Ewa Barnes

Welcome to week 8! Midterm exams, check-ins and surveys are due by tonight. Thank you to all those who’ve already submitted.

This week we begin to work on the argumentative essay. What issues do you care about? Select one from …

Hi Everyone, and so great to see many of you on Flip!

Midterm week officially begins today! Good luck! (And since it’s a holiday I’m keeping the exam open for 1 extra day, until Tuesday, October 17th).

There is a …

How is your week going?

I’ll start with comments on last week’s post. It’s exciting that, on the OpenLab, you can browse through the list of “authors,” and that you are one of them (as long as you posted your …

Dear CRT Students,

Thank you for all your amazing work on week 4. Your discussion board on cults was fascinating to read. Some of you created your own cults, and others summarized interesting sources on this topic.

So, what have …

Please see this overview of this week’s unit.

In Week 6, we are thinking about how we make decisions in life, and discussing an organized approach to problem-solving. How do you make important decisions in your life? There is a …

Dear All,

In Week 5, we are beginning to prepare for the argumentative essay assignment. It’s all about opposing viewpoints, analyzing arguments, and developing your own opinion on a given topic. Please review the reading on arguments, and take notes …

Dear CRT Students: I enjoyed reading through your personal examples of bias in question 10 of week 3s quiz. We all have biases and experience the biases of others–the challenge, now that we discussed them in more detail, is: how …

Hi Everyone,

The posts about Beyonce’s song “Formation” were absolutely impressive, very dynamic and fun to read. Many of you went above and beyond the assignment requirements. You noted that the song is about feminism, African American female empowerment and pride, …