Day by Day
Wednesday,
September 1
Introduction & Housekeeping
Wednesday,
September 8
Overview
Reading: Conflicting Paths: Growing Up in America
Discussion: “Finding a Topic” & Reading
TypePad Post #1: Of the readings in, which two interested you the most? Of your interests, which ones do you think might furnish the basis for your research paper? What would you have to do or find to carry out the research for your paper
Tuesday,
September 14
LAST DAY TO ADD CLASSES
Wednesday,
September 15
Children in Families
Readings: Childhood in America, Pt. 2; Children’s Culture Reader, Pt. 1
Discussion: “Finding a Topic” & Readings
TypePad Post #2: Of the readings, which three interested you the most? Of your interests, which one do you think might furnish the basis for your research paper? Why? What would you have to do or find to carry out the research for your paper. In addition, respond to another student’s post with suggestions, observations, or criticism
Wednesday,
September 22
Children at Play
Reading: Childhood in America, Pt. 11; Children’s Culture Reader, Pt. 3
Discussion: Readings
TypePad Post #3: List ten potential topics in the history of childhood that you have found interesting. Which of these appear to be the most doable, given the time and resources available to you? In addition, respond to another student’s post with suggestions, observations, or criticism.
Wednesday,
September 29
Last Day to Drop Classes
Children at Work
Reading: Childhood in America, Pt. 5; Children’s Culture Reader, Choice
Discussion: Framing a Topic Statement
TypePad Post #4: List ten potential topics in the history of childhood that you have found interesting. Which of these appear to be the most doable, given the time and resources available to you? In addition, respond to another student’s post with suggestions, observations, or criticism.
Wednesday,
October 6
Children at School
Reading: Childhood in America, Part 6; Children’s Culture Reader, Choice
TOPIC STATEMENT DUE
LIBRARY FIELD TRIP
TypePad Post #5: Post your topic statement your TypePad. The topic statement should be a paragraph or two in length and contain a statement of what you have chosen as the topic for your essay in addition to the larger historical question about the history childhood that your essay seeks to answer. You might begin by asking yourself a question about the material that we have read in the class and proceed to frame an answer to that question. It should also contain, insofar as you are able, a discussion of the kind, quantity, and nature of your potential sources. In addition, respond to another student’s post with suggestions, observations, or criticism.
Wednesday,
October 13
NO CLASS (Reading)
Wednesday,
October 20
BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
TypePad Upload #6: Upload your bibliography to your TypePad. The bibliography for the purposes of this course should contain a minimum of eight books and sixteen articles that you have consulted for your essay. The course requires that you use primary sources. These may take the form of books and articles written during the time period under study or other primary manuscript materials. Secondary materials should reflect the most current books or articles as well as some of the classics in the specialty. Where appropriate, you should also use the Internet, but the bulk of your sources should be traditional, print material.
Wednesday,
October 27
OUTLINE DUE
Discussion: First Draft
TypePad Upload #7: Upload your outline as a file to your TypePad. An outline can take many forms. It can be written with the aid of the outlining facility on a word processor, with a dedicated outlining software program, or on cocktail napkins. The point of an outline, no matter its form, is to provide the organizational structure for an extended piece of writing. It should list the main topics, subtopics, and references to the sources. It is also a good idea to include what you intend to use as quotations in the outline so that you are assured of their applicability and appropriateness. For the purposes of this course, the outline should take the form of a paragraph by paragraph outline of “what” the paragraph will do and “how” the paragraph will accomplish its goal.
Wednesday,
November 3
NO CLASS (Writing)
Friday,
November 10
1st DRAFT DUE
Discussion: Content & Line Editing
TypePad Upload #8: Upload your paper as a file to your TypePad account. A first draft is not the first version of the essay but the best of successive versions of the essay that you can manage working alone or with the help of another reader. This means that by the first draft, the essay should have gone through several writings and been subject to extensive revisions. It should be in the best form possible with respect to organization, argument, grammar and mechanics, inclusion of quotations, and format. The first draft should include a title, page numbers, footnotes or endnotes as well as a bibliography. One of the best ways to revise a draft is to work on a typed or word-processed copy. First drafts that patently lack revision will be penalized. Both the instructor and class members will line-edit the essays and make suggestions regarding the essays’ content and structure.
Wednesday,
November 17
Discussion: Revision
TypePad Post #9: Post a response to your writer’s paper in the comments section of the writer’s TypePad blog. Although this critique is not intended to be as extensive as the final one, you will find the “Paper Critique Guidelines” useful
Wednesday,
November 24
NO CLASS–THANKSGIVING
Wednesday,
December 1
NO CLASS (Writing)
Wednesday,
December 8
Discussion: “Writing a Critique”
FINAL PAPER DUE
Wednesday,
December 10
SELF-EVALATION DUE
CRITIQUES DUE
TypePad Upload #11: Upload your critique to your TypePad and email your self-evaluation to me.