BEFORE CLASSES BEGIN JANUARY 17:

Be sure to E-mail your Instructor right away: LL16@txstate.edu . Introduce Yourself, Provide a Current Home and/or Work Phone Number, and TXSTATE email Address 
Make Sure all Technical Problems are Resolved! Your computer problems are your responsibility!
Note: all assignment questions are due by midnight Sunday.
Use sociological terms, concepts and discussion in your essay answers.  Personal experience, beliefs and opinions are not appropriate in essays. Send assignments as an email, no attachments.  Essays should be approximately one to one and a half pages long.
 

Week 1  January 17

Read Class Format and Respond to Terms and Conditions of class.

Week 2 January 23

Read Chapter 1: 'Natives and Newcomers'
Read Lecture Related to Chapter 1 
Read Chapter 2:'Together or Apart'
Read Lecture Related to Chapter 2

Week 3 January 30
Read Chapter 3: 'The Rise of Anglo American Society'
Read Lecture Related to Chapter 3  
 

Week 4 February 6
Read Chapter 4: 'The Golden Door'
Read Lecture Related to Chapter 4
Question #1 Some scholars argue that slaves were happy and well taken care of under the system of slavery.  According to the text and lecture, is this an accurate view? Why or why not.
Due Sunday, February 12, 2006, 11:59 p.m.
 

Week 5 February 13
Read Chapter 5: 'Nativism and Racism'
Read Lecture Related to Chapter 5
 

Week 6  February 20
View Film, "CRASH"

Question #2 Using the  film, define the following terms by using a scene from the film to demonstrate each term.  Due Sunday, February 26, 2006, 11:59 p.m.

1. Racism

2. Prejudice

3. Discrimination

4. Nativism

5. Stereotype

Week 7 February 27

Read Chapter 11: 'Japanese Americans'
Read  Lecture Related to Chapter 11

 

Week 8  March 6
Take Midterm Exam Wednesday March 8  6:30p.m.-8:00p.m. Texas State University ELA room 218
Exam will cover Chapters 1-5, 11 and the related Lectures.
 

March 13-17 SPRING BREAK!!!
 

Week 9 March 20
Read Chapter 8: 'Mexican Americans'
Read  Lecture Related to Chapter 8Read 

Chapter 9: 'Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans' 
Read Lecture Related to Chapter 9 

Week 10 March 27

Read Chapter 6 : 'African Americans: Slavery to Segregation'
Read Chapter 7: 'African Americans: Protest and Social Change'
Read Lectures Related to Chapters

Week 11 April 3

Read Chapter 10: 'Native Americans: the First Americans'
Read Lecture Related to Chapter 10

Week  12 April 10

Read Chapter 13: 'Vietnamese Americans, Arab Americans, and Resurgent Racism'
Read Lecture Related to Chapter 13

Read chapter 14: 'The Future of Ethnicity'
Read Lecture Related to Chapter 14

Question #3 According to the text, describe Arab American life since the events of 911 and the prejudice and discrimination this group tends to encounter. 

Due Sunday April 16, 2006, 11:59p.m.

Week  13 April 17

Study for Final Exam

Week  14 April 24
Take Final Exam   Wednesday April 26
  6:30 p.m.-8:00p.m.  Texas State University ELA room 218
Exam will cover Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14 and the Related  Lectures.

Have a Wonderful Break! 

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