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Humanities 211 |
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Humanities 211 |
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HUM 211 *Tentative*
Course Plan - Winter 2003
Any necessary changes will be
announced/negotiated in class in advance.
SHORT CUTS -
WEEK 1 | 2 |
3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 10 | Finals Week
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| WK #1 | ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED |
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Tues., 1/7 |
IN-CLASS: Introduction to
HUM 211:
Syllabus,
Course Plan,
Online Course Pack table of
contents (handouts) Accessing Cora's Online Reserve (password-protected/access restricted to current term students) TBA in class: Username:_____________ Password:_______________ Overview Images of Africa & African History, and Cross-Cultural Study: Some Considerations In-Class Viewing: Clip from Amistad (if time allows) |
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Thurs., 1/9 |
(1)
Online Course Pack:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack.htm
Read selections from: 1.1 Images of Africa & African History - Cora's Online Reserve 1.2 African Timelines Table of Contents, Part I: Ancient Africa, and Part II: African Empires: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm 1.3 Cross-Cultural Study: Some Considerations - Cora's Online Reserve 1.4 Student Perspectives - Cross-Cultural Contact Zone: Dawn Hendrix | Michelle Wallace - http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/contactzone.htm (2) READ & BRING QUESTIONS re: HUM 211 & handouts Syllabus, Course Plan |
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IN-CLASS:
Discuss Questions re: HUM 211
Syllabus,
Course Plan,
Online Course Pack,
Cora's
Online Reserve Introduction to African Cultural History (African Timelines Parts I & II), Traditional African Oral Arts: Distribute In Praise of the Word & African Praise Songs handouts Assign Seminar #1: Your Own Praise Song, Explication, and Source Reviews |
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Key HUM 211 Online Resources: |
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| WK #2 | ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED |
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Tues., 1/14 |
(1) READ Traditional African Oral
Arts handouts: 2.1 In Praise of the Word 2.2 African Praise Songs (Cora's Online Reserve - Password protected) (2) Review Student Perspectives: 2.3 Student Praise Songs & Web Source Review URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/studentpraise.htm |
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IN-CLASS: Discuss Traditional African Oral Arts
handouts Discuss Seminar #1 Directions & Review of 2.3 Student Praise Songs Distribute & Discuss 2.4 African Oral Epics (handout) & Distribute 2.6 Keita Film Notes (handout) Recommend 2.5 Keita Backgrounds:The Epic of Sundjata, Mali Empire & Griot Traditions (Cora's Online Reserve: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci_articles/Keitabackgrounds.htm |
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Thurs., 1/16 |
(1) DUE: Seminar #1 Prep: Your Own Praise Song,
Explication, & Source Review
(to be turned in at the end of class) - Extra Credit Option:
E-version for webposting URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/seminar1.htm |
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IN-CLASS:
Seminar #1 - Students' African Praise Songs, Explications &
Source Reviews Introduce and begin in-class viewing (first 25 min.) of Keita: The Heritage of the Griot, 1994, Burkina Faso, dir. Dani Kouyate (total run-time: 94 min.) Assign Discussion Paper #1 (HUM 211 Learning Outcomes #1 & #2, #3, #5, #6, #9 & #10) & Seminar #2 - handout |
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Fri., 1/17: Tuition Due; End of 100% Refund Period |
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| WK #3 | ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED |
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Mon., 1/20: M. L. King Day - No Classes & College Closed |
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Tues., 1/21 |
(1) READ
2.6
Keita Film Notes
(handout)
(Cora's Online Reserve)
URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci_articles/Keitafilmnotes.htm (2) Recommended: 2.5 Keita Backgrounds: The Epic of Sundjata, Mali Empire & Griot Traditions (Cora's Online Reserve) URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci_articles/Keitabackgrounds.htm |
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IN-CLASS: Finish in-class viewing (last 70 min.) of
Keita:
The Heritage of the Griot, 1994, Burkina Faso, dir. Dani
Kouyate (total run-time: 94 min.) In-Class Writing: Keita Film Questions/Responses (at end of class) Distribute Manuscript Format & Source Citation handout (for Discussion Paper #1) URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/mscitation.htm |
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Tues., 1/21:
Begin Late Payment & Late Registration Fees |
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Thurs., 1/23 |
(1) BRING questions re:
Discussion Paper #1
& Manuscript Format & Source
Citation (handouts) (2) READ 2.7 Student Perspectives: "The Past to Future Keita" by Dawn Hendrix URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/students/hendrix.htm . . . and "The Significance of the Griot" by Eli Smith URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/students/smith.htm |
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IN-CLASS: Discuss Keita,
Film Questions & Responses; Discuss Questions re: Discussion Paper #1 & Manuscript Format & Source Citation |
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Recommended:
2.8
Kouyate
Interview excerpts |
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| WK #4 | ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED |
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Tues., 1/28 |
(1) DUE:
Discussion Paper #1 (2) REVIEW/EXPLORE (online) African Timelines, Part III: African Slave Trade & European Imperialism URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline3.htm (3) READ/EXPLORE One of these: 3.3 Olaudah Equiano (Cora's Online Reserve) URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci_articles/equiano.htm OR 3.4 Amistad: The True Story URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/amistad.htm |
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IN-CLASS: Seminar #2: read/respond to
Discussion Papers #1 Intro to African Holocaust & Diaspora (paper handout), Discuss African Timelines Part III, Olaudah Equiano, & Amistad: The True Story; Distribute I Is a Long-Memoried Woman (handouts); View clip from Amistad [RATED R: "Middle Passage" & courtroom segments - 25 min.] |
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Thurs., 1/30 |
(1) READ Is a Long-Memoried Woman
handouts: 3.7 Intro to the Film: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/woman.htm 3.8 Film Notes (Cora's Online Reserve): http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci_articles/womanfilmnotes.htm |
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IN-CLASS:
In-Class
Viewing of I Is a Long Memoried Woman, UK, 1990;
dir. Frances-Anne Soloman (Trinidad-Canada), Total Run-time: 55 min. In-Class Writing: I Is a Long Memoried Woman Film Questions/Responses (at end of class) |
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Recommended:
3.5
Religions
of the New World African Diaspora |
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| WK #5 | ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED |
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Tues., 2/4 |
(1) Read selected Student Perspectives:
(TBA) (2) REVIEW/EXPLORE African Timelines Part IV: Anti-Colonialism & Reconstruction (19th - mid-20th centuries) URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline4.htm (3) READ "Chinua Achebe: A Biographical Note," "Chinua Achebe & the Invention of African Literature" (in Things Fall Apart pp. vii-xvii, li-lv) (4) Begin Reading Things Fall Apart . . . |
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IN-CLASS: Return & discuss graded Discussion Paper #1, &
assign Optional Revision Discuss I Is a Long Memoried Woman Film Questions & Responses, plus Past Student Perspectives & director Solomon's Response Discuss African Timelines Part IV, Introduction to African Literature & Chinua Achebe; Assign Seminar #3 & #4 (on selected Things Fall Apart Study Guide Questions) |
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For help
with your Discussion Paper #1 Optional Revisions, see: |
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Thurs., 2/6 |
(1)
READ Things Fall Apart, Part I (pp.
3-88) - & review
"Principal Characters" and "Glossary" (2) READ "Igbo Culture & History" (in Things Fall Apart pp. xix-xlix) (3) Seminar #3 Prep: Written Notes/Responses on selected TFA Study Guide Part I questions - with additional copy for Cora URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebTFA.htm |
| IN-CLASS: Seminar #3 & Class Discussion (on selected TFA Study Guide Part I Questions) - Cora's copy of Seminar #3 Prep Written Notes/Responses to be turned in at the end of class | |
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Mon. 2/10: Midterm Grades Due & Note: Classes do meet on Presidents' Day |
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| WK #6 | ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED - REVISED |
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Tues., 2/11 |
(1) READ Things Fall Apart, Parts II &
III (pp. 91-148) (2) Seminar #4 Prep: Written Notes/Responses to selected TFA Study Guide Parts II & III questions - with additional copy for Cora URL: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebTFA.htm |
| IN-CLASS: Seminar #4 & Class Discussion (on selected TFA Study Guide Parts II & III Questions) - Cora's copy of Seminar #4 Prep Written Notes/Responses to be turned in at the end of class; Distribute Achebe In His Own Words (paper handout) | |
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Thurs., 2/13 |
(1) READ Achebe In His Own Words (paper
handout) Recommended: Review selected Perspectives on Achebe & TFA |
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IN-CLASS: Discuss Achebe in His Own Words
(handout); In-Class viewing: Moyers' PBS
Interview with
Chinua Achebe
(1989, 1994) - Run-time: 28 min. Finish discussion of Things Fall Apart & 20th century African Literature Assign Discussion Paper #2 (HUM 211 Outcomes #1 & #2; #4 & #5; #7, #8, & #9) & Seminar #5 |
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**New**
on Hum 211 course website:
Example Student Discussion
Papers #1 & #2 (from HUM 211, Winter 2003):
Extended Online version of
Achebe In His Own Words: |
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| WK #7 | ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED - REVISED |
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Tues., 2/18 |
(1) Work on & BRING questions re:
Discussion
Paper #2 (2) REVIEW/EXPLORE (online): African Timelines Part V: Post- Independence Africa & Contemporary Trends |
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IN-CLASS:
Discuss questions re:
Discussion Paper #2; Intro to Women Griottes & Writers: Oumou Sangare, Tsitsi Dangarembga & distribute Nervous Conditions Study Guide (paper handout) |
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Thurs., 2/20 |
(1) DUE:
Discussion Paper
#2 (=Seminar #5 Prep.) (2) REVIEW/BRING Nervous Conditions Study Guide (paper handout) (3) Begin reading & BRING Nervous Conditions |
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IN-CLASS:
Seminar
#5 (Read/Discuss Discussion Paper #2); Begin discussion of Nervous Conditions & Nervous Conditions Study Guide; Assign Seminar #6 (on Nervous Conditions & Comparison/Contrast Topic) |
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Fri., 2/21: Last
to drop classes for no grade on transcript; |
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| WK #8 | ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED |
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Tues., 2/25 |
(1) READ: Nervous
Conditions, Chs. 1-5
(pp. 1-102) (2) REVIEW/BRING Nervous Conditions Study Guide (paper handout) |
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IN-CLASS: Continue discussion of Tsitsi Dangarembga,
Nervous Conditions &
Nervous Conditions Study Guide Discuss Comparison/Contrast to previous African works |
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Thurs., 2/27 |
(1) Finish
Reading: Nervous
Conditions, Chs. 6-10 (pp.
103-204) (2) Seminar #6 Prep: Written Notes/Responses on Nervous Conditions & Comparison / Contrast Topics- with additional copy for Cora |
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IN-CLASS:
Seminar #6
& Class Discussion (on Nervous Conditions &
Comparison/Contrast Topics) - Cora's copy of Seminar #6
Prep Written Notes/Responses due at the end of class Preview Final Project & In-Class Writing (Final Project Ideas) . . . so you can begin preparing! |
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Fri., Feb. 28, 5:00 p.m.: Online registration for Spring 2003 begins |
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| WK #9 | ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED - REVISED |
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Tues., 3/4 |
(1) Recommended: Get your Optional Revisions, Late/Make-Up & Extra Credit work into Cora |
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IN-CLASS:
Return & discuss graded Discussion Paper #2,
& assign Optional Revision; Assign Final Project (handout); Intro to South African Resistance arts, Athol Fugard & MASTER HAROLD...and the Boys Begin viewing (first 30 min.) of MASTER HAROLD...and the boys, 1986, Karl-Lorimar; dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg |
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Thurs., 3/6 |
(1)
Delete: Written Questions & Topic Ideas re:
Final Project NOTE, however: Questions & Topic Ideas re: Final Project are welcome & encouraged at any time during Weeks #8 - #10!! |
| IN-CLASS: Finish Viewing (last 60 min.) of MASTER HAROLD...and the boys, 1986, Karl-Lorimar; dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg [Total run time: 90 min]; In-Class Writing: MASTER HAROLD...and the boys Film Questions/Responses (at end of class) | |
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REVISED: Some Resources on
Athol Fugard & MASTER HAROLD...and the
boys |
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| WK #10 | ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED - REVISED |
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Tues., 3/11 |
(1) DUE: All late/make-up work & Optional Revisions |
| IN-CLASS: Discuss Questions & Topics for Final Project; Discuss MASTER HAROLD...and the boys | |
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Wed., 3/12: Last
day to withdraw from class/es for "W" on transcript |
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Thurs., 3/13 |
(1) DUE: Final Project Topic Description, Detailed Outline, & Working Bibliography (=Seminar #7 Prep) - with copy to be turned in to Cora |
| IN-CLASS: Complete Self-Evaluation Survey on HUM 211 course Learning Outcomes, & HUM 211 Student Evaluations. Seminar #7 (on Final Project Topic Description, Detailed Outline & Working Bibliography) | |
| FINALS WEEK (March 17 - 21, 2003) | |
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MON., Mar. 17 10:15 - 12:15, Des 1 |
(1) DUE: Preliminary Draft of Final Project Paper with 3 readable copies (Cora's copy of Preliminary Draft due at end of class) |
| IN-CLASS: Writer's Workshops: Read & Critique Preliminary Drafts of Final Project Paper - Cora's copy of Preliminary Draft due at the end of class | |
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THURS., Mar. 20 on or before 12noon Cora's mailbox |
(1) DUE: Final Project Paper, with copies of Preliminary
Draft attached. Submit paper copies to Cora's Mailbox (Mod 226), her office (Des 14); and/or electronic copies to Cora's e-mail address: cagatucci@cocc.edu |
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Example Student Final Project Papers
(from HUM 211, Winter 2003): |
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Tues.,
3/25: COCC Final Course Grades Due from Instructors |
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HUM 211 COURSE PLAN SHORT CUTS - WEEK 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Finals Week
HUM 211
Home
Page | Syllabus |
Course
Plan |
Online Course
Pack |
Assignments
Cora's Online Reserve Articles (password-protected
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restricted access)
African
Timelines: History, Orature, Literature, & Film
African
Storytelling | Chinua
Achebe, Things
Fall Apart
Tsitsi
Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions
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African Links to be updated
Jan. 2003:
on African Studies & History | Arts & Cultures | Diaspora | Music | Orature
& Literature | Women
African Films
African Contexts: Film
Afrique, Je Te Plumerai
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Last Updated:
01 April 2005
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