DATETOPICSASSIGNMENTS
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