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Raza 110.01
Critical Thinking And The Raza Experience
Spring 2004
Week 1 - Jan 28-30 - -- Introduction: Orientation and Overview Of Course
Tue - Spring '04 Academic Advising
Wed - Introduction to Course Syllabus & Outline
Fri - Small study group discussion of requirements and assignments
Read: Barnet and Bedau's Preface; Burbach and Clarke's Introduction; Loewen's Introduction; Cuellar's A History of SFSU's Raza Studies (http://online.sfsu.edu/~josecuel/a_history.htm) and "SFSU's La Raza Studies Paradigm: A Multidimensional Model for Multiethnic Latin@ Education Into Y2K." ( http://online.sfsu.edu/~josecuel/paradigm.htm )
Write: list of at least ten (the more, the better) assumptions (normally, unstated beliefs) that you bring to this course of study, and make a critical thinking note for each.
Online: Post your introduction on Blackboard;
Research: then do an online search for "critical thinking" and makes notes on the five most interesting findings and texts.
Week 2 - Feb 2-4-6 - The Ethnic/Raza Studies Paradigm and Critical Thinking
Mon - Class discussion of requirements and assignments
Wed - Introduction to the Ethnic/Raza Studies Paradigm and "Enemies of Knowledge" Paradigm
Fri - Small study group discussion of how to best integrate the important points in the intros to texts with those of the Ethnic/Raza Studies and Enemies of Knowledge Paradigms.
Read: Barnet and Bedau's Critical Thinking and Critical Reading: Getting Started (pp. 1-49); and Loewen's Handicapped by History ... (pp. 18-36)
Write: first draft of intro and your methods/approaches sections of your critical assumptions essay.
Online: Post a paragraph summary of your critical reading notes for each chapter on Blackboard.
Week 3 - Feb 9-11-13 - The Multidimensional Human Systems Model
Mon - Class discussion of getting started on Critical thinking and reading
Wed - The Multidimentional Human Systems Model for Critical Analyses
Friday - Small study group discussion of how you can make best use of Barnet and Bedau's critical thinking (p 8), examining assumptions (p. 14), and getting started (p. 34) checklists.
Read: Barnet and Bedau's Critical Reading: Getting Deeper into An Argument (pp. 50-98), Loewen's 1493 ... (pp. 137-74)
Write: first draft the findings and critical analysis sections of your assumptions essay.
Online: Post a paragraph summary of your critical reading notes for each chapter on Blackboard.
Week 4 - Feb 16-18-20 - Argument
Mon - The Multidimentional Human Systems Model for Critical Analyses
Wed - AV# 84849 Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media: 1. Thought Control in a Democratic Society
Fri - small study group discussion of how you can make best use of Barnet and Bedau's checklist for evaluating statistical evidence (p. 72) and How Bilingual Education makes Sense?
Read: Barnet and Bedau's Writing an Analysis of An Argument (pp. 99-159) and Loewen's The Truth About the First Thanksgiving (pp. 75-97)
Write: first draft of the summary and conclusions sections to your assumptions essay.
Online: Post a paragraph summary of your critical reading notes for each chapter on Blackboard.
Week 5 - Feb 23-25-27 - Analysis of Argument
Mon - Argument Analysis
Wed - AV# 84849 Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media: 1. Thought Control in a Democratic Society
Fri - Small study group discussion of Barnet and Bedau's checklist for an essay analyzing an argument (20 min) and "Five Myths about Immigration" (20 min).
Read: Barnet and Bedau's Developing An Argument of Your Own (pp. 160-190) and Loewen's Red Eyes (pp. 98-136)
Write: second draft of your assumptions essay's intro, methods and findings sections.
Online: Post a paragraph summary of your critical reading notes for each chapter on Blackboard.
Week 6 - Mar 1-3-5 - Argument Development
Mon - Class discussion of how to best develop an argument
Wed - AV# 84850 Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media: 2. Activating Dissent
Fri - small study group discussion of how to best help each other apply Barnet's and Bedau's A Peer Review Checklist for a Draft of An Argument to your own essay.
Read: Barnet and Bedau's Using Sources (pp. 191-248) and Loewen's "Gone With The Wind" (pp. 137-170)
Write: Second draft the analysis and conclusions sections of your "Where I'm Coming From ... assumptions essay.
Online: Post a paragraph summary of your critical reading notes for each chapter on Blackboard.
Monday - Class discussion of Sources
Wed - AV# 84850 Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media: 2. Activating Dissent
Fri - small study group discussion of how to best respond to Midterm Assessment questions due next week
Read: Barnet and Bedau's Further Views On Argument (pp. 249-382) and Loewen's John Brown and Abraham Lincoln ... (pp. 171-199)
Write: generate list of recommendations and questions for midterm assessment and post them on Blackboard's discussion board.
Online: Post a paragraph summary of your critical reading notes for each chapter on Blackboard.
Mon - Creating Consent
Wed - Activating Dissent
Fri - small study group discussion of how to best apply the main conclusions of Chomsky's manufacturing consent conclusions
Midterm assessment due Friday March 19.
Read: Barnet and Bedau's A CASEBOOK ON THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL (pp. 382-446) and Loewen's The Land of Opportunity ... (pp. 200-213)
Write: second draft of the summary and conclusions sections to your essay.
Online: Post a paragraph summary of your critical reading notes for each chapter on Blackboard.
Mon - Cesar Chavez Holiday
Wed - Chicano ... Struggle in the Fields
Fri - small study group discussion of Cesar Chavez as Critical Activist
Read: Burbach & Clarke's "I Origins and Perspectives of Conflict"(pp. 9-59) and Loewen's Watching Big Brother (pp. 214-237)
Write: Final draft of introduction and methods sections of your essay.
Online: Post a paragraph summary of your critical reading notes for each chapter on Blackboard.
Mon - Non-violence and Conflict
Wed - Bowling For Columbine
Fri - small study group discussion
Read: Burbach & Clarke's "II Impact And Consequences Of The War"(pp. 61-122) and Loewen's Down the Memory Hole (pp. 238-253)
Write: Final draft of the findings and analysis sections to your essay.
Mon - Violence and War
Wed - Bowling For Columbine
Fri - small study group discussion of Michael Moore and Loewen
Read: Burbach & Clarke's "III Resistance And Alternatives" (pp. 123-174) and Loewen's Progress is Our Most Important Product (pp. 254-270)
Online: Post a paragraph summary of your critical reading notes for each chapter on Blackboard.
Mon - Resistance and Alternatives
Wed - Bowling For Columbine
Fri - small study group discussion of Michael Moore and Loewen
"Where I'm Coming From" Essay due this Fri, Apr 23.
Read: Loewen's Why Is History Taught Like This (pp. 271-297)
Write: First draft your extra credit Comparative Book Review
Online: Post a paragraph summary of your critical reading notes for each chapter on Blackboard.
Mon - Why Do Teachers Lie Like This?
Wed - Bowling For Columbine
Mon - How Do We Best Tell The Truth?
Fri - small study group discussion of Michael Moore and Loewen
Write: Final draft of your Extra Comparative Book Review due next Wed, May 19.
Online: Post recommendations for final assessment on Blackboard.
Mon - Student Presentations
Wed - Student Presentations
Fri - Student Presentations
Week 17 - May 17-19 - Student Presentations; Final Review and Assessment
Mon - Student Presentations
Wed - Final Review and Assessment discussion
Extra Credit Comparative Book Review due May 19
Write: Final Assessment
Week 18 - May 26 - Final Assessment Due no later than 10:30 a.m.
June 7, 2004 -Spring 04 Semester Ends; Grades Due