Introduction to Gender Studies
Tuesday 8/26
1) Course description handout/classroom expectations
2) Journal policy
3) Rationale for the course
4) Current state of gender roles
5) "Toys R Us visit" /sample film clip assignment given
6) Introduce Jamaica Kincaid/Voices from the Gap website
7) Homework: Read "Girl" and write journal questions either in the notebook or on laptop
Thursday 8/28
1) Discussion of "Girl" piece
2) Cultural messages about gender
3) Introduce "The Yellow Wallpaper"
4) Assign Girl/Boy project: rough draft due next Tues 9/2; read "The Yellow Wallpaper" twice by next Tuesday; complete Toys R US/film clip assignment
Tuesday 9/2
1) Discuss girl/boy project expectations/ideas
2) Toys R Us /film clip presented in class
3) Begin discussion of Yellow Wallpaper
4) Intro to 19th century social activists
5) Homework: finish girl/boy project and read "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
Thursday 9/4
1) Assign Yellow Wallpaper
2) Assign "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
3) Present girl/boy pieces in class
4) Homework: read the two short stories
Monday 9/8
1) Not for Ourselves Alone video
2) Journal assignment on social activism given out
3) Discuss Yellow Wallpaper essay
4) Begin YW essay and write social activism journal
Wednesday 9/10
1) Very rough draft of YW paper due
2) Small group discussion of social activism
3) Journals collected
Friday 9/12:
YW first draft due/critiques in small groups
Homework: Polish YW essay by Tuesday 9/16
Tuesday 9/16
Final draft due
Oral history project assigned
1) Course description handout/classroom expectations
2) Journal policy
3) Rationale for the course
4) Current state of gender roles
5) "Toys R Us visit" /sample film clip assignment given
6) Introduce Jamaica Kincaid/Voices from the Gap website
7) Homework: Read "Girl" and write journal questions either in the notebook or on laptop
Thursday 8/28
1) Discussion of "Girl" piece
2) Cultural messages about gender
3) Introduce "The Yellow Wallpaper"
4) Assign Girl/Boy project: rough draft due next Tues 9/2; read "The Yellow Wallpaper" twice by next Tuesday; complete Toys R US/film clip assignment
Tuesday 9/2
1) Discuss girl/boy project expectations/ideas
2) Toys R Us /film clip presented in class
3) Begin discussion of Yellow Wallpaper
4) Intro to 19th century social activists
5) Homework: finish girl/boy project and read "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
Thursday 9/4
1) Assign Yellow Wallpaper
2) Assign "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
3) Present girl/boy pieces in class
4) Homework: read the two short stories
Monday 9/8
1) Not for Ourselves Alone video
2) Journal assignment on social activism given out
3) Discuss Yellow Wallpaper essay
4) Begin YW essay and write social activism journal
Wednesday 9/10
1) Very rough draft of YW paper due
2) Small group discussion of social activism
3) Journals collected
Friday 9/12:
YW first draft due/critiques in small groups
Homework: Polish YW essay by Tuesday 9/16
Tuesday 9/16
Final draft due
Oral history project assigned
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