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Morning:

Introduction to faculty and program. Discussion of field assignments. Class pictures.

Break: If you haven’t already done so, use your time to read Graff, What Is Marriage For, pp. 1-21, 88-113, and 191-226.

Group discussion of this material. Announcement of seminar assignments, computer groups, and faculty office hours for this week

Take your completed volunteer applications to your assigned school at the hours announced for orientation. DO NOT BE LATE.

Faculty will be available for individual discussions about the program either today or Thursday afternoon. Check with your seminar leader. Work on the paper due Friday

9:30-11 – Computer workshop, group I, GCC in Library (Chuck)

9:30-11 – Computer Workshop, group II, GCC in Library (Chuck)

PAPER DUE IN SEMINAR LEADER’S MAILBOX BY NOON:

(2 pages, typed) What is Graff doing in this book?  Who is her audience, and what assumptions does she make about their beliefs and knowledge?  Which of her arguments are most effective for her audience?  Which ones are least effective? (Please make two copies: one for your faculty, one for your tutor.)

Paper due at beginning of lecture period

(2 pp, typed) What are the distinctive features of colonial attitudes toward sex, intimacy, and family relations

Lecture: "Early History of Marriage and Familily Life in America" (Stephanie)

Book seminar: Cradle of the Middle Class, pp. 1-59, and Puritan sermon (to be handed out, if available). Get ahead on Cradle, pp. 60-144 for Friday.

Field observation seminar

Book seminar: on Intimate Matters, pp. 1-52.

Workshop on Mary Ryan’s book (Stephanie)

Lecture: "Social things, norms and facts" (Chuck)

Book seminar:  Lemert, Social Things. pp. ix-xiv, 3-50, 123-191 (or 1-46, 113-209 in newer editions); Coontz, The Way We Really Are, pp. 11-32

Field seminar

Book seminar: Cradle, pp. 145-185 and Cott, Public Vows, pp. 1-55

Workshop: Thesis, argument, evidence, and opinion (Stephanie and Chuck)

Assignment due at beginning of lecture period:

(1 page typed) In a sentence or two, state Mary Ryan’s thesis about how and why family life changed in the middle class during the 19th century.

Place this at the top of a page and label it “Ryan’s thesis”. In a paragraph that follows, forecast how you will support, illustrate, or modify her views in a 4-5 page essay, which is due Oct. 28.

Lecture: "Marriage and Family in 19th c. America" (Stephanie)

Book seminar: Cradle, pp. 186-242

Field Seminar (Maya Parson will visit.)

Book Seminar: Intimate Matters, pp. 55-108. Coontz, "Working Class Families, 1879-1890" (handout)

Workshop: Critical thinking (Chuck)

Bennett & Briggs, Understanding Mathematics, Ch. 1, sections A, D and E; Ch. 3, all sections.

Paper due at beginning of lecture period:

(4-5 pp. typed) Explain Mary Ryan’s main thesis about how and why family life changed in the middle class during the 19th century, drawing on other readings to support, illustrate, or modify her views.

Lecture: "Marriage and Family in 19th c. America" (Stephanie); program covenant (both); outline and discussion of winter quarter (all)

Book seminar: Intimate Matters, pp. 109-167

Field Seminar

Book seminar: Lemert, Social Things, reread pp. 123-191 (113-209 in newer editions); and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper

Workshop: Critical thinking (Louis Nevelson)

due at the beginning of lecture period:

 

This week you will develop a thesis statement about some aspect of the history of sexuality, marriage or family life.  You must be able to support and defend your thesis using the readings we have done.

Today, turn in 3-4 ideas and 5-6 pieces of information you think you might use in an essay, which will be due in week VIII, written on your thesis.

Workshop: Turning ideas and information into a thesis statement – (Stephanie)

Book seminar: Cott, pp. 56-155

No class - faculty retreat

Book seminar: Little Women

We will begin with a discussion of Ryan and the notes Stephanie and Chuck have written and handed out.

Stephanie's seminar: L2129

Chuck's seminar: L 2103

due at the beginning of lecture period:

New: Bring in a series of questions and observations about a topic we have covered in our readings and discussions. (This will be used in developing the topic of your next essay.) Choose a topic that interests you, one that you have questions about, one that you'd like to explore and answer.

Lecture: "Early 20th c. Revolution in Marriage and Family Life" (Stephanie)

 

Book seminar: Intimate Matters, pp. 171-235

Field Seminar

Book seminar: Girl of the Limberlost

Writing Workshop:Critical thinking, writing a coherent argument, outlinting. (Stephanie, Chuck)

New: Bring the books you will be using in your essay (at least three) and a draft of your outline.

New: We will hand out exam study questions at the end of the workshop.

due at the beginning of lecture period:

New: Turn in your sentence outline. Identify your thesis at the top of the page. Mark clearly five illustrations from three of our readings that you will use in support of your thesis.

Lecture: "What has Love Got to Do With It?" (Chuck)

New: During the second hour, we will talk a bit more about winter quarter.

Book seminar: What is Marriage For?, pp. 227-248; Bailey, From Front Porch to Back Seat, pp. 1-56, 77-96

New: An Examination! (Outlines returned with suggestions for revisions.)

9-11: CAB 108

1-3: usual seminar rooms

No class.

 

THANKSGIVING BREAK, NOVEMBER 25-29
(Don't forget to post comments and responses for seminar on Dec. 2)

Lecture:  Special presentation of movies and TV clips from the 1940s and '50s (Stephanie and Chuck)

 

Book seminar: Intimate Matters, pp. 275-308; Coontz, The Way We Really Are, pp. 33-75.

Field seminar

Book seminar: Front Porch to Back Seat, p. 97-143; Barbara Ehrenreich, The Hearts of Men, pp. 1-98

Writing workshop: Editing and coherence

Lecture: "Contradictions and Seed of Change in 1950s Marriage Patterns"

Q and A: "Living through the '60s" (Stephanie and Chuck)

Seminar: Ehrenreich, The Hearts of Men, pp. 99-182

Potluck Brunch: 9-12 in the Cedar Room of the Longhouse.

Seminar: a discussion of self-evaluations and plans for next quarter (only for an hour or so).

Field Journals Due. Rough drafts of self-evaluations due.

You are required to have an evaluation conference with your seminar leader. Most have been schuduled for the first week of winter quarter. (Chuck will schedule conferences during evaluation week for those who prefer that.) Talk with your seminar leader if you have any questions about the conference.