IS101-02 Reading List with Dates
(To be read and digested prior to class unless explicitly stated otherwise.)
Required Texts (referred to subsequently as IS101 Reader, Persepolis, Mapping Time, and Carried respectively.)
- Blair, Rebecca et al., ed. Inquiry Studies 101:Asking Questions, Making Choices. Acton MA: Copley Custom Textbooks, 2009. ISBN 978-1-58152-670-7
- Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis.New York: Pantheon Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-375-71483-2
- Richards, E.G.. Mapping Time. The Calendar and Its History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-286205-7
- O'Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. New York:Broadway Books, 1990. ISBN 0-7679-0289-0
Summer Reading
- Persepolis (all)
- The Things They Carried (chapter one)
Friday, September 2
- The Things They Carried. pp. 1-26
Monday, September 5
- various references found during the information search related to your chosen topic.
Tuesday, September 6
- The Things They Carried. pp. 1-26
- The Wartburg College Honor Code
Wednesday, September 7
- Kreeft, Peter. "On Education and E.T." IS101 Reader. pp 11-19.
Friday, September 9
- Giamatti, A. Bartlett. "The Earthly Use of a Liberal Education." IS101 reader. pp 3-8
- Spayde, Jon. "Learning in the Key of Life." IS101 reader. pp 46-52. (will be read in-class)
Monday, September 12
- Schwartz, Barry. "The Debasing of Education: Turning Play into Work." IS101 reader. pp 56-80
Wednesday, September 14
One of the Following as assigned:
- Douglas, Frederick. "Learning to Read and Write." 2001 IS101 Reader. (handout) [Liyew, McCall, Mitchell, O'Brien, Omiwale]
- X, Malcolm. from "The Autobiography of Malcolm X." IS101 Reader. pp. 139-149. [Abebe, Anderegg, Anderson, Bellamy, Bown]
- Anzaldúa, Gloria. "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." IS101 Reader. pp. 128-139. [George, Heinzman, Jones, Kain,Larson]
- Dog, Mary Crow & Erdoes, Richard. "Civilize Them with a Stick." IS101 Reader. pp.150-158. [Brown, Butler, Crotty, Edgington, Garner]
- Rodriguez, Richard. "The Lonely, Good Company of Books." IS101 Reader. pp. 105-111. [Oyeteju, Rezac, Suchomel, Visser, Welter, Bryon]
Monday, September 19
Wednesday, September 21
Friday, September 23
- Mapping Time. Chapters One & Two.
Monday, September 26
- Chapters Sixteen & Nineteen.
Wednesday, September 28
- Mapping Time. Chapter Sixteen
Friday, September 30
- Mapping Time. Chapter Nineteen
Monday, October 3
- Persepolis. - film viewing
Wednesday, October 5
- Persepolis. - film viewing
Friday, October 7
- Mapping Time. Chapter Twenty-Eight
Monday, October 10
- IS101 Reader - review Liberal Learning section and select four quotes.
Wednesday, October 12
- The pillars of the Hamm Platz and the wall of the west colonnade of the Wartburg Chapel
Friday, October 14
- Benne, Robert. "The Darkening Trends and Types of Church-Related Colleges." IS101 Reader. pp. 174-191.
Monday, October 17
- IS101 Workshops - no readings
Wednesday, October 19
- Christenson, Tom. "The Lutheran College/University: Two Models." IS101 Reader. pp. 212-220.
- Sittler, Joseph. "The Church and Liberal Learning." IS101 Reader. pp. 221-224
Friday, October 21
OUTFLY (was Tuesday)
Monday, October 24
- King Jr, Martin Luther. "A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart." IS101 Reader. pp. 257-264.
Wednesday, October 26
- Chapter 18: The Islamic Calendar. Mapping Time. pp 231-235.
Friday, October 28
Monday, October 31
- Chapter 17: The Jewish Calendar. Mapping Time. pp 220-230.
Wednesday, November 2
- Chapter 17: The Jewish Calendar. Mapping Time. pp 220-230.
Friday, November 4
- Chapter 12: The Calendars of China and East Asia. Mapping Time pp 161-171
Monday, November 7
- Chapter 12: The Calendars of China and East Asia. Mapping Time pp 161-171
Wednesday, November 9
- Putnam, Robert D. "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital." IS101 Reader. pp 273-289.
Friday, November 11
- Quiz day
- review Mapping Time chapters 12, 18 & 26
- review IS101 Reader parts of: p. 174 - 264
- bring 4-5 quotes from pp. 174-264 of IS101 Reader
Monday, November 14
- Etzioni, Amitai. from "Morality as a Community Affair."
IS101 Reader. pp 311-319
Wednesday, November 16
- Westheimer, Joel & Kahne, Joseph. "What Kind of Citizen? Political Choice and Educational Goals." IS101 Reader. pp 290-310
Friday, November 18
- Strike, Kenneth & Moss, Pamela. "On Getting a Life." IS101 Reader. pp 320-339
Monday, November 21
- Student Archeoastronomy Presentations
Wednesday, November 23
- Chapter 14: The Mayan and Aztec Calendars. Mapping Time. pp 186-195.
Friday, November 25
- Thanksgiving Break - no class
Monday, November 28
- Chapter 14: The Mayan and Aztec Calendars. Mapping Time. pp 186-195.