Thursday, May 01, 2008
Getting work in
Don't give up and drop out as we enter the final stretch. Hang in there. Come talk to me, you might be able to complete the course, especially if you were turning in assignments at the beginning of the semester. To pass the course, students will have to have received a C or better on the following assignments: midterm, research essay, 7 cyber-essays, final essay (written in class) and portfolio essays (2).The research essay is due by Wednesday, May 7. I will accept it up to Wednesday, May 14. You will lose an entire grade point each day after Monday, May 12, so if the essay grade is a C, on 5/14 it will be a F. If we have made prior arrangements your grade will not lose points, so talk to me.
Field trip responses are due below. If you did not go on the field trip, be sure to respond to the "Trial of Darry Hunt" post (4/23).
This is for both classes. You need not be familiar with the Hunt case. Watch the 60 Minutes video. Think about Sean Bell case settled this week in New York, where the NY police were found not guilty of excessive force in the shooting death of Bell. He was shot 50 times. The question is, after 40 years of civil rights activism, justice is still based on race.
1. Watch: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/18/national/main4028780.shtml?source=search_story
2. Read the follow-up news story: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/06/60minutes/main3914719.shtml
3. Read the comments the CBS blog (second entry). Comment on the comments. Who are they from? What is the tone of the comments overall? What would you add?
4. Darryl Hunt links at HBO http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/darrylhunt/index.html
Field trip responses are due below. If you did not go on the field trip, be sure to respond to the "Trial of Darry Hunt" post (4/23).
This is for both classes. You need not be familiar with the Hunt case. Watch the 60 Minutes video. Think about Sean Bell case settled this week in New York, where the NY police were found not guilty of excessive force in the shooting death of Bell. He was shot 50 times. The question is, after 40 years of civil rights activism, justice is still based on race.
1. Watch: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/18/national/main4028780.shtml?source=search_story
2. Read the follow-up news story: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/06/60minutes/main3914719.shtml
3. Read the comments the CBS blog (second entry). Comment on the comments. Who are they from? What is the tone of the comments overall? What would you add?
4. Darryl Hunt links at HBO http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/darrylhunt/index.html
