schedule

Schedule

Date Activities Reading (completed) What's due?

Week One: April 3
Program overview & expectations, covenants

Introductions; Seminar on in-class reading.

In class reading:

TBA

Week Two: April 10
Workshop/Computer Lab: "Think Tanks" -- who they are and what they do.

Seminar: Where We Stand
Where We Stand Written reflection on text*

Week Three,

April 17

Seminar: For Crying Out Loud, gender and poverty.

Workshop: Wealth and Poverty, doing the numbers
For Crying Out Loud, pp. 19-153. Written reflection on text: Who is poor, and why? Discuss at least 3 authors' views.

Week Four:

April 24
Seminar: Regulating The Poor, Film: The Helping Hand. Regulating The Poor, Intro-p. 117. Written reflection on author's thesis, Regulating the Poor.

Week Five: May 1
Seminar: Regulating The Poor,

Film: The Promised Land, from the Eyes on the Prize series.
Regulating The Poor, pp. 123-337. Finish your reading, with notes on the text

Week Six:
May 8 Seminar: Regulating The Poor Regulating The Poor, pp. 343-466 Write on this question: If Regulating the Poor made its case, what are the implications?

Week Seven: May 15
Seminar: Put To Work

Lecture: Unemployed Organizing in the Pacific NW, 1930s.
Put To Work Written reflection on text: imagine one 30s poverty program as it might work today.

Week Eight: May 22
Film: Poverty Outlaw

Seminar: For Crying Out Loud, Organizing on Welfare Issues.
For Crying Out Loud, Written reflection on text.

Week Nine:

May 29
Seminar: For Crying Out Loud, Film: Holding Ground For Crying Out Loud, pp. 309-389 work on, final project and portfolios

Week Ten: June 5

Presentations and Conclusions
Student presentations Group presentations

Evaluation Week Student/faculty evaluations by appointment Draft self and faculty evaluations

Each week that a written reflection is assigned, please first offer a summary paragraph that clearly restates what the author's main thesis or argument is. Next, engage with a key idea in the text and bring in a one-to-two page reflection that you will share in seminar and turn in to faculty

Date	Activities	Reading (completed)	What's due?
Week One: April 3	Program overview & expectations, covenants Introductions; Seminar on in-class reading.	In class reading: TBA
Week Two: April 10	Workshop/Computer Lab: "Think Tanks" -- who they are and what they do. Seminar: Where We Stand	Where We Stand	Written reflection on text*
Week Three, April 17	Seminar: For Crying Out Loud, gender and poverty. Workshop: Wealth and Poverty, doing the numbers	For Crying Out Loud, pp. 19-153.	Written reflection on text: Who is poor, and why? Discuss at least 3 authors' views.
Week Four: April 24	Seminar: Regulating The Poor, Film: The Helping Hand.	Regulating The Poor, Intro-p. 117.	Written reflection on author's thesis, Regulating the Poor.
Week Five: May 1	Seminar: Regulating The Poor, Film: The Promised Land, from the Eyes on the Prize series.	Regulating The Poor, pp. 123-337.	Finish your reading, with notes on the text
Week Six: May 8	Seminar: Regulating The Poor	Regulating The Poor, pp. 343-466	Write on this question: If Regulating the Poor made its case, what are the implications?
Week Seven: May 15	Seminar: Put To Work Lecture: Unemployed Organizing in the Pacific NW, 1930s.	Put To Work	Written reflection on text: imagine one 30s poverty program as it might work today.
Week Eight: May 22	Film: Poverty Outlaw Seminar: For Crying Out Loud, Organizing on Welfare Issues.	For Crying Out Loud,	Written reflection on text.
Week Nine: May 29	Seminar: For Crying Out Loud, Film: Holding Ground	For Crying Out Loud, pp. 309-389	work on, final project and portfolios
Week Ten: June 5 Presentations and Conclusions	Student presentations		Group presentations
Evaluation Week	Student/faculty evaluations by appointment		Draft self and faculty evaluations