Monday, December 7, 2009

Extra Credit

Earn credit (or the equivalent) for 3 quizzes for each project completed. Answers are due no later than 11 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15. Include a Works Cited page, or no credit will be given for the assignment.


Assignment One

Write a 2-page paper discussing in some detail at least two cases in which the concept of substantive due process/unenumerated rights has been important.

Use at least 3 sources for your research.


Assignment Two

Write a 2-page paper discussing recent developments in infant cognition/cognitive development.

Use at least 3 sources for your research.


Assignment Three

Write a 2-page paper reviewing one of the following books (available at the library)

Next to the color line [electronic resource] : gender, sexuality, and W.E.B. Du Bois / Susan Gillman and Alys Eve Weinbaum, editors. Imprint Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.


Color of violence : the Incite! anthology / Incite! Women of Color Against Violence. Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : South End Press, c2006.

Guyland : the perilous world where boys become men / Michael Kimmel. Imprint New York : Harper, c2008. Edition 1st ed.

Beyond the dyad [electronic resource] : conceptualization of social networks / editors, Michael Lewis, Keiko Takahashi. Imprint Basel : S, Karger, c2005.


Assignment Four

Write a 2-page paper discussing the history of the concept of chivalry, beginning in the Middle Ages.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Final Short Paper Assignment


Here's your short paper assignment for next Tuesday. Let me know if you have questions; have fun!

Short Paper 3: Marriage and Family Arrangements

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Reading for Thursday December 3

Hi All,

Here's the reading for Thursday. Note: scroll down, I've had you start in the middle of a chapter, so when you first open the PDF you won't see anything (I covered up the partial paragraph to make it obvious where to start your reading).

Don't forget, there will be a quiz on this reading, as well as the previous reading.

Marriage in U.S. History