ARCHIVE - Embracing Conflict

Program Schedule

**all documents linked in blue / classes, due dates & times in red

WEEK I

DATE	AGENDA/PREPARATION	ASSIGNMENTS
Wednesday, Mar. 30 Class Session SEM II-D1105	Welcome Overview of program -- Expectations Syllabus Program Covenant Student Directory Seminar assignments WebX Orientation	Purchase books
WEEK II
DATE	AGENDA/PREPARATION	ASSIGNMENTS
Week of Apr. 4	Read: House of Sand and Fog Read: A Joke (Chekhov) and The Talking Dog (Guare) Read: Crucial Conversations (Ch. 1-5)
Wednesday, Apr. 6 by 8 pm	----------------------------->	Post by 8 pm: Reflective Essay #1 (Crucial Conversations) Submit by 8 pm: Reflective Essay #1 to seminar leader via e-mail Word.doc attachment
Friday, Apr. 8 by 8 pm	----------------------------->	Post by 8 pm: Response to at least one seminar member's essay

DATE	AGENDA/PREPARATION	ASSIGNMENTS
Saturday April 9, 2005 Class Session SEM II-D1105	Welcome -- Questions Troubleshooting (WebX) Overview of weekend Conflict as Functional (lecture/discussion) Seminar: Crucial Conversations Report: Seminar discussions Dramatic/Literary Conflict (lecture/discussion) Seminar: House of Sand and Fog (novel) Report: Seminar discussions Project Team Organization	Final project teams assembled Overnight provide three different examples/situations of how your project topic could be causal in a conflict
Sunday April 10 Class Session SEM II-D1105	Welcome -- Questions Team Building Project Group Sessions on Examples Conflict Styles Physical Space and Conflict Literary vs. cinematic conventions Screening: House of Sand and Fog Seminar: House of Sand and Fog (film) Project Teams: Covenants & Meeting Schedules	Project Team Meetings
WEEK III
DATE	AGENDA/PREPARATION	ASSIGNMENTS
Week of April 11	Read: Dead Man Walking	Meet with project team to work on thesis statement, bibliography, and project outline
Wednesday, April 17 by 8 pm		Post by 8 pm: Reflective Essay #2 (Dead Man Walking) Submit by 8:00 pm: Reflective Essay #2 to seminar leader via e-mail Word.doc attachment
WEEK IV
DATE	AGENDA/PREPARATION	ASSIGNMENTS
Week of April 18, 2005	Read: Crucial Conversations (Ch. 6-9) View: Dead Man Walking	Meet with team to select script for dramatic presentation and finalize 1st draft of outline and preliminary bibliography
Wednesday, April 20 by 8 pm	---------------------------->	Post by 8 pm: Response to at least one seminar member's essay
Sunday, April 24 by 8 pm	---------------------------->	Submit by 8 pm: each team member's script to seminar leader via e-mail Word.doc attachment
WEEK V
DATE	AGENDA/PREPARATION	ASSIGNMENTS
Week of April 25, 2005	Read: Wit by Margaret Edson View: Tootsie	Meet with team to complete 1st draft of script for Dramatic Presentation

DATE	AGENDA/PREPARATION	ASSIGNMENTS
Saturday April 9, 2005 Class Session SEM II-D1105	Welcome-questions Overview of weekend Role of Diversity in Conflict (lecture/discussion) Seminar: Crucial Conversations Report: Seminar Discussions Film in context of novel (lecture/discussion) Seminar: Dead Man Walking Report: Seminar Discussions Team Project Meeting Debrief
Saturday April 9, 2005 Class Session SEM II-D1105	Welcome - questions Contribution of conflict to growth and development (lecture/discussion) Seminar: Wit Report: Seminar Discussions Role Plays Comedy and Conflict (lecture/discussion) Dramatic Conflict: Insights on real life conflict	Due in hard copy: --Team project thesis statement --Preliminary bibliography --First draft of outline --Script for dramatic presentation
WEEK VI
DATE	AGENDA/PREPARATION	ASSIGNMENTS
Week of May 2, 2005		Team Meetings to work on term project
Wednesday, May 8 by 8 pm		Post by 8 pm: Reflective essay #3 Submit by 8 pm: Reflective essay #3 to seminar leader via e-mila Word.doc attachment

WEEK VII

DATE	AGENDA/PREPARATION	ASSIGNMENTS
Week of May 9, 2005	Read: Crucial Conversations (Ch. 10-12)	Team meetings to work on term project
Wednesday, May 11 by 8 pm		Post by 8 pm: Response to at least one seminar member's essay
Sunday, May 15 by 8 pm		Submit by 8 pm: final draft of dramatic presentation script to seminar leader via e-mail Word.doc attachment

WEEK VIII

DATE

AGENDA/PREPARATION

ASSIGNMENTS

Saturday
May 21, 2005

Class Session
SEM II-D1105

Welcome -- overview of weekend
Presentations as assigned
Seminar: TBA

Due:

--Presentations as assigned --Annotated bibliography
--Project outline

Sunday
May 22, 2005

Class Session
SEM II-D1105

Presentations as assigned
Learning debrief
Self-evaluation due
Evaluation conference sign-up

Celebration of achievement

Due: Presentations as assigned

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