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|  | 1 |  |  |  | "Introduction." In Signs of Life in the USA. Edited by Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon. 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000. Pp. 1-19. Twitchell, James B. "Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz." In Signs of Life. Pp. 202-209.
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|  | 2 |  |  |  | Kingsolver, Barbara. "Flying." In Small Wonder. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. Pp. 1-21. (Handout) Reader's Notebook entries on "Flying."
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|  | 3 |  |  |  | Tsing Loh, Sandra. "The Return of Doris Day." In Signs of Life. Pp. 357-365. Berridge, Edward. "Hope I Die Before Marcia Gets Old." In Signs of Life. Pp. 428-429.
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|  | 4 |  |  |  | Oral presentations on online magazines. Douglas, Susan. "A Look at Terror with My Daughter." The Progressive 63, 6 (June 1999): 17. (Handout)
 Gibson, James Wilson. "Warrior Dreams." In Signs of Life. Pp. 496-504.
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|  | 5 |  |  |  | Oral presentations on online magazines. Taylor, Paul C. "Funky White Boys and Honorary Soul Sisters." In Signs of Life. Pp. 549-561.
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|  | 6 |  |  |  | Oral presentations on online magazines. Nell, Bernstein. "Goin' Gangsta, Choosin' Cholita." In Signs of Life. Pp. 562-567.
 Kelley, Robin D. G. "The People in Me." The Utne Reader 95 (September 1999): 79-81. (Handout)
 Cose, Ellis. "The Colors of Race." Newsweek (1 January 2000): 28-30. (Handout)
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|  | 7 |  |  |  | Workshop of essays submitted on class 5. |  |  |  | Second essay submission day | 
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|  | 8 |  |  |  | Oral presentations on online magazines. Kilbourne, Jean. Slim Hopes. Film.
 Wolf, Naomi. "The Beauty Myth." In Signs of Life. Pp. 481-489.
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|  | 9 |  |  |  | Workshop of essays submitted on class 7. Revisions due of essays workshopped on class 7.
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|  | 10 |  |  |  | Library session: TBA |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | 11 |  |  |  | Workshop of essays submitted on class 9. Revisions due of essays workshopped on class 9.
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|  | 12 |  |  |  | Oral presentations on online magazines. Sign up for teams to produce and publicize Culture Shock!
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|  | 13 |  |  |  | Discussion of assigned reading. |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | 14 |  |  |  | Workshop of essays submitted on class 12. |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | 15 |  |  |  | Discussion of assigned reading. |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | 16 |  |  |  | Discussion of assigned reading. Revisions due of essays workshopped on class 14.
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|  | 17 |  |  |  | Team reports on Culture Shock! |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | 18 |  |  |  | Workshop of essays submitted on class 16. |  |  |  | Sixth essay submission day: researched essays | 
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|  | 19 |  |  |  | Discussion of assigned reading. Submissions to Culture Shock! submitted to editorial boards.
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|  | 20 |  |  |  | Workshop of essays submitted on class 18. Revisions due of essays workshopped on class 18.
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|  | 21 |  |  |  | Progress reports from teams on Culture Shock! |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | 22 |  |  |  | Workshop of essays submitted on class 20. Revisions due of essays workshopped on class 20.
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|  | 23 |  |  |  | Discussion of assigned reading. Culture Shock! up and running. Class demonstration.
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|  | 24 |  |  |  | Course summary and evaluations. |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | 25 |  |  |  | Last class. |  |  |  | Portfolios due | 
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