--Assignment for January 25--be sure to complete all parts:
1. Please read your syllabus and make notes with questions or comments.
2. Please read "Propaganda Methods" (click on file below)--take notes
3. Please listen to "The Danger of a Single Story" (link below)--take notes
4. Write a one-page reflection and bring to class on Tuesday, January 25 (we meet in person Hunt Hall 101)
UPDATE: PLEASE POST YOUR RESPONSE TO OUR GOOGLE DOC
2. Please read "Propaganda Methods" (click on file below)--take notes
3. Please listen to "The Danger of a Single Story" (link below)--take notes
4. Write a one-page reflection and bring to class on Tuesday, January 25 (we meet in person Hunt Hall 101)
UPDATE: PLEASE POST YOUR RESPONSE TO OUR GOOGLE DOC

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Propaganda--what is it and how do we know? Use this link to read about propaganda www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/gi-roundtable-series/pamphlets/em-2-what-is-propaganda-(1944))
The file below provides a list of the various ways propaganda works.
The file below provides a list of the various ways propaganda works.

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-Assignment for January 27--
After our class discussion, please read the tools of propaganda below. Look at the examples here or find one of your own. Apply 2-3 propaganda tools/techniques to this example (in writing). Post your response to our Google Doc and be prepared to discuss on Thursday.
After our class discussion, please read the tools of propaganda below. Look at the examples here or find one of your own. Apply 2-3 propaganda tools/techniques to this example (in writing). Post your response to our Google Doc and be prepared to discuss on Thursday.
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Assignment for February 1
For this assignment please find two examples of contemporary propaganda--one visual and one news-related. You can also use the media bias chart below to help you assess the sources. Write 2-3 pages on why you see these two examples as propaganda. What tools/techniques have been used to sway the audience? Be use to use the articles and website we have read to support your claims. You will hand this into me in class.
For this assignment please find two examples of contemporary propaganda--one visual and one news-related. You can also use the media bias chart below to help you assess the sources. Write 2-3 pages on why you see these two examples as propaganda. What tools/techniques have been used to sway the audience? Be use to use the articles and website we have read to support your claims. You will hand this into me in class.

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Assignment for February 3
We have begun to read Brutal Imagination by Cornelius Eady (below you will find the file). For Thursday, you will read the first chapter (to page 23). This set of poems is designed to be read as one story. In 1994, Susan Smith, a white mother from South Carolina, murdered her two children. She tried to say that her car had been hijacked and her children kidnapped by a black man.
In class, we read through the first few poems and talked about them. The assignment for Thursday is also below. Please complete this assignment and bring your work to class on Thursday. We are in person in Hunt 101.
In class, we read through the first few poems and talked about them. The assignment for Thursday is also below. Please complete this assignment and bring your work to class on Thursday. We are in person in Hunt 101.

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Assignment for February 8
Your assignment is the file called "reading sections 3 and 4." In the file on backgrounds of stereotypes, there is more about how these stereotypes developed.
Your assignment is the file called "reading sections 3 and 4." In the file on backgrounds of stereotypes, there is more about how these stereotypes developed.

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Assignment for February 10
Below is the assignment and resources for Thursday, February 10. Please bring this work to class with you.

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Assignment for February 15

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Schedule for Paper 1 (see link above for assignment):
Anderson/ENGL 102-T20-----PAPER 1
Information and Expectations:
3-4 double-spaced pages with an additional works cited page. Be sure to have a title!
Due Notes and thoughts in class on Thursday, February 10
Dates: First rough draft for in-class workshop on Tuesday, February 15
Revised draft peer review workshop due on Thursday, February 17 (Bring 2 printed copies)
Revised draft due for grading on Tuesday, February 22 (submit in a double-pocket folder with
all subsequent drafts and review sheets and works cited page).
Anderson/ENGL 102-T20-----PAPER 1
Information and Expectations:
3-4 double-spaced pages with an additional works cited page. Be sure to have a title!
Due Notes and thoughts in class on Thursday, February 10
Dates: First rough draft for in-class workshop on Tuesday, February 15
Revised draft peer review workshop due on Thursday, February 17 (Bring 2 printed copies)
Revised draft due for grading on Tuesday, February 22 (submit in a double-pocket folder with
all subsequent drafts and review sheets and works cited page).
Assignment for February 22
Paper 1 due in a two pocket folder (see assignment above)
Additional assignment for Tuesday: Write your answer to the following: Do you think billionaires should use their wealth/profits to help with social problems (poverty, equity, etc.)? Why or why not? How might they contribute? Find at least one outside resource to help support your answer.
Paper 1 due in a two pocket folder (see assignment above)
Additional assignment for Tuesday: Write your answer to the following: Do you think billionaires should use their wealth/profits to help with social problems (poverty, equity, etc.)? Why or why not? How might they contribute? Find at least one outside resource to help support your answer.
Assignment for February 24

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Assignment for March 1
Here is the assignment and reading for Tuesday. Link to the Story of Stuff and George Carlin's Routine on Stuff

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Assignment for March 3

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Assignment for March 22-24 (Final Draft due on March 29)

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Citing Sources and Integrating Quotations
Some useful information https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/c.php?g=1147450&p=8560517
Citation Chart: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/documents/20191212CitationChart.pdf
Citation Chart: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/documents/20191212CitationChart.pdf
Assessing Websites:

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Assignment for March 29
The Op-Ed final draft is due today in a two-pocket folder with all your drafts and review sheets.
Reading for Tuesday, March 29 and instructions:
Reading for Tuesday, March 29 and instructions:

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Assignment for April 7-28
Below you will find the final paper assignment for the semester. At the top are the dates each stage of the assignment is due.
As you are doing research, you may want to refer to the Maxwell Library to find newspaper articles and scholarly articles to support your work: library.bridgew.edu/home
Other good resources are newspapers and local historical societies.
Below is attached another book chapter about public memorials that you may consider using as a resource; you are not obligated to use it, but it may be helpful.
As you are doing research, you may want to refer to the Maxwell Library to find newspaper articles and scholarly articles to support your work: library.bridgew.edu/home
Other good resources are newspapers and local historical societies.
Below is attached another book chapter about public memorials that you may consider using as a resource; you are not obligated to use it, but it may be helpful.

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Additional source which may be helpful:

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