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Extension on Take-home Portion of the Final Exam Until 4PM Monday
I was asked by a student if an extension is possible for the take-home. I can’t do much in the way of an extension because of the other grading I also need to complete by Friday to submit grades, but you can have until 4PM to turn in the take-home. I hope that helps a […]
Final Exam Take Home Portion Published
Please go OAKS to see the final exam take home essay prompt and scoring guide. It is posted on the front page.
Synthesis VII posted, Columbus and Cabeza de Vaca Uploaded
I have just posted the last Synthesis Paper assignment sheet, which most of you will be completing. It is due on 11/25. The focus of this one is religion, but more narrowly, providence. Also, at this point all the remaining readings are posted in OAKS: John Smith (tomorrow’s reading, and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and […]
Grades for Your Second Synthesis are Paper are Posted
I have graded all the second synthesis papers and posted grades and comments on OAKS. I will not, however, be handing back hard copies. The comments I have given on OAKS will offer some guidance, but they do not fully constitute an explanation of the paper’s grade, for that you should turn to the scoring […]
Phillis Wheatley Poems for Thursday
I have posted in OAKS poetry by Phillis Wheatley for our discussion on Thursday, along with a headnote that you should read. I have given you a number of poems, but you only have to read three of them: “On Being Brought from Africa to America,” “To the University of Cambridge, in New England,” and […]
Synthesis Paper Assignment for Unit VI Posted
The assignment sheet for the Unit VI synthesis paper is now posted. The due date will be Tuesday 11/11.
A couple more passages from Crevecoeur’s _Letters from an American Farmer_
I never return home without feeling some pleasing emotion, which I often suppress as useless and foolish. The instant I enter on my own land, the bright idea of property, of exclusive right, of independence exalt my mind. Precious soil, I say to myself, by what singular custom of law is it that thou wast […]
Benjamin Franklin just uploaded to OAKS…
not Benjamin Franklin himself, but the selections from his Autobiography, which is your reading for tomorrow. I just noticed that I had not uploaded it….funny that no one contacted me. Anyway, there he is. Enjoy. One more thing: the headnote is missing it’s last bit — just read what’s there.