DATE | TOPICS | ASSIGNMENTS |
WEEK 1: 9/4-9/8 | * Introduction | |
WEEK 2: 9/9-9/15 | * Module 3 – What is Ideology? * Module 4 – Social class, part 1 | * Study questions for both modules are due in class by Monday, 2/18. You can hand them in during this week as well, in class. * Note: we WILL NOT have class on Wednesday, 2/12, as it is Lincoln’s birthday and CUNY is closed. |
WEEK 3: 9/16-9/22 | * Module 5 – Social class, part 2 * Module 6 – How Class influenced the US Constitution | * NOTE: we will not have class on Monday, as CUNY is closed, however, we will meet on Tuesday, 2/18, which follows a Monday schedule. * Study questions are due by Sunday, midnight. |
WEEK 4: 9/23-9/29 | * Module 7 – Basic Structure of US Government * First Exam Review * Module 8 – FIRST EXAM | |
WEEK 5: 9/30-10/6 | * Module 9: Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights * Module 10: The Court System | |
WEEK 6: 10/7-10/13 | * Module 11: Supreme Court Case: Betty Dukes v. Walmart | |
WEEK 7: 10/14-10/16 | * Module 12: Should the Law be Always Obeyed? MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” * Second Exam Review on 10/16 | |
10/17 – 10/21 | * SECOND EXAM | * Due by midnight on 10/21 |