Journal #15 "Border Patrol State"

What did you find yourself agreeing or disagreeing with? Write a 300-word message to Ms. Silko responding to her essay, "Border Patrol State." Share personal experiences or factual evidence to support your points. (You can find her essay here: http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/09-26-96/cover.htm)

http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/Literature/2010-Leslie-Marmon-Silko-The-Turquoise-Ledge.aspx

Journal #14 on "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

If you were a soldier in Lieutenant Jimmy Cross’s unit, what would you
carry? Why? Write about 300 words.

http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WritingVietnam/obrienpreface.html

Bonus Blog #3

Sui Sin Far, Onoto Watanna, and Mary Antin all write about their “double consciousness” -- as defined by W.E.B. DuBois -- as immigrants to the United States. What similarities and differences do you see in their stories? Write about 300 words, citing at least one specific passage from one of the texts. Share your thoughts -- don't summarize. Postings that summarize and don't show original thoughts will receive an automatic 1 or 2 for a grade. Due Nov. 15 by 11:59 PM.

Journal #13 on Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin)

Zitkala-Sa's writings are about her life on the reservation and then in the white man's world. Explore in 200-300 words how her story is (or is not) one of the American Dream coming true. Use a specific sentence from the text to prove your point and quote it in your posting. ANALYZE the text; don't summarize.

Images of Zitkala-Sa
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/zitkalasaimages.html

Nov. 3 readings and blog prompt

We'll continue our discussion of IMPERIALISM by focusing on Hawaii. These links are also posted on the Webliography on our class site.

First, look at this web site on Queen Lili'uokalani's imprisionment. Read the portion about the Overthrow.
< http://www.iolanipalace.org/index.php/history/queens-imprisonment.html >

Second, read portions of HAWAII'S STORY BY HAWAII'S QUEEN (1898)
< http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/liliuokalani/hawaii/hawaii.html >
Read the chapters: CHAPTER I "A SKETCH OF MY CHILDHOOD" to CHAPTER IV "MY MARRIED LIFE"; and CHAPTER LIV: "MY LITERARY OCCUPATION" to CHAPTER LVII "HAWAIIAN AUTONOMY." Read the last chapter closely.

Last, watch The Pinky Show < http://www.pinkyshow.org/videos/part-3-hawaii-vs-us-imperialism >
Part 3: Hawaii vs. U.S. Imperialism. It is about 25 minutes.

Then for your blog, choose ONE sentence from Hawai`i's Story by Hawai`i's Queen that you would classify as your favorite. Post the sentence on your blog and then EXPLICATE why it is your favorite in 2-3 sentences. You should analyze the language rather than its meaning. Talk about it critically and avoid warm fuzzy expressions like "it really makes me appreciate how great my life is" and so forth.

Blogs that are primarily summary will automatically receive a 1 or 2 score. *If you are responding to a classmate, don't just agree with them -- engage in a dialogue. Raise a question or disagree. Take a risk!

Bonus Blog #2

Write 300-500 words about IMPERIALISM. What has shocked, surprised, or distressed you? What was weird or strange? Reflect on anything about readings on IMPERIALISM (for Nov. 1 & 3), showing how your thoughts changed or expanded. Due by Nov. 8, 11:59 PM. Share your thoughts -- don't summarize. Postings that summarize and don't show original thoughts will receive an automatic 1 or 2 for a grade.

Blog 11

After reading Pauline Hopkins' “As the Lord Lives, He Is One of Our Mother’s Children” (242+) and Claude McKay's poems (704-709) write a 300-word blog to explore a perplexing question of your choice.*If you are responding to a classmate, don't just agree with them -- engage in a dialogue. Raise a question or disagree. Take a risk!