class_topics: February 2008 Archives

Presenters: Anchor your presentation in a deeper exploration of ideas examined in at least one essay from Writing Material that are not part of the required reading. Demonstrate your ability to use what you have learned so far to defend a non-obvious position on an issue that will teach something of value to the class. Draw the attention of the class to particular passages in WM that are not on the required reading list.

Suggestions from WM: Baron, Hirsch, Douglass, Malcolm X

A discussion of the "Medieval Era," roughly speaking, can include the fall of the Roman Empire on one end and the rise of the printing press on the other, so this topic could focus on manuscript culture, or cover the interaction of manuscript culture with oral culture, or print culture, or both.

Presenters: Anchor your presentation in a deeper exploration of an idea examined in one of our assigned readings.