month $15 digital subscription. You receive access to all quarterly issues of magazine since Winter 2009, plus The Best of 30 Years of Ms. Ms. Reporting and The Best of 30 Years of Fiction & Poetry. If you need Ms. assistance, contact the Ms. in the Classroom Helpdesk by email or call toll free. Requirements and Grading Class Participation 15% – You are expected to participate on the Blackboard Board” at “Discussion least once a week. Each week, you will have assigned readings from Race, and and Class, and Gender in the United States Ms. Magazine Digital discussion questions posted by the Instructor. Your participation can take many forms, including responses to discussion questions, developing your own questions and analysis, responses to your peers’ comments, and building on current threads. Postings should be 1-2 well-developed paragraphs. Magazine Review Paper/Class Presentation 20% Ms. – Choose 3 articles from that spark your interest. Write Ms. Magazine Digital a 3-5 page review paper designed to inform your fellow students about contemporary women’s issues and events in the United States and worldwide using a race, class and gender lens. Your review paper/presentation should include the following: (1) Why you chose the readings (2) How the readings connect (3) A summary of the writer’s main points and supporting arguments (4) How convincing were the writer’s arguments and 4) Important concepts, questions and issues why? encountered in the articles 5) Follow the embedded URL links in your articles for additional information about women’s organizations and activism to advance equality and social justice. Due Week 10. Tests 30% – There will be two tests on the reading assignments, lectures and discussions. Multiple choice, true/false and short essay type questions. The first test will be Week 7, and the second Week 13. They will cover only the material since the last test (i.e. non-comprehensive).
month $15 digital subscription. You receive access to all quarterly issues of Ms. magazine since Winter 2009, plus The Best of 30 Years of Ms. Reporting and The Best of 30 Years of Ms. Fiction & Poetry. If you need assistance, contact the Ms. in the Classroom Helpdesk by email or call toll free. Requirements and Grading Class Participation – 15% You are expected to participate on the Blackboard “Discussion Board” at least once a week. Each week, you will have assigned readings from Race, Class, and Gender in the United States and Ms. Magazine Digital and discussion questions posted by the Instructor. Your participation can take many forms, including responses to discussion questions, developing your own questions and analysis, responses to your peers’ comments, and building on current threads. Postings should be 1-2 well-developed paragraphs. Ms. Magazine Review Paper/Class Presentation – 20% Choose 3 articles from Ms. Magazine Digital that spark your interest. Write a 3-5 page review paper designed to inform your fellow students about contemporary women’s issues and events in the United States and worldwide using a race, class and gender lens. Your review paper/presentation should include the following: (1) Why you chose the readings (2) How the readings connect (3) A summary of the writer’s main points and supporting arguments (4) How convincing were the writer’s arguments and why? 4) Important concepts, questions and issues encountered in the articles 5) Follow the embedded URL links in your articles for additional information about women’s organizations and activism to advance equality and social justice. Due Week 10. Tests – 30% There will be two tests on the reading assignments, lectures and discussions. Multiple choice, true/false and short essay type questions. The first test will be Week 7, and the second Week 13. They will cover only the material since the last test (i.e. non-comprehensive).