Weekly SyllabusWeek of Monday, November 28 through Friday, December 2 Welcome to the class! In The American Century:
Sport History we will study some of the major
issues of American history during the post-World War
II period through the lens of professional and amateur
sports. This class will require you do do lots of
writing, including some assigned essays, weekly blog
posts and a term paper due on the final day of
class. Please plan to allocate time every night
to work on this class. This is a new class for me and for
Sem. Together we will be pioneers figuring out
how to best make this class a success. I look
forward to working with you on this. Let's have
fun! Monday, November 28, 2011 (40 min)
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 (45 min)Topic: Discussion of last night's essays. Introduction to blogging from Mrs. Lewis. Homework: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 (40 min)
Thursday, December 1, 2011 (50 min)Topic: Discussion of the reading. Watching some of the Jackie Robinson Story. Homework: Finish reading handout. Write a short piece on the Ning summarizing what you think were some main points about your article. Friday, December 2, 2011 (45 min)Topic: Discussion of the reading. We can carry this over to Monday if necessary. |