Teacher

 

NO SCHOOL

 

 

11/9 (S)
Half Day

 

Being Your Father

 

HW: Finish Act II

 

11/12 (F)

 

-Getting Out the Door

 

HW: Finish A Raisin in the Sun

11/13 (G)

 

-Movin' on Up

 

HW: Read Wright article

Go see Raisin at film night (mandatory!...also free extra credit HW grade)

11/14 (A)

NO CLASS
11/15 (B)

-Discuss Raisin film and Wright article
-Cruise through the '60s

HW: Read "The Things They Carried"
11/16 (C)

-Vietnam, Tim O'Brien, and storytelling


HW: Read "On the Rainy River" and "How to Tell a True War Story"
11/19 (D)

-More O'Brien
-America Grows up into the 1980's


HW: (Re)-read "How to Tell a True War Story"
11/20 (S)

TBA
11/21

NO SCHOOL
11/22
Thanksgiving Day

NO SCHOOL
11/23

NO SCHOOL
11/26 (E)

-True War Stories


HW: Analytical Paper on Vietnam due Monday
11/27 (F)

-Apocalypse Now

HW: Analytical Paper on Vietnam due Tuesday

 
11/28 (G)

-Apocalypse Now

HW: Analytical Paper on Vietnam due Tuesday
11/29 (A)

NO CLASS
11/30 (B)

-Apocalypse Now

HW: Analytical Paper on Vietnam due Tuesday