Assignment for Monday, Feb. 1

In Civilization and Its Discontents, read and annotate pp. 10-21 in the blue edition or pp. 23-37 in the black and white edition. Come to class with at least two written questions about the reading.

For Wednesday, Jan. 27

Since you had homework over the weekend, but it was the end of the semester, you do not have an assignment due on Wednesday. During Wednesday's class, we will introduce Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents. If there is anything of interest that you have come across recently, you may share it with the class on Wednesday.

Assignment for Monday, Jan. 25

Prepare for the synthesis essay on Press's Beautiful Souls, Poitras's Citizenfour, and Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Refresh your memory about the figures discussed in Beautiful Souls, and go over the material (posted below on Dec. 11) about Edward Snowden and Citizenfour. Also, read the sample synthesis prompt and essays distributed in class. Be sure to read the scoring commentary to take special note of the highest scoring essay and avoid the weaknesses of the lower scoring essays.

Assignments for Tuesday, Jan. 19, and Thursday, Jan. 21

For Tuesday, finish reading and annotating Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (to p. 308). You may read the Appendix on the principles of newspeak, but it is not required. In class, we will discuss the end of the novel, and look at two previously adminstered AP synthesis essays.

On Thursday, you will write a synthesis essay about Beautiful Souls, CitizenFour, and Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Here are the links to the videos on North Korea that we viewed in class:
North Korea - A Day in the Life
10 Days in North Korea

Assignment for Tuesday, Jan. 12

Read and annotate to p. 204 in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.