Hi Everyone! Okay, this is your schedule for the course. You do not ever get to say to me "hey I didn't know we had homework due" or whatever cause its all here for you from day one.
Please Note: This is the summer class which means we have eight weeks to do what it normally takes sixteen. This means you will be doing twice the work in one week. Be prepared to devote between 15-20 hours per week just for this class. Seriously? Seriously!! You will be reading up to four chapters and/or articles per week. You will be posting on the message board at least three times per week and that includes reading other people's posts, thinking about their ideas, and thoughtfully responding. You will be writing answers to discussion questions and they are not yes/no answers they are answers that require you to critically think about your readings and provide information as well as examples. This is all doable but you need to be prepared for the responsibilities of an online summer class. We will hit the ground running and go like the wind!! Make a schedule and stick to it!! You need to treat this like a job. Do we sometimes not feel like going to work? Yes. Do we go anyway? Yes. Make a day for reading, days for posting, days for writing your answers, etc. and just stick to it. You can do it!!
Remember I am FIRM on due dates unless there is a TRUE emergency. A true emergency consists of things like a relative died (and I mean like a grandma or an uncle, not my mother's third cousins' fourth ex husband whom I never met and am using the funeral as an excuse not to turn in my homework I didn't do). OR I was in a horrific car accident and my leg fell off and I am currently in surgery as the quiz is happening, but I sent Maia an emergency email as I was being wheeled into surgery. Please do not assume I will give you a make up and email me two days later with the homework and say "oh here it is cause so and so died". You email me BEFORE something is due and ask if you can turn it in late with the reason why. Telling me after is rude and I will know very likely not the truth. Do NOT assume I will say yes either.
Telling me things like "I forgot" I had a paper due, or "I had to work" is NOT an emergency and do not even bother trying to get me to accept an assignment. What am I saying? WORK AHEAD AND PAY ATTENTION TO DUE DATES! If there is a true emergency please email me BEFORE something is due and I will decide on a case by case basis if I will accept something late.
Please ASK QUESTIONS early. Telling me in the email that you did not understand question #4 when you turn in your homework will not get you an extension. But if you work ahead you are welcome to post questions or email me. And hey if you all want to discuss stuff on the message board before homework is due who am I to stop you! (hint hint).
Please do not give each other the answers, but you are more than welcome to gang together and help each other and plot on how to overthrow the evil overlord professor that is Maia...wait don't do that, but the other stuff you can do.
Also, as an FYI, I normally do not work weekends, as this is when I work on my Ph.D. So while I will respond to your homework submissions with a "got it" reply if you send it after noon on Friday, you will not get a response until Monday morning. If however you do not hear from me during the week within 24-48 business hours, please feel free to email me again.
Your grades will be emailed to you. Please BE SURE to password your email to ensure privacy. If you share an email or an apartment or whatever it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to password your email so that no one but you can see the results of your grades. I do not use blackboard for grades so that I can give you comments etc. to help you improve!
GOOD LUCK WITH THE CLASS EVERYONE!!
Section One
Week One: MAY 21-27
- Email the Professor at the BEGINNING of the week to say hi and provide her with your email address to be used in class mcunningham@citruscollege.edu
- Log on to the message boards and introduce yourself in the introduce yourself folder on the message boards(please carefully read the directions in the student interaction section to learn how to do this)
- Prepare for the beginning of chats in week two by signing up for tapped in (again see the student interaction button for specific instructions)
- Read Chapter One, Two, Three, and Four in the Ferraro Textbook
- Understand the terms in the chapter summaries
- Read the article at the following website: http://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html
- Turn in Discussion Questions #1 by 11:00 p.m. Sunday May 27
- Turn in Discussion Questions #2 by 11:00 p.m. May 27
- Participate on the message boards
- Participate in chat thursdays 7:15-8:00 pm (this is our regular time) REMEMBER chats are optional, message boards are NOT please see student interaction link for important info on grading and how to info)
- Study for quiz one using quiz one review sheet
Week Two: May 28-June 3
- Read Chapter Six in the Ferraro Textbook
- Understand the terms in the chapter summary
- Participate in class discussion using the message boards and chat
- Turn in Discussion Questions #3 by 11:00 p.m. Sun June 3
- Turn in Discussion Questions #4 by 11:00 p.m. Sun June 3
- Study for quiz one using quiz one review sheet
- Read Forms of Address: How Their Social Functions May Vary (pg 56) in the Haviland/Gordon Textbook
- Read Language, Race, and White Public Space (pg. 59) in the Haviland/Gordon Textbook
- Pick out terms and concepts from Chapter Six in the Ferraro textbook that relate to the articles
- FIRST SHORT PAPER IS DUE NO LATER THAN 5:00 p.m. WED June 6 (note short paper deadlines are always weds at 5:00 pm. discussion questions which are always Sundays at 11:00)
- TAKE QUIZ ONE Choose a day and time between 8:00 A.M. THURSDAY JUNE 7 AND 8:00 A.M. FRIDAY JUNE 8
Section Two:
Week Three: June 4-June 10
- Read Chapter Seven in the Ferraro Textbook
- Understand the terms in the chapter summary
- Read Nomads on Notice (pg. 89) in the Haviland/Gordon Textbook
- Pick out terms and concepts from Chapter Seven in the Ferraro Textbook that relate to the article
- Participate in class discussion using the message boards and chat
- Turn in Discussion Questions #5 by 11:00 p.m. Sun June 10
- Turn in Discussion Questions #6 by 11:00 pm June 10
- Turn in Short Paper #1 by 5:00 p.m. Wed June 6
- Participate in class discussion using the message boards and chat
- Study for quiz 2 using quiz two review sheet
Week Four: June 11-June 17
- Read Chapter Eight in the Ferraro Textbook
- Read Crack in Spanish Harlem (pg. 114) in the Haviland/Gordon Textbook
- Pick out terms and concepts from Chapter Eight in the Ferraro Textbook that relate to the article
- Understand the terms in the chapter summary
- Participate in class discussion using the message boards and chat
- Turn in Discussion Questions #7 by 11:00 p.m. Sun June 17
- Turn in Short Paper #2 by 5:00 pm Wed June 20
- Study for quiz 2 using quiz two review sheet
- TAKE QUIZ TWO choose a time between 8:00 A.M. THURSDAY JUNE 14 AND FRIDAY JUNE 15
- There is no chat during midterm week, but you may continue on the message board. You should have approximately 15 posts at this point which is half the posts for full credit and bonus. Remember, if you cram all your posts into the last week of the semester, you will not received credit; you must interact the ENTIRE SEMESTER.
Section Three:
Week Five: June 18-24 (this is a HUGE week be prepared!!)
- Read Chapter Nine in the Ferraro Textbook
- Read Chapter Ten in the Ferraro Textbook
- Read Chapter Eleven in the Ferraro Textbook
- Read Arranged Marriage in India (pg. 145) in the Haviland/Gordon Textbook
- Read Land of the Walking Marriage pg 158 in the Haviland/Gordon Textbook Read Hanky Panky and Spanky Wanky (pg. 130) in the Haviland/Gordon Textbook -- WARNING this article is on a very adult level and discusses sex, yes you still have to read it I just wanted to warn you!
- Pick out terms and concepts from Chapter Nine and Ten in the Ferraro Textbook that relate to the articles
- Understand the terms in the chapter summary
- Turn in Short Paper #2 by 5:00 pm Wed June 20
- Participate in class discussion using the message boards and chat
- Turn in Discussion Questions #8 by 11:00 p.m. Sun June 24
- Turn in Discussion Questions #9 by 11:00 p.m. Sun June 24
- Turn in Discussion Questions #10 by 11:00 p.m. Sun June 24
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards and chat
- Study for quiz three using quiz three review sheet
Week Six: June 25-July 1
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Read Chapter Twelve in the Ferraro Textbook
- Read Chapter Thirteen in the Ferraro Textbook
- Read The Modern State: Nation Builder or Nation Killer (pg 209)
- Pick out terms and concepts from Chapter Thirteen in the Ferraro Textbook that relates to the article
- Understand the terms in the chapter summary
- Participate in class discussion using the message boards and chat
- Turn in Discussion Questions #11 by 11:00 p.m. Sun July 1
- Turn in Discussion Questions #12 by 11:00 p.m. Sun July 1
- Third Short Paper is due no later than 11:00 p.m. Sun July 1 (note this is different because of the holiday!)
- TAKE QUIZ THREE choose a time between 8:00 A.M. Sunday July 1 and 8:00 A.M. Monday July 2 (yes this unusual because of the holiday)
HOLIDAY BREAK!! THE WEEK OF JULY 2-JULY 8 IS A HOLIDAY BREAK. HAVE FUN, REST UP, OR GET AHEAD ON YOUR POSTING AND HOMEWORK. I WILL CHECK EMAIL BUT NOT EVERYDAY SO FEEL FREE TO EMAIL BUT PLEASE REALIZE I WILL NOT BE WORKING EVERY DAY AS I TOO WILL BE WITH FAMILY OVER THE HOLIDAY!
Week Seven: July 9-July 15
- Read Chapter Fourteen, Fifteen, and Sixteen in the Ferraro Textbook
- Read Witchcraft in an Anthropological Perspective in the Haviland/Gordon Textbook (pg 225)
- Pick out terms and concepts from Chapter Fourteen in the Ferraro Textbook that relates to the article
- Understand the terms in the chapter summaries
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards and chat (this will be the last one!)
- Turn in Discussion Questions #13 by 11:00 p.m. Sun July 15
- Turn in Discussion Questions #14 by 11:00 p.m. Sun July 15
- Study for quiz four using quiz four review sheet
Section Four:
Week Eight: July 16-22
- Read In the Disaster Zone-Anthropologists and the Ambiguity of Aid in the Haviland/Gordon textbook pg 263
- Read Shuar Migrants and Shrunken Heads in Haviland/Gordon pg 269
- Pick out terms and concepts from Chapter Sixteen in the Ferraro Textbook that relate to the articles
- Turn in Discussion Questions #15 by 11:00 p.m. Sun July 22
- Finish up with class discussion on message boards, the boards will be shut down for grading 11:00 pm Sunday July 22
- Study for quiz four using quiz four review sheet
- FOURTH SHORT PAPER IS DUE NO LATER THAN 11:00 pm Sunday July 22 (note the change because its the last week)
- Take QUIZ FOUR choose a time between 8:00 am Thursday July 19 and 8:00 am Friday July 20
TA DA! You are done! Final grades will be emailed to you within 48 hours of completing the course. I have no control over when they get posted in admissions but they should appear as final grades somewhere midweek after our last week. Email me with questions and have a happy rest of the summer! Remember Fall schedule is now 16 weeks and registration is July 30th for the semester that starts September 4th!