Tuesday, October 14, 2008

FILM: "MAQUILAPOLIS"

For next week you will be viewing the acclaimed documentary, "Maquilapolis."

The film facilitators will provide you with viewing response forms. Please fill them out give to the facilitator at end of class. If you need more time to complete them, turn them in to my faculty box in Women's Studies before October 27.

Here is a link to a synopsis on "MAQUILAPOLIS":
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2006/maquilapolis/about.html

REQUIRED READINGS UNTIL I RETURN!

REQUIRED READING:
All the "Women and Change" selections through 10/27 requirement.
All the "Dissident Women" selections through 10/22 requirement.
"Strong Women Stories" to Chapter 3

The rest is optional.

CLASS CANCELED TOMORROW, WED 10/14/08

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

ABSTRACT--REVISED ASSIGNMENT


THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS DID NOT UNDERSTAND THIS ASSIGNMENT, AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PREDICTING THAT 300 LEVEL STUDENTS ALREADY KNEW HOW TO WRITE AN ABSTRACT. GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS PREDICTION DID NOT BEAR EXPECTED RESULTS, I AM RE-ASSIGNING THE ABSTRACT ASSIGNMENT. THIS EXERCISE SHOULD NOT TAKE YOU MORE THAN ONE HOUR TO COMPLETE. HOWEVER, PLEASE PREPARE YOURSELF AHEAD OF TIME, BY READING THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES.

ABSTRACT: MID-TERM, NATIVE WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL & CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES
1. HEADER, LEFT HAND CORNER OF PAGE
NAME, I.D., CLASS TITLE, INSTRUCTOR'S NAME

2. TITLE OF TOPIC PROPOSAL (CENTERED)

3. PARAGRAPH:, (1ST-2ND SENTENCES) TOPIC FOCUS, THESIS STATEMENT, QUESTIONS OF CONCERN (FRAMING QUESTIONS)

4. PARAGRAPH: (3RD-4TH SENTENCES) THEORIES TO BE USED AS SUPPORTING STRUCTURES (TO BE DRAWN DIRECTLY FROM ASSIGNED READINGS, FILMS).

5. PARAGRAPH: (FINAL SENTENCE) ILLUMINATE THE READER WITH A MINIMUM OF 3 TEXTS (FROM THE READING LIST) WHICH YOU WILL USE TO BUILD YOUR PRESENTATION.

DUE: FRIDAY, 5P.M., IN MY EMAIL BOX.

--M.TAMEZ
email: nativewomen7tcs@gmail.com