Day/Date	Assignments due	Readings due	In class
Monday, January 12		Course syllabus 1101 syllabus supplement 1102 grades and grading	Introduction to course Simple Stuff
Wednesday, January 14	Student info (online) Writing exercise 1	Golden rules Writing tips 1 and 2 Rereading America 1-15	Writing exercise 2
Thursday, January 15	Drop/add ends
Monday, January 19	MLK Holiday	MLK Holiday	MLK Holiday
Wednesday, January 21	GR quiz GR quiz answered Golden rules exam (in Brightspace/D2L quizzes)	Nuggets 1-5 Harbrace Essentials 7-18	Writing exercise 3 1101 pre-test
Monday, January 26		Nuggets 6-10 Rereading America (RA):  "The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage" 75-82
Wednesday, January 28	Nuggets quiz Nuggets quiz answered	On plagiarism RA: "Quality Time, Redefined" 93-99
Monday, February 2	Nuggets exam (in Brightspace/D2L quizzes)	Quotes and documentation 1-3 RA: "Idiot Nation" 121-39
Wednesday, Feb. 4		Quotes and documentation 4-5 RA: "Against School" 141-49   "I Just Wanna Be Average" 151-62
Monday, February 9	Quotes and documentation exam (in Brightspace/D2L quizzes)	QD quiz (read before doing QD exam) QD quiz answered (read before doing QD exam) Word problems RA: "College at Risk" 219-27	Paper 1 assigned
Wednesday, Feb. 11	Paper 1 proposal	Introductions Conclusions	Sample introductions In-class essay
Monday, February 16	Paper 1 complete draft	RA: "Money and Success" 242-45   "From Ragged Dick" 246-52	Peer response 1
Wednesday, Feb. 18		RA: "Class in America" 281-97	Writing exercise 4
Monday, February 23	Paper 1 final draft	RA: "Framing Class . . ." 314-30
Wednesday, Feb. 25		RA: "From America's New Working Class" 342-46   "The New American Divide" 347-55
Monday, March 2	In-class essay corrections	Handout: "The Death of Ivan Ilych" 1278-1300
Wednesday, March 4	Last day to withdraw  with "W" grade	Handout: "The Death of Ivan Ilych" 1300-1319	Paper 2 assigned
Friday, March 6	Paper 2 proposal via email to chip@chipspage.com by midnight
Monday, March 9- Saturday, March 14	Spring break	Spring break	Spring break
Monday, March 16	Paper 2 complete draft	RA: "Land of Liberty" 617-23	Peer response 2 Persuasive format
Wednesday, March 18	Paper 1 corrections	RA: "Freedom Is Intended As a Challenge" 631-36   "The Decline of American Press Freedom" 638-46
Monday, March 23	Paper 2 final draft	Persuasive format sample 1 RA: "Defying the PC Police" 648-57   "The War on Negative Liberty" 659-66
Wednesday, March 25		Persuasive format sample 2 RA: "Whether from Reason or Prejudice" 669-83   "From Taking Liberties" 685-95
Monday, March 30		RA: "George Orwell . . . Meet Mark Zuckerberg" 707-19   "Slavery in the Land of the Free" 721-36	Paper 3 assigned
Wednesday, April 1	Paper 3 proposal		Sources exercise assigned Library orientation
Friday, April 3	Sources exercise (D2L dropbox)
Monday, April 6	Paper 3 complete draft	RA: "True Women and Real Men" 375-79	Peer response 3
Wednesday, April 8		RA: "Girl" 384-86   "Becoming Members of Society" 387-95   "Weeping for the Lost Matriarchy" 396-407
Monday, April 13	Paper 2 corrections Paper 3 final draft	RA: "Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt" 420-43
Wednesday, April 15		RA: "Just between You, Me, and My 622 BFFs" 446-53   "From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos" 455-60
Monday, April 20		RA: "'Bros before Hos': The Guy Code" 461-70   "The End of Men" 471-89
Wednesday, April 22		Handouts: "The Men We Carry in Our Minds"   "Men as Success Objects"   "Hard Rock Returns to Prison . . ."	Paper 4 assigned
Monday, April 27	Paper 4 proposal	RA: "Created Equal: The Myth of the Melting Pot" 493-96   "Causes of Prejudice" 504-16   "Chyna and Me" 517-23
Wednesday, April 29		RA: "Loot or Find: Fact or Frame?" 524-38   "Models of American Ethnic Relations" 565-75	1101 post-test
Monday, May 4		RA: "Deconstructing America" 593-603   "The Crossing" 604-13	Discuss exam
	Paper 4 complete draft		Peer response 4
Final exam Friday, May 8, 1:00-3:00	Paper 3 corrections Paper 4 final draft All rewrites		Exam essay

Note that this schedule of readings and assignments is tentative.  I will make additions and adjustments as need arises, giving ample notice in class and on the web when making changes in the schedule.