IS 101-02 Fall Term 2009
Questions and Choices - "Calendars and Culture"
(Orange Exceleration schedule at bottom of page)
| Week of |
Monday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
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| Sept 7
| Labor Day
see Orange Exceleration (at bottom)
| I: How Does Liberal Learning Educate Us?
- Intro to course
- Reading and discussion of Kreeft excerpt.
| I: How Does Liberal Learning Educate Us?
- Further discussion of paper assignments
- Discussion of Giamatti excerpt
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| Sept 14
| I: Where Does Liberal Learning Meet Living?
- Further discussion of papers
- Discussion of Spayde excerpt
| I: Where Does Liberal Learning Meet Living?
- Discussion of Schwartz excerpt
| I: How Do Learning and Identity Shape Each Other?
- Jigsaw Discussion of Douglas, X, Anzaldúa, Crow Dog, and Rodriguez excerpts
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| Sept 21
| I: How Do Learning and Identity Shape Each Other?
- Review of Friday's Jigsaw
- Discussion of Cheever and Rich excerpts
| II: Some Simple Astronomy
- Discussion of Chapter Two of Mapping Time
| II: 365.2421897 Is Not an Integer and
29.5308885 Does Not Divide It Evenly
- In-class work on leap year and leap months
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| Sept 28
| II: The History of 'Our' Calendar
- Discussion of the ancient Roman calendar, the Julian Reform, and the Gregorian reform
| II: The History of 'Our' Calendar
- Continuation of discussion of 'our' calendar
- Unit One Quiz
| II: The History of 'Our' Calendar
- Conclusion of discussion of the history and present status of the Gregorian calendar
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| Oct 5
| II: Easter and Other Holy Wars
- Discussion of the history of Easter and its place in the calendar
| OUTFLY!!!
| III: Readings in Common - Ishmael
- Identification and discussion of the themes of Ishmael
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| Oct 12
| IV: Wartburg History
- Discussion of the history of Wartburg College
- A Wartburg Timeline
| IV: How Do I Fit in a College of the Church?
- Discussion of the Benne excerpt
- Discussion of Faith and Learning Paper options
| IV: How Do I Fit in a College of the Church?
- Discussion of Kleinhans excerpts
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| Oct 19
| IS101 Student Seminars
| IV: Balancing Faith and Learning.
- Discussion of Christenson excerpt
- Discussion of Sittler excerpt
| IV: Balancing Faith and Learning.
- Discussion of Martin Luther King Jr. excerpt
- Unit Two Quiz
|
| Oct 26
| V: The Islamic Calendar
- Discussion of the Arithmetic Islamic Calendar
| V: The Jewish Calendar
- Discussion of the Observational Islamic Calendar
- Discussion of the Jewish Calendar
| No Class
Midterm Break
|
| Nov 2
| V: The Jewish Calendar
- Discussion of the Jewish Calendar
| V: The Chinese Calendar
- Discussion of Traditional Chinese Calendar
| V: The Chinese Calendar
- Discussion of the Traditional Chinese Calendar
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| Nov 9
| V: The Chinese Calendar
- Discussion of the Traditional Chinese Calendar
| VI: Leadership and Service
- Discussion of the Putnam excerpt
- Unit Three Quiz
| VI: Leadership and Service
- Discussion of the Etzioni excerpt
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| Nov 16
| Library: Information Literacy Class
- Class will meet in the library classroom where a librarian will conduct an information literacy class targeted at our final projects
| VI: Leadership and Service
- Discussion of the Westheimer & Kahne excerpt
| VI: Leadership and Service
- Discussion of the Strike & Moss excerpt
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| Nov 23
| VII: The Mayan Calendars (or why the world ends in 2012!!)
- Discussion of the Mayan calendars
| VII: The Mayan Calendar
- Discussion of the Mayan calendars
| No Class
Thanksgiving Break
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| Nov 30
| VII: Other Calendar Systems
| VII: Other Calendar Systems
| VII: Other Calendar Systems
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| Dec 7
| VIII: Final Project Week
| VIII: Final Project Week
| VIII: Final Project Week
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| Dec 14
| Final Exam Period - 8:30 A.M., Thursday, December 17. |
| Orange Exceleration Sessions |
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| Fri Sept 4, 8-11 A.M. |
Sat Sept 5, time TBA |
Mon Sept 7, 9:00-10:45 A.M. |
Tue Sept 8, 8:30-9:45 A.M. |
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O: Orange Exceleration
- discussion of The Things They Carried - chap 1
- using the Guide to Critical Reading (2009)
- discussion of the Informed Inquiry assignment
| O: Orange Exceleration
- group meeting with instructor at selected time
| O: Orange Exceleration
- discussion of the Informed Inquiry Assignment
- Ice cream social at the president's house [evening meet 8:15 @ manors]
| O: Orange Exceleration
- discussion of College Student Inventories (CSI)
- connection to Monday's assignment
- discussion of the Wartburg Honor Code
- Opening Convocation
[on campus mall 10:15] |