Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better” by “Smarter Clive Thompson TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson “Watching than Human: Why Robots Will--and Must--Take Our Jobs” by Kevin Kelly “Better Distorting Mirror of Reality TV” by Coleman “The ALL Pay for Internet Plagiarism” by Ellen Laird “We Dumbest Generation” (Mark Bauerlain) “The Dumbest Generation? Don’t Be Dumb” (Sharon Begley) “The and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth “Living Project” (Mizuko Ito, et al.) Google Making Us Stupid” (Nicholas Carr) “Is Brain on Video Games” (Steven Johnson) “Your New Literacy” (Clive Thompson) “The Shelved (cartoon- Roz Chast)\ Photo essay (Hungry Planet) Naturalist in the Supermarket” (Michael Pollan) “A Locavore Myth” (James McWilliams) “The American Table and the Global Table” (Jonathan Safran Foer) “The Carnivore’s Dilemma” (Nicolette Hahn Newman) “The Good Food Manifesto for America” (Will Allen) “A to Table: How Our Restaurant Gets Its Food to Your Plate” (A.J. Jacobs) “Farm from Test Tube Burgers (Michael Specter) Myths about Immigration” (David Cole) “Five Worker Next Door” Chiswick) “The in America” (John Tierney) “Angels Brave New World of Immigration” (Victor Davis Hanson) “Our by God to Help” (Cardinal Roger Mahony) “Called Man” (photo-Leonard McCombe) “Marlboro A Man” (Paul Theroux) “Being Men” (Gretel Ehrlich) Down the Gun” (Rebecca Walker) “Putting Johnny Won’t Read” (Mark Bauerlein & Sandra Stotsky) “Why over Muscle” Brooks) “Mind Tufts University Sexual Harassment Policy Reasonable Woman Standard” (Ellen Goodman) “The Buttocks and Federal Cases” (Ellen Frankel Paul) “Bared Fascism” McCarthy) “Cultural to be a Woman Programmer” (Ellen Ullman) “How ***Additionally, there will be independent reading assigned throughout the year. Students will have several choices in what they read. Those choices may include: Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War by Susan Southard Columbine by Dave Cullen
“Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better” by Clive Thompson “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson “Better than Human: Why Robots Will--and Must--Take Our Jobs” by Kevin Kelly “The Distorting Mirror of Reality TV” by Coleman “We ALL Pay for Internet Plagiarism” by Ellen Laird “The Dumbest Generation” (Mark Bauerlain) “The Dumbest Generation? Don’t Be Dumb” (Sharon Begley) “Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project” (Mizuko Ito, et al.) “Is Google Making Us Stupid” (Nicholas Carr) “Your Brain on Video Games” (Steven Johnson) “The New Literacy” (Clive Thompson) Shelved (cartoon- Roz Chast)\ Photo essay (Hungry Planet) “A Naturalist in the Supermarket” (Michael Pollan) “The Locavore Myth” (James McWilliams) “The American Table and the Global Table” (Jonathan Safran Foer) “The Carnivore’s Dilemma” (Nicolette Hahn Newman) “A Good Food Manifesto for America” (Will Allen) “Farm to Table: How Our Restaurant Gets Its Food to Your Plate” (A.J. Jacobs) from Test Tube Burgers (Michael Specter) “Five Myths about Immigration” (David Cole) “The Worker Next Door” Chiswick) “Angels in America” (John Tierney) “Our Brave New World of Immigration” (Victor Davis Hanson) “Called by God to Help” (Cardinal Roger Mahony) “Marlboro Man” (photo-Leonard McCombe) “Being A Man” (Paul Theroux) Men” (Gretel Ehrlich) “Putting Down the Gun” (Rebecca Walker) “Why Johnny Won’t Read” (Mark Bauerlein & Sandra Stotsky) “Mind over Muscle” Brooks) Tufts University Sexual Harassment Policy “The Reasonable Woman Standard” (Ellen Goodman) “Bared Buttocks and Federal Cases” (Ellen Frankel Paul) “Cultural Fascism” McCarthy) “How to be a Woman Programmer” (Ellen Ullman) ***Additionally, there will be independent reading assigned throughout the year. Students will have several choices in what they read. Those choices may include: Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War by Susan Southard Columbine by Dave Cullen
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