Assignments

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Date	Topic/Notes	Assignment Due (to be done before class starts on date listed at left)
9/15		Our course website is a wiki! What is a wiki? Watch the Common Craft video for an explanation. Sign up to be an "writer" of this wiki webspace by clicking on the link in the email you were sent or by click on the "To join this workspace, request access" link on the right.
	Exams and Quizzes (550 points)	Exam One (TBA) 100 points Exam Two (TBA) 200 points Final Exam (TBA) 200 points Quizzes (TBA) 50 points total
	Online Resource Group Project (100 points)	Sign up for a group (BELOW). Due 1/20/16. Identify a term that you are considering for analysis. Due 1/25/16. Post the OEDOnline definition of the term and write a paragraph on the evolution of this term. Due 1/27/16. Find a media clip that uses one definition of this term in a meaningful way. Due 1/29/16. Create a working thesis. Due 2/1/16. The thesis should make an argument about the significance of this term's evolution. Post final draft online and link it below. Due 2/5/16.
	Final Papers and Presentations (350)	The Nineteenth Century in Print and Making of America Project: finding an artifact from after 1865. Due 2/24/16. Race, Sex, and Citizenship: Redefining America. Due 3/2/16. Doing a Close Reading. Due 3/16/16. Making Connections: texts and artifacts. Due 3/23/16. Secondary Sources. Due 3/30/16. Thesis and Outline. Due 4/6/16. Revising a Paper. Due 4/15/16.
	Attendance and Participation (about 100 points)