• Participation 20%
• Reading Presentation & Leading Discussion 5%
• Class Quizzes 15%
• Portfolios (X2) 40%
• Final Essay 20%

REQUIREMENTS:

Participation (20% of grade): You need to attend and actively participate by making informed contributions. There will be opportunities for you to ask questions and address issues during class and we will discuss the week’s readings in a tutorial format. It is vital that you keep up with the scheduled readings and come to lectures and tutorials ready to participate.
  
Your instructor will evaluate your participation based on the quality and quantity of your participation as well as your conduct in class. Please be respectful of others at all times and refrain from talking when someone is addressing your group or the class. In order to create a congenial environment for frank discussion about [historical] issues, students are expected to speak their mind while also regarding the dignity of those who may hold perspectives contrary to their own. Please keep the following norms in mind. If you feel they are not being followed, please say so.  

Class Norms for Discussion     

• We recognize that we come with many different experiences and perspectives – and respect our differences     
• We will treat disagreements of opinion as an opportunity to learn from one another, rather than as a showdown in which one person wins and the others lose     
• We will all listen actively and practice good interpersonal communication skills    
• We will allow one another to finish speaking  
• We will speak from our own experience and position, and refrain from speaking for others     
• We will avoid “Othering” – constructing dialogue around “us and them”      
• We will be attentive to the power of naming
• We will refrain from assuming that individual opinions reflect the beliefs of a group   
• We will allow one another the right to refrain from sharing and will seek to invite those who are silent to share what they desire  

Further to respect privacy and avoid disruptions, only course-related technology will be allowed in class (e.g., laptops only for note-taking; no cell/smart phones, cameras, or recording devices. If there is a problem or if you feel uncomfortable, please let your instructor know   

Reading Presentation & Leading Discussion (5%) You will be responsible for presenting and leading one of the class discussions for one of the scheduled class readings. You do not have to introduce the Dyer textbook. There is one additional reading or film per class. Each reading must first be identified for the type of source it is and then you should proceed to address the source questions, which are listed below. You may wish to introduce some brief comparisons or make some analogies during your presentation. The presentation for your assigned reading should be roughly 4-5 minutes. This is to be a seminar presentation with everyone seated around a table or in a circle. No audio or visual aids.

Class Quizzes (15%) Starting in your third class, each class will begin with a ten question quiz based on the assigned readings for that class (Dyer and the addition reading). Likely, seven or eight questions will be on the given chapter from Dyer and two or three will be from the additional reading. Their purpose is to encourage you to read the assigned readings closely and thoughtfully and to enable more quality discussion throughout the class.     

Portfolios (40%) You will complete two portfolios for the course, each worth 20% of your final grade. The portfolios will be ongoing collections of tasks, responses, reflections, and assignments (some in class, some to be completed for homework) that you will assemble in a portfolio and submit in Class 7 (midterm) and Class 14 at the end of the course. This will give you a chance to return to the subjects and assignments and re-engage with them and, if you wish, revise your work before you hand it in. The instructor will additionally create a larger assignment for each portfolio, likely to be worth 10-15% of your grade, along with short responses, reflections, and minor tasks. Your instructor will adapt the portfolio to the settings you will be living and working in. Therefore, your instructor may make changes to the portfolio as the course moves along if particular interests arise. 

Your instructor will provide details on individual portfolio assignments at future times. As the class progresses, your instructor will give you reminders and provide a checklist near the end of the term.                    

Fools Rush In Assignment (20%) This will be an assignment on the book Fools Rush In by Bill Carter. Your instructor will introduce the assignment during the last week of the course and you will have until the end of the summer semester to submit the assignment by email.