By the end of this module, you will: <\/strong> Assignments will always be due on the Wednesday following the week they were assigned,<\/em> (unless otherwise specified) at 11:59pm. Discussion Board comments are always be due by Sunday, 11:59pm for each given week, unless otherwise noted. Read the description, then click on the title of the assignment to open it. You can navigate back to this page by using the navigation buttons at the top of the page, or by clicking the back button on your web browser. Close reading is a SLOW, thoughtful, critical reading of a text that you want to understand well (this means, to understand some writing in all of its layers; to be able to explain to someone else what the reading was about, and to make your own judgements about it (do you agree with it, do you find problems with it, are there parts that you don’t understand, does it inspire you, or piss you off, etc.). To achieve such understanding, of the text, we have to understand the form of the text (how it is put together), its meanings, style. In other words, we have to annotate<\/strong> the text that we’re reading. To get you started, complete the following readings and assignments in order, from top to bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Begin this module by watching this video I made, which will give an overview of the material in this module, as well as contain important points related to what we’re studying here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– become familiar with Michelle Alexander’s arguments about the “New Jim Crow”.
– have a basic working knowledge of fundamental political concepts, such as: race, state, power, ideology, and how they intersect in everyday life
– Identify key ideas across several readings and assigned materials
– have practiced text annotation of the assigned reading
– critically analyze assigned text and video material<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nLesson 2.1: Close Reading and Annotation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
WATCH – Intro video<\/h3>\n\n\n\n