Calendar & due dates

Friday 30 January

Introduction to the class.

Friday 7 February

• First blog post due. Suggested topic: Describe a New York City encounter with someone from a culture or ethnicity different from your own.

Friday 14 February

• Second blog post due. Suggested topic: A personal experience of transportation in the city.

Friday 21 February

• Third blog post due. Suggested topic: A personal experience of art or music in the city.

Friday 28 February

• Fourth blog post due. Suggested topic: Is New York a good place to live?

• Read for today Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry."
The reading was handed out in class on February 21. You can access the text Here:
http://www.bartleby.com/142/86.html

Friday 7 March

• Fifth blog post due. Suggested topic: Compare New York to another major city you have lived in or visited.

Friday 14 March

• Sixth blog post due. Suggested topic: A famous New Yorker you admire or find interesting. Do not attempt a full bio—instead, write about why the person is interesting to you, and include some pertinent facts about his/her life.

• In class we will have a mid-term exam.

Friday 21 March

• Seventh blog post due. Suggested topic: Respond to a movie about New York; how well does the film capture the spirit of the city?

• Bring in a proposed topic for your research paper: one paragraph. This paragraph should be typed and printed out. The professor must approve your topic.

(Mid-term grades will be posted on Monday, 24 March)

Friday 28 March

• Eighth blog post due. Mandatory topic: Write about three sources you have found for your paper. Tell us how each source sheds light on you topic. The three sources should be listed at the end of the post using the MLA Works Cited format.

Friday 4 April

• Ninth blog post due. Mandatory topic: Choose one part of your research paper outline, and write that section as a blog post.

Friday 11 April

• Tenth blog post due. Mandatory topic: Choose one part of your research paper outline, and write that section as a blog post.

Friday 18 April : No class—Spring Recess

Friday 25 April

• Eleventh blog post due. Mandatory topic: Choose one part of your research paper outline, and write that section as a blog post.

• Read for today the final exam long reading [TBD].

Friday 2 May

• Twelfth blog post due. Mandatory topic: Write about something you discovered while researching your paper that you chose not to include in the final draft because it wasn’t directly relevant to your research question.

Friday 9 May

• Final research paper due.

16-23 May: Exam week