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HOW'S THE DIRT?==============================================================================
E 303D, Spring 2017, flags CD, GC, (L/E in Spring)
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TTh 11-12:15 PAR 104 e/l*
Jerome Bump
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PROJECTS
2-14 P3a due online
2-25 P3 critiques due*
3-9 P3b final copy due4-11 P4a due online -5 by 4-13, -10 by 4-17
4-21 P4 critiques due*
5-4 P4b final copy due
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GETTING CREDIT FOR CRITIQUES:
TO GET YOUR POINTS FOR YOUR CRITIQUES
[1] COPY AND PASTE ALL OF YOUR CRITI1QUES OF OTHERS INTO A "WORD" DOCUMENT
[2] ORGANIZE BY THE NAME OF THE PERSON CRITIQUED, PUTTING THE NAME OF THE PERSON CRITIQUED AT THE TOP OF EACH SECTION
[3] PUT BOLD ALL CITATIONS FROM THE INSTRUCTIONS
[4] AT THE TOP OF THE FIRST PAGE WRITE "CRITIQUES OF OTHERS:"
[5] AFTER THE COLON LIST THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRITIQUES YOU ARE SUBMITTING FOR CREDIT AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CITATIONS FROM THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU ARE SUBMITTING FOR CREDIT
[6] EMAIL THE COMPLETED DOCUMENT AS AN ATTACHMENT TO bump@utexas.edu by May 5
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OVERVIEW: 1-17 Rumi 1-19, 1-24 Gawain and the Green Knight 1-26 animals, children, feelings 1-31 gender and animation 2-2 Jewish Bible, 2-7 Swift and Carnism 2-9 Carnism and Sustainability 2-14 Virgil and the Bible P3A2-9 Christian bible and subterranean tradition 2-14 Paradise Regained 2-16 Hicks, Burns, Davis 2-21, 2-23, 2-28, 3-7 the Alice books 3-9 P3b due 3-21 Kafka, Boulle 3-23, 3-28 Dartmouth autobiographies 3-30, 4-6 Saenz, 4-4 P4a due online 4-11, 4-13 I Am A Bacha Posh 4-18, 4-20 Fun Home 4-22, 4-27, 4-20 Woman Warrior 5-4 P4b due
#1-17 Award Ceremony.QUIZ ON RUMI; P3 and P4 overview.. Review Emotive Ethics SWIFT'S BIRTHDAY 1-20
#1-19 1 Gawain and Perfectionism; Quiz in class on Brown 107-120 and First Half of Gawain; "Best and Worst" in pairs on best and worst of winter break; extra credit for all for coming in costumes from the Arthurian/medieval period
#1-24 Gawain and Perfectionism: Second Half of Gawain 525-576 ; acting: points earned in addition to blog; extra credit for all for coming in costumes from the Arthurian/medieval period; induction into the order of the Garter
#1-26 Animals, Children, Feelings
DOMINION VS. COMPASSION IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION
#2-2 Jewish Bible, sacrifice of animals, patriarchy.....Animals in bible: dominant tradition: LEADER: ELK
#2-9 Carnism and Sustainability Quiz in class."Best and Worst" COWSPIRACY. 2-11 BLACK PANTHER'S BIRTHDAY. 2-14 DOLPHIN'S BIRTHDAY LEADER: SEA LION
1800-1900 THE ALICE BOOKS: GENDER, COMPASSION, DOMINATION
2-25 P3 critiques due
#2-28 ALICE 2 ALICE AND GENDER, BRING ALICE BOOKS OR -10
##3-2 ALICE 3 ALICE AND ANIMALS "BRING ALICE AND LOOKING GLASS BOOKS OR -10": "Croquet Ground;" "Looking-Glass House"; Walrus and the Carpenter" LEADER
#3-9 P3B DUE LATE PENALTIES -10 PER CLASS DAY + PUT TO THE BACK OF THE QUEUE FOR GRADING. IN OTHER WORDS: 3-21 -10; 3-23 -20 3-28 -30 ETC.
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#3-21 Mutiny of the Animals in Popular Culture
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DIVERSITY IN AMERICA FLAG
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"You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here."
Desiderata, Max Ehrmann
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#3-28 Dartmouth 2LEADER: YUKON WOLF
#3-30 GAY IN AMERICA: "male"; BEST AND WORST INDIVIDUALLY;
941-3 Saenz intro. +
first half of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
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4-3 LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS OR CHANGE TO PASS FAIL
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#4-4 second half of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, LEADER: BLUE WHALE
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GLOBAL SEXISM
#4-6 Bacha Posh LEADER: PANDA
944-5 Bacha posh AND First half of autobiography
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EXTRA CREDIT :join us as we welcome author Reyna Grande who will speak next Thursday, 4/6, 5-6:30 PM at the Glickman (CLA 1.302B). She will read from her memoir detailing her life growing up as an undocumented immigrant and from new work describing life as a first generation college student.
10 PTS. FOR PROOF OF ATTENDANCE; UP TO 20 MORE IN EXTRA CREDIT BLOG
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#4-11 P4A DUE ONLINE Diversity in America: meet at LBJ library 4-11 P4a* due online -5 by 4-13, -10 by 4-17
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#4-13 Bacha Posh LEADER MONKEY
second half of autobiography
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GAY IN AMERICA: "female""
#4-18 Fun Home 1 MUST BRING BOOK OR -10
ELK'S BIRTHDAY 4-18 LEADER KANGAROO
946-7 Barbara Jordan
948-959 Alison Bechdel and Fun Home
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#4-20 Fun Home 2 LEADER: Leader Carpenter Bee MUST BRING BOOK OR -10
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4-21 P4 critiques due NOTICE NEW BONUS FOR CITATIONS FROM CRITERIA
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- EARTH WEEK EXTRA CREDIT ACTIVITIES 8 pts. for proof of attendance at each event, up to 20 more for EC Blogs
April 22, 2017
Earth Day Student March
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Meet at West Mall
April 22, 2017
Earth Day Austin
noon – 7 p.m.
Huston-Tillotson University
April 23, 2017
Microfarm Workday
10 a.m. – noon
2204 Leona Street
April 24, 2017
Green Corps Garden Open House
5 – 7 p.m.
Kinsolving Dining Hall
April 25, 2017
Eco-Friendly Crafts with Crafter's Circle
6 – 9 p.m.
SAC 3.112
April 27, 2017
UT Farm Stand
noon – 5:30 p.m.
Gregory Plaza
April 28, 2017
Hot Science, Cool Talks: How Bees Improve Our Lives
5:30 – 6:45 p.m. Community Science Fair, 7 – 8:15 p.m. Main Program
Community Science Fair (JGB), Main Program (SAC 1.402)
April 29, 2017
Austin People's Climate March and Rally
1 – 3 p.m.
Texas Sate Capitol
April 30, 2017
Microfarm Work Day
10 a.m. – noon
2204 Leona Street
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ASIAN AMERICANS
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WOMAN WARRIOR
#4-25 Woman Warrior LEADER: PIKA
pp.3-102*: "No Name Woman"; "White Tigers"+ first half of "Shaman"
960 Maxine Hong Kingston
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#4-27 Woman Warrior LEADER: PANTHER
pp. 102-160: rest of "Shaman" and first half of "At The Western Palace."
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Address: 2220 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78746
meet at bamboo tea house
961-2 Asian Exclusion Act
963-7 Crystal City, Texas
967 Zilker Botanical Garden map;
968-9 Isamu Taniguchi;
970 "The Spirit of the Garden";
971 Reading "The Spirit of the Garden"
972-4 NeoConfucian Manifesto
975-84 "The Mother Tree";
985 Other Zilker Park sites;
986 Hartman Prehistoric Garden;
987-8 Dobie statue
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#5-2 Woman Warrior LEADER: SWIFT
rest of "At the Western Palace" + "A Song for the Barbarian Reed Pipe.
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#5-4 P4B DUE Awards DEER'S BIRTHDAY 7-4 PANDA'S BIRTHDAY 8-19 CINCO DE MAYO: EXTRA CREDIT FOR COMING IN MEXICAN COSTUMES, BRINGING MEXICAN TREATS, etc.
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GETTING CREDIT FOR CRITIQUES:
TO GET YOUR POINTS FOR YOUR CRITIQUES
[1] COPY AND PASTE ALL OF YOUR CRITI1QUES OF OTHERS INTO A "WORD" DOCUMENT
[2] ORGANIZE BY THE NAME OF THE PERSON CRITIQUED, PUTTING THE NAME OF THE PERSON CRITIQUED AT THE TOP OF EACH SECTION
[3] PUT BOLD ALL CITATIONS FROM THE INSTRUCTIONS
[4] AT THE TOP OF THE FIRST PAGE WRITE "CRITIQUES OF OTHERS:"
[5] AFTER THE COLON LIST THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRITIQUES YOU ARE SUBMITTING FOR CREDIT AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CITATIONS FROM THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU ARE SUBMITTING FOR CREDIT
[6] EMAIL THE COMPLETED DOCUMENT AS AN ATTACHMENT TO bump@utexas.edu by May 5
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