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| 2 | Aug 28 | Aug 29 | Aug 30 | Aug 31 | Sep 1 |
| 3 | Holiday | Sep 5 | Sep 6 | Sep 7 | Sep 8 |
| 4 | Sep 11 | Sep 12 | Sep 13 | Sep 14 | Sep 15 |
| 5 | Sep 18 | Sep 19 | Sep 20 | Sep 21 | Sep 22 |
| 6 | Sep 25 | Sep 26 | Sep 27 | Sep 28 | Sep 29 |
| 7 | Oct 2 | Oct 3 | Oct 4 | Oct 5 | Oct 6 |
| 8 | Oct 9 | Oct 10 | Oct 11 | Oct 12 | Oct 13 |
| 9 | Oct 16 | Oct 17 | Oct 18 | Oct 19 | Oct 20 |
| 10 | Oct 23 | Oct 24 | Oct 25 | Oct 26 | Oct 27 |
| 11 | Oct 30 | Oct 31 | Nov 1 | Nov 2 | Nov 3 |
| 12 | Nov 6 | Holiday | Nov 8 | Nov 9 | Nov 10 |
| 13 | Nov 13 | Nov 14 | Nov 15 | Nov 16 | Nov 17 |
| 14 | Nov 20 | Nov 21 | Holiday | Holiday | Holiday |
| 15 | Nov 27 | Nov 28 | Nov 29 | Nov 30 | Dec 1 |
| 16 | Dec 4 | Dec 5 | Dec 6 | Dec 7 | Dec 8 |
| 17 | Dec 11 | Dec 12 | Dec 13 | Dec 14 | Dec 15 |
Tue Aug 22 and/or Wed Aug 23. Prepare for your personal introduction talk to the class either Tue or Wed, whichever you have been assigned. Rehearse what you’re going to talk about and time yourself! It should be at least three but not more than five minutes.
The first of nine Civil War videos ("The Cause") will be shown Tue Aug 22, 9 pm and 11pm, channel 2 or channel 61- one is for classrooms, the other for dorm rooms. For the next two weeks the other eight will be shown, at 9 and 11 each night, Monday through Thursday, until Tuesday Sep 5 (the last one).
You are to watch a total of any four of these nine videos. Take a page or two of notes on the high points that impress or interest you; then (DWA) write a one-page essay or narrative summary about what seemed to be the most memorable or important points conveyed by the video. Turn your DWAs in to Dr. Hussey the day after you watch one!
Wed Aug 23 CW Video #2 "A Very Bloody Affair"
Thu Aug 24 Republic Book 1, #1. DWA: Click here for the assignment.
Civil War Video #3 "Forever Free"
Send phiwilli and enghusse an email with
your name on the subject line (if you haven't
done so already)!
Fri Aug 25 Read Perman 9-10, 35-36, 41-52, 80-88. Slavery, Honor, and Secession
DWA: Using selected evidence from the Wyatt-Brown essay and
the essay by William
Gienapp, discuss the role that the Southern concept of honor played
in the politics leading
up to the outbeak of the Civil War.
Mon Aug 28 Civil War Video #4, "Simply Murder"
Rebublic Book 1, #2. Click here for
DWA. Back
Tue Aug 29 Civil War Video #5, "The Universe of Battle"
Perman 112-123, Hard War.
DWA: In this essay, Grimsley discusses the concept of "hard war," especially in respect to Sherman's March to the Sea. What thesis is Grimsley advancing about the North waging "hard war" on the South? What arguments does he use to support his thesis?
Is there any evidence of bias in Grimsley's account of the Civil War? Would you take him for a Northern or Southern sympathizer?. Why?
Wed Aug 30 Civil War Video #6, "Valley of Death"
Thu Aug 31 Civil War Video #7, "Most Hallowed Ground"
The Generals on the Rules of War, Perman 92-94; 98-102.
DWA: The letters from the Union generals, together with the document called Lieber's Code are arranged in chronological order and show a change in the nature of the war and in military policy. Discuss this changing attitude with specific references to the text.
Fri Sep 1 Republic Books 2-3. DWA
Mon Sep 4 (Holiday), CW Video #8, "War Is Hell"
Back
Tue Sep 5
Civil War Video #9, "Better Angels of Our Nature"
If you are doing a report today, that is your assignment. For everyone else: Soldiers' Letters, Perman 124-134.
DWA: In the last of the letters you read, Walt Whitman suggests that the personal stories of the soldiers will never be part of the official story of the Civil War recorded in the history books. How do these soldiers' letters add to your understanding of the war? Was there anything you found surprising? Why? Are they essential to understanding the war? Give examples from the letters.
Wed Sep 6 Republic
Books 3-4. DWA
Thu Sep 7
Soldier's Experiences, Perman 134-55.
DWA: Both of the assigned essays describe the experience
of Civil War soldiers as a transformation experience with both positive
and negative aspects. Discuss the transformation from civilian to
soldier that is analyzed in these essays.
Fri Sep 8. Republic Book 4. DWA
Monday, Sep 11. Bierce's Memoirs, 3-37, 71-73. "On a Mountain," "What I Saw of Shiloh," "A Little of Chickamauga," "A Bivouac of the Dead."
DWA. These four works are memoirs of, or reflections on, Bierce's wartime
experiences. "On a Mountain" is something of an initiation experience
while "A Bivouac of the Dead" seems to cast a backward glance at the war.
Briefly describe the personal journey of the author (changing attitudes,
experience, perspectives) as he moves through the four accounts.
Tuesday Sep 12.
Republic Bk 5, 449a-471e; Bk 9, 588b-592b. DWA
Wed Sep 13. Bierce Stories, 108-116, 133-41. "A Son of the Gods," "Killed at Resaca."
DWA: These two stories by Bierce treat what he refers to as the "Poetry
of War." The main characters in the stories demonstrate heroism that
seems larger than life. What do you think is Bierce's opinion of
the heroism war inspires? Cite specific passages from the text to
support your answer.
Thu Sep 14. Epiphanies, Bierce 99-107, 220-227. "Chickamauga," "The Mocking-Bird" and Twain handout "Private History of a Campaign that Failed."
DWA: In the Bierce stories as well as in Twain's memoir, there is a
moment of revelation in which the horror of war is brought home dramatically
to the characters/author. Compare the epiphanies in the Bierce stories
to the revelation about war that Mark Twain experiences.
Fri Sep 15. Perspectives on Military Leaders, Bierce 142-153, 247-258. "The Affair at Coulter's Notch," "Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General." Be sure to read p. 258!
Based on your reading of these stories, what seems to be Bierce's opinion
of the military leaders of the war (Union and Confederate)?
Mon Sep 18.
Class meeting cancelled. Scheduled individual conferences on Paper #1 Draft. DWA: bring a 2-3 page draft of your paper to the conference, plus any sources other than the textbooks that you might possibly use (if web pages, bring the URLs or printouts). "Surface" details (spelling, punctuation, footnotes, bibliography, etc.) are not important for a draft. The important things are: thesis statement, topic sentences, paragraph organization, overall outline, the sources you'll use, and what exactly in your sources you will focus on!
Look over the example papers to see
the kind of paper you should be aiming for!
Tues Sep 19. If you are doing a class report today, that is your DWA
(or rather, your three DWAs). Everyone else: Republic Bk 6,
487a-494a. DWA
Wed Sep 20. Repubic Bk 6, 504a-509e. ("Hardcore philosophy")
Taking the longer road (504b) leads to "the form of the good," or simply "the good." But Socrates is unable to say what "the good" is (506de). Instead, he will tell about the child (or, offspring) of the good.
DWA. What is the child of the good?
(You shouldn't even need a complete sentence to answer that!)
How is this child similar to its parent? (Several sentences needed
for this.)
Thu Sep 21. Work on your paper! Paper #1 Details. Footnotes,
bibliography, etc. Bring four textbooks to class - Bierce, Perman,
Plato, Hacker. DWA in class.
Fri Sep 22. Peer review of your paper #1. Bring your latest
printed draft of your paper. In class DWAs: everyone will read and
comment on two other students' papers.
Mon Sep 25. DWA: turn in paper #1 at the beginning of class. Don't come in late or skip class should your paper not be quite ready! One "U" isn't that big a deal.
Bring Plato; there will also be an in-class DWA.
Tue Sep 26. Republic Bk 7, 514a-521d. DWA
Answers to the math "Entrance Exam."
Wed Sep 27. Women in the Civil War. Perman 246-57, women's letters.
DWA. These personal documents, like the soldiers' letters, provide a
unique perspective on the war
effort. These women are highly articulate and express opinions on everything
from politics to the running
of a hospital. Choose three of the documents that you find the
most interesting and describe the style of
the writing as well as the character, concerns, and motivations of
the author.
Thu Sep 28. If you are reporting today, that is your 3-DWA
assignment. Everyone else:
Republic Bk 7, 521d-541b. DWA
Answers to the math "Entrance Exam."
Fri Sep 29. Women in Wartime. Perman 257-76, two essays.
DWA. These two essays on the roles and psychology of women in war can
be taken as companion pieces to the essays we read previously on the soldier's
experience of war as transformation. Discuss in both essays the different
types of transformation women, both of the North and of the South, were
likely to
experience. I'd like you to include a discussion of the elite
southern woman's reexamination of her
cultural myths
Mon Oct 2 Faulkner Chapter 1: Ambuscade
DWA, do both parts. Consider Bayard Sartoris, the boy who will
be the protagonist of the novel.
Discuss his actions, level of maturity, and awareness of events around
him. Part 1: Who are the most
important people in his life, and what are their roles in his life?
This is not the first time Faulkner has used this setting and many of
these characters in a work of
fiction. Part 2: Go to the web page for the course and
summarize the information you find on two of his
characters, John Sartoris and Drusilla Hawk (who appears later on).
Tue Oct 3 Faulkner Chapter 2: "Retreat"
DWA. There are just a couple of brief scenes in this chapter involving
Yankees. Discuss the type of
action they are involved in and the overall effect of Faulkner's portrayal
of them. Discuss also the
changes that are occurring in Granny and in her world.
Finally, how would you describe the escapade
the two boys get involved in?
Wed Oct 4 Faulkner Chapter 3: "Raid"
If you have a report for today, that is your three DWAs. Otherwise,
DWA. What kind of transformation has the war brought about in
Drusilla? Contrast her involvement in
the war with that of the two boys who listen to her talk. Discuss
the scenes in this chapter involving
emancipation. What would you say Faulkner thinks about it?
Thu Oct 5 Faulkner Chapter 4: "Riposte in Tertio"
DWA. How is Granny drawn inevitably toward the final event of this chapter?
Who or what can be
blamed?
Fri Oct 6 Faulkner Chapter 5: "Vendée"
DWA. Explain how the action that takes place in this chapter might
describe something like an initiation
into manhood for Bayard.
Mon Oct 9 Faulkner Chapter 6: "Skirmish at Sartoris"
DWA. This chapter, in a way, is about the various adjustments characters
make to post-war life. John
Sartoris and Drusilla, among others, must be reintegrated into the
civilian world. Describe their
experience. Explain the episode of the ballot box as a part of
their reintegration.
Tue Oct 10 Faulkner Chapter 7: "An Odor of Verbena"
DWA. Discuss Bayard's decision in this final chapter and
what motivates him to make it. How do
various characters, among them Drusilla and George Wyatt, try
to influence the action Bayard will take?
(This should tie in well with the notion of Southern honor we have
discussed.)
Wed Oct 11 Read 345-346 (Curtis and Adams documents); plus 385-387.
DWA. These documents provide details of post-emancipation struggles
and post-war violence in the South. Summarize the details of these
accounts and compare them to Faulkner.
Thurs Oct 12. Work on paper #2! Or on correcting/revising
paper #1. Bring Perman and Plato, DWA in class.
Fri Oct 13 (Last day to officially withdraw from the class)
Bring Plato and Perman.
DWA: Look over these web sources: #1
#2
#3
Then for each one, comment (one paragraph each) on its strengths
and weaknesses for use as a source for a research-based paper on General
Sherman.
Mon Oct 16 DWA.
For some secondary source in Perman (or from the course reserve
books and articles) that might be usable for your paper #2, do a Rhetorical
Precis as described in the class handout. A secondary source is an
essay or book or chapter from a book. For example, in Perman
the ESSAYS are secondary sources; the DOCUMENTS
are not (they're primary sources). Or, an article that presents an
interpretation of something in The Republic is a secondary source;
The
Republic itself is a primary source.
Tues/Wed Oct 17-18. DWA: bring a printed draft of paper #2
to your scheduled conference, along with copies of the sources you will
use. Class is cancelled both days. (Surface errors, footnotes,
and bibliography don't matter at this stage; focus on the big things: introduction,
clear and precise thesis, overall organization, good topic sentences for
paragraphs, identifying good sources for your topic.)
Thurs/Fri Oct 19-20. Class cancelled for National Honors Conference, Washington.
Read Jacobs: Preface, Introduction, and Chapters I-XV (pages 1-85).
DWA: Turn in by 4pm Fri. Oct 20 to Mrs. Lee, Philosophy Secretary, Case 267.
This assignment is worth two DWA’s and should be at least two pages in length. Develop your answer to the following topics with good detailed support, illustrations, and quotations from the text. (Full credit will not be given without these examples.)
In the period leading up to the Civil War, slavery was often referred
to as the South’s “peculiar institution.” In the first part of her
narrative, Jacobs deals with just how peculiar it is. Discuss 1)
the specific effects she describes slavery having on the slaves, 2) the
specific effects she describes on the various slaveholders, 3) the passages
in which she discusses the strange Christian religion of the South, and
finally 4) describe the specific audience to which she directs her narrative.
Mon Oct 23. Jacobs Chapters XVI - XXX, pages 86-158.
DWA. Prior to the Civil War, slavery was often justified by claims
of the natural passivity of slaves. Jacobs’ narrative refutes this
notion of passivity as the author describes how she engineers her own life
and eventual escape in quite remarkable ways. Discuss the evidence
Jacob's gives of her ingenuity, strength of character, and determination
in the reading for today. Include an explanation of how she
manages to evade and eventually manipulate her "owner."
Tue Oct 24. Peer reviews of your paper #2. Bring a printed draft of your latest draft (with footnotes and bibliography).
Wed Oct 25. Jacobs Chapters XXXI-XLI, pages 159-201.
DWA. Like Faulkner, Jacobs shows us that "freedom" is fraught with difficulties. Discuss the problems Jacobs continues to encounter as she tries to shape a new life for herself after her escape to the North, where she is still not entirely free from prejudice and the long arm of the institution of slavery.
Thurs Oct 26. Perman 277-288 and 288-297. If your report is today, that is your DWA or rather, your three DWAs; otherwise:
DWA. The documents on pages 277-288 represent many different voices and show the incredible complexity of the emancipation issue as people in all walks of life tried to grapple with the racial issue. Summarize the diverse attitudes toward emancipation. Then turn to the essay on pages 288-297 and briefly outline 1) the claim the author makes, 2) the reasons he gives for it, and 3) the opposing viewpoint he mentions.
Fri Oct 27. DWA: Paper #2 due, beginning of class.
Also a DWA in class.
Mon Oct 30. DWA in class. Work on paper #3 or revision
of paper #1.
Tue Oct 31. DWA: From either your paper #1 or paper #2 select a substantial (5 or more lines, but not more than 80% of a page long) paragraph that contains an argument, and put just that paragraph, double-spaced, on a page with your name at the top. Bring to class two printed copies of this page. That's all - just bring the two copies! (Pretty easy, huh?)
Work on paper #3 or revision of paper #1.
In-class: diagrams for the printed copies above; finish Exercise
#2; Diagrams test (for two DWAs).
Wed Nov 1. DWA in class. Work on paper #3 or
revision of paper #1.
Thu Nov 2. DWA in class. Work on paper
#3 or revision of paper #1.
Fri Nov 3. All revisions of paper #1 due today -
or sooner! DWA in class.
Work on paper #3 or revision of paper #1.
Mon Nov 6. DWA: turn in a one-paragraph description, as detailed as possible, of your paper #3 topic, plus a bibliography of at least five sources other than the course textbooks. At least two of them must be library sources. Your topic can be made more specific later, but at this stage you need to have an overall topic as specific as possible and to begin looking over potential sources for use later on. For a research paper you'll look over a good many more sources than you'll actually use in your paper! For web sources: each source must be from a different web site.
A web site is the part of the URL before the first single-backslash,
a.k.a. the home page for all the pages at that web site. For example,
all web pages with a URL beginning with "http://www.civilwarhome.com/"
are located at the same web site (or, home page), which is Shotgun's site.
Wed Nov 8. Work on paper #3. Catherine
Clinton visits 3rd period class. 4th period class: if you can attend
the 3rd period class it will count (in lieu of attending her 1:30 lecture)
as a makeup DWA. Regular DWA (both classes): turn in a title
and introductory paragraph, ending with a thesis statement, for paper #3.
Thu Nov 9. DWA: turn in a précis, as described in the précis handout, of a library source for your paper. The source should be a complete article or chapter from a book, and at least 10 pages long. The second précis sentence should be long and detailed (see the handout examples), showing that you have read the source carefully. Also in-class DWA.
Fri Nov 10. DWA: same as above (another précis), but for a different library source. Also in-class DWA: Test on diagramming arguments involving the 7 Forms (mostly).
Mon Nov 13. DWA: same as above (another précis), but for a third source. Your second précis sentence should be long and detailed (see the handout examples), showing that you have read the source carefully. If it is a web source, include a printout of at least one page that clearly indicates what the source includes. A “web source” may include more than one web page, but if so all the pages must be located at the same web site. For example, Shotgun’s site includes about 10 different web pages on Civil War medicine; all those together would count as one web source, all located at the Shotgun web site. The web site is the part of the URL before the first single-backslash, aka the home page for all the pages at that web site.
Plus in-class DWA.
Tues Nov 14. DWA: same as above (another précis),
but for a fourth source. If it is a second web source, it must be
from a different web site than your first web source.
Plus in-class DWA.
Wed Nov 15 and Thu Nov 16: Work on paper #3. DWAs in
class. In-class fallacies test Thursday.
Fri Nov 17. DWA: Bring paper #3 draft to class for peer
review.
Mon Nov 20. DWA: paper #3 due at the beginning of class (this will give you a DWA for Tue also) OR bring your draft to class to confer with us about last-minute problems and concerns (for DWA credit you must have a good question or issue to confer about).
Tue Nov 21. No class. DWA: paper #3 due by 3pm if
you didn’t turn it in Monday.
Mon Nov 27. Organization and scheduling for oral
presentations next week! Presentation guidelines.
FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE.
3rd period class: Tue Dec 12 and/or Wed Dec 13, 10:30-12:30.
4th period class: Thu Dec 14 and/or Fri Dec 15, 10:30-12:30. (Presumably you prefer Thu??)
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