12/1

**SESSION #21 THU. 12/1 **

 Essay #3 Full Draft is DUE ON MON. 12/12 (11:59 pm) -- EXTENSION.

Please upload your paper to our Submit page:

  submit101.lagcconline.com

***CLASS CANCELED ON THU. 12/1 -- INSTRUCTOR SICK DAY**

We'll adjust our readings accordingly.

11/29

**SESSION #20 TUE. 11/29 **

 ESSAY #3 - EXPLORING A NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR - MILESTONE #2 -- FULL DRAFT WITH 4 SOURCES (DUE FRI. 12/9, 11:59 pm) -- WITH EXTENSION 'TIL MON. 12/12 (11:59 IF YOU NEED MORE TIME)

Pls. upload your completed Full Draft / Milestone #2 to our Submit Page at:

submit101.lagcconline.com

In Word or Google Docs, GRADED DUE FRI. 12/9 (11:59 pm) -- EXTENSION TILL MON. 12/12 (11:59 pm) IF YOU NEED MORE TIME

 Essay Map for Essay #3

This short guide will help you organize your writing for Essay #3.

Here's the annotated version from class.

 Reading: "How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?" (from the Course Pack, pp. 195-204)

This is the main reading for this week -- on how different authors -- mostly scientists -- respond to the question of how the Internet affects their attention span, memory and thinking?

 Class Notes Session #20 Notes -- Essay #3 Full Draft 'Launch' plus "How Is the Internet Changing the Way Your Think?" Reading (Beginning)

11/22

**SESSION #19 TUE. 11/22 **

 Sample Milestone #1 for Essay 3 -- Example #2

 Online Activity: Analyzing a Sample Milestone #1 for Essay 3 -- Example #2

On Google Forms, GRADED DUE TUE. 12/1 (11:59 pm)

 What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

View this short video to understand Nicholas Carr's main argument about the effects of the Internet (and social media) on the way we think and remember.

 Reading: Nicholas Carr, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (from the Course Pack, pp. 187-194)

This is an impt. reading for our last set of readings - on how using the Internet is affecting our attention span and memory

 Carr Reading (bit.ly)

 Online Activity: Reading Questions on Nicholas Carr's "Is Google Making Us Stupid?

OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT -- DUE THU. 12/1 (11:59 pm)

We are switching to a paper-based exercise for these reading questions.

 Group Work -- Nicholas Carr, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

 Carr Reading Questions (bit.ly)

 Class Notes Session #19 -- A 2nd Sample Essay #3 Milestone #1 & Nicholas Carr's "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

11/17

**SESSION #18 THU. 11/17 **

 Sample Milestone #1 for Essay 3

 Online Activity: Analyzing a Sample Milestone #1 for Essay 3

***We will be working on this set of questions in class on Thu. 11/17. If you work through these questions in class then, you will be done with this assignment.

On Google Forms, GRADED DUE TUE. 11/22 (11:59 pm)

 Lalita Gandbhir's "Free and Equal"

 Gandbhir Reading (bit.ly)

 Group Work -- Lalita Gandbhir's "Free and Equal"

 Class Notes Session #18 -- Help with Milestone #1 and Lalita Gandbhir's "Free and Equal"

 Reading for Session #19 (Tue. 11/22): Nicholas Carr, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

***Please try to read this before our next class.

**THIS IS A LONGER, MORE CHALLENGING READING -- SO PLS. LOOK AT IT BEFORE CLASS!

We will always give you ~15 minutes of reading time during class for readings, but that may not be enough for some students.

 Start working on Essay #3 - EXPLORING A NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR - MILESTONE #1 -- PAGE ONE AND 3 SOURCES -- It's due on TUE. 11/29 after the long T-day holiday weekend

Start working on this assignment soon!

Pick 1 of the 3 topics -- copy the starter sources and pick your 2 historical photos on the World's Fair.

11/15

**SESSION #17 THU. 11/15 **

 ESSAY #3 - EXPLORING A NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR - MILESTONE #1 -- PAGE ONE AND 3 SOURCES (DUE TUE. 11/29, 11:59 pm)

Please upload your completed Essay #3 Milestone #1 to our Submit Page at:

submit101.lagcconline.com

In Word or Google Docs, GRADED DUE TUE. 11/29 (11:59 pm)

 3 Encyclopedia Articles for Essay 3

These are in the Course Pack pp. 175-185. Choose one that fits your topic for Essay 3.

 197 Historical Photos of the 1939 New York World's Fair from the La Guardia and Wagner Archives

Use 2 of these photos as part of your Essay #3 -- Exploring a New York World's Fair

 Seth Bauer, "American Suburbia vs. the Planet"

This short article points out some of the problem with American suburbia. You can use this if you write on Topic 2 for Essay 3.

 Intro. to Reading Fiction

 R.K. Narayan's "Forty-Five a Month"

 Narayan Reading (bit.ly)

 Group Work -- R.K. Narayan's "Forty-Five a Month"

 Class Notes Session #17 -- Essay #3, Milestone #1 'Kick-Off' -- Reading Fiction /  R.K. Narayan's "Forty-Five a Month"