CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN STUDIES
November 2007 (subject to change)
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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)
-Twilight Zone
HW: One-page response due Tuesday |
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11/5
NO SCHOOL |
11/6 (D)
-I Love Lucy -Background on Lorraine Hansberry
HW: Read A Raisin in the Sun |
11/7 (E) -Dreaming the Dream
HW: Read Act I, Scene 2 and Act II, Scene 1, Write one page response
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11/8 US Parent/Teacher
NO SCHOOL
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11/9 (S) Half Day
Being Your Father
HW: Finish Act II
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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" |
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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 |
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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 |