For Wed Feb 5th write, paraphrase, and literally copy and paste with proper citation information about the current state of affairs for Native Americans in this country. Use at least two sources.
Read half of Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, up to page 117, by Monday, Feb 10.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Midterm Study Guide
English 102
Spring 2014
deWit
You will be responsible for the following information for the midterm:
Vocabulary up to now; we will make a master list in class.
The Ten Lies and Twelve Poverty-Changing propositions at the end of the book. These 22 position statements summarize much of the book. You should be able to explain each of these with clarity and depth.
An informed position on each of the knowledge areas shared with you by your classmates. You are expected to understand the basics of each topic and how it relates to poverty. You will be able to spend most of your energy and argument on your area of expertise, but your midterm grade will be bolstered by how facile and inclusive you are of some of the other areas while writing your essay.
The Wealth Inequality Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?
A few practice prompts that will help you write your midterm essay:
1) Explain the following quote from Smiley and West. Include deeper analysis of at least one area of expertise with some references and analysis to at least three other areas.
"There are nearly 150,000,000 persistently poor and near poor people in America who are not responsible for the damage done by the Great Recession. Yet they pay the price. The poor did not create the deindustrialization of America, unmatched corporate profiteering and greed, more than a decade of foreign wars, and unregulated tax benefits for the wealthy. When the largest economic institutions in the world were brought to their collective knees, they went crawling to the government's doorstep in search of salvation. The government obliged, allowing Wall Street to socialize its failure on the backs of Main St. Americans"(169).
2) Analyze either O'Reilly's little debate with West and Smiley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E95I365_LTM or Boots Riley's poem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12JJv6yCk7Q in the context of The Rich and the Rest of Us and include deeper analysis of at least one area of expertise with some references and analysis to at least three other areas.
Spring 2014
deWit
Midterm Study Guide
You will be responsible for the following information for the midterm:
Vocabulary up to now; we will make a master list in class.
The Ten Lies and Twelve Poverty-Changing propositions at the end of the book. These 22 position statements summarize much of the book. You should be able to explain each of these with clarity and depth.
An informed position on each of the knowledge areas shared with you by your classmates. You are expected to understand the basics of each topic and how it relates to poverty. You will be able to spend most of your energy and argument on your area of expertise, but your midterm grade will be bolstered by how facile and inclusive you are of some of the other areas while writing your essay.
The Wealth Inequality Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?
A few practice prompts that will help you write your midterm essay:
1) Explain the following quote from Smiley and West. Include deeper analysis of at least one area of expertise with some references and analysis to at least three other areas.
"There are nearly 150,000,000 persistently poor and near poor people in America who are not responsible for the damage done by the Great Recession. Yet they pay the price. The poor did not create the deindustrialization of America, unmatched corporate profiteering and greed, more than a decade of foreign wars, and unregulated tax benefits for the wealthy. When the largest economic institutions in the world were brought to their collective knees, they went crawling to the government's doorstep in search of salvation. The government obliged, allowing Wall Street to socialize its failure on the backs of Main St. Americans"(169).
2) Analyze either O'Reilly's little debate with West and Smiley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E95I365_LTM or Boots Riley's poem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12JJv6yCk7Q in the context of The Rich and the Rest of Us and include deeper analysis of at least one area of expertise with some references and analysis to at least three other areas.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Notes on Research groups and topics
17Mar2014
1. Retirement benefits ----- Lucila, Mushfiq, Guillermo
· Include SS
· 401K’s
· Employee Pension
· Health Care
2. Safely Nets---- Casey who?, Hoang, Zac
· WIC, etc
3. Taxes----- Sean, Chase, Madelyn
· Income
· Capital gain (wealth)
4. Prison Industrial Complex----- Elizabeth, Myron, Da’rell, Azeb, Liz
· Status work and citizenship of persons with felony
· Corporate/financial
5. Manufacturing Jobs outsourcing ------ Darlene, Aaron, Anna, Jasmine
· Chickens in China
6. Public education------ Damien, Yisong, Greg
· -the great hope
7. Weakened labor unions
8. Minimum wage vs. living wage---- Richard, Dyrell, Angelica
· Mc D’s budget
9. Regulation vs. deregulation
10. Health Care----- Gwendolyn, Edith, Italy, Marisol
11. Housing/mortgage crisis---- Jesse, Beerkat, Tony, Christina
· Bailout
· The bubble
12. What influences stock prices, the stock market?
· Corporation have same status as citizens, what does this mean?
·
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10 Lies about poverty that America can no longer afford [173-174]
Poverty to prosperity [175-177]
Coming out of a recession… with an uptick of job growth…
Where’s the lie and the truth in that?
Assignment-
Product of Reseach Options:
1. Poster
2. Prezi/ppt (power point)
3. Gif (video)
4. Single info reference sheet (handouts)
5. Up to 15 mins presenting
Criteria-
Protocol
1. Give an overview of the topic
2. Use at least 5 sources
3. If debate around issue, layout the contours of that debate
4. Take a position on the issue as a team
5. Make connections with the text
****focusing to a mid-term****
Carnival Due- March 26
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