Welcome to Wayne State University Fall 2007 Term
Interdisciplinary Studies Program
ISP 4760/4860: Senior Seminar I/II
15698 / Wednesday / Campus / 6:00-9:40 p.m.
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There
is no frigate like a book
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This class aims at fostering a love for both literature and the world of ideas, placing special emphasis on the development of research, reading, writing, interdisciplinary, and critical thinking skills. It offers a guided discovery approach, interactive instructional style, fun readings, and computer-assisted writing workshops.
Syllabus
& Weekly Schedule: ISP 4760 (Senior Seminar I)
Table of Contents: One Reading at a Time (note: some readings are not available online)
Labor Day Celebration: Bring Back the Eight-Hour Day: Lyrics Music
Columbus Day Celebration: I. Columbus Class Activity (for internet viewing) (printable version) II. Hartmann's 2007 excerpts III. Varela's 2007 article
Caught in a Lie Major Research Paper: Instructions
Corporate Media: April 14, 2002. Who is nearer the truth about a Venezuela "Coup":
The Associated Press (NY Times)
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Midterm & Final Test Questions: Update and a Guide (forget the syllabus--these are the REAL questions)
One Nation, Uninsured Reading Exercise: Essay, Questions, One set of Answers, A Follow-UP Article
Commencement Speeches: 1. Howard Zinn 2. Mark Danner
Students' Work in Progress: 1. Pretty Boy Floyd 2. Guthrie/MLK 3. Pretty Boy 4. MLK Essay 5. Final Question #10 (interpretation) 6. Final #11 7. Teaching a Class-Related Lesson
The Open Window (Saki)
Critical Thinking in Action: I. U.S. Justice II. This Cow is Their Cow III. The Founding Sachems IV. Icecaps and hurricanes: the proof of climate change V. Anti-Capitalism in Five Minutes VI. Unsung Hero VII. The Great Iraq Swindle
Basic Punctuation Rules (Courtesy of Joe Karr)
A Mark Twain's Tribute: 1. English Spelling 2. The Moro Massacre
Synopsis, Praise, and Criticisms of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth
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Leonard Pitts, Jr. |
Socrates:
The scorning lover |
Invitation If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer . . . . If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in! --Shel Silverstein (courtesy of Nichelle Ussery) |
Alcibiades:
The scorned lover |
Frederick
Douglass |
Giving the slip to the
corporate media: 1.
http://wanttoknow.info/
2. www.dissidentvoice.org/ 3.
www.counterpunch.org/
4. www.atimes.com/
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Internet Films of Interest: 1. Prescription for Disaster 2. Senator Mike Gravel 3. Loose Change 4. Michael Moore (and many others)
Songs: I. This Land (Guthrie/Springstein) 2. Man in Black (Cash) 3. Lives in the Balance (Browne) 4. Happy Christmas (Lennon)
Sounds: Venezuela Way off All Wrong Pitching
