101 Assignments

101 FDAMF - American Foundations

Current Assignments Page

(Assignments are found below the Announcements section.)

R. E. Clark: "Students often report enjoying instructional methods from which they end up learning the least." (Educational Psychologist, 17, 92-101.)

Boyd K. Packer: "A desire to learn is one thing. An expressed willingness to be taught and to be corrected is quite another.... Many will say they want to learn but feel threatened if there is the slightest element of correction in what they are given." (BYU, 4 March 1990; BYU Today, March 1991, 24.)

Click here for President Kim B. Clark's counsel for a Zion university: be prepared and on time.

Announcements/Reminders:

1. Can I go home early? BYU-I Policy statement about leaving for home before the semester is over.

2. GROUP ASSIGNMENTS:

Section 1

Section 9

Section 12

Section 13

Assignments:

Click here for past assignments.

Final Essay: (1) Bring paper and pen or pencil to the classroom. (2) Instructions will be given to you in class. (3) Carefully follow the instructions. (4) Date to write the Final Essay: Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

You may start working on the following assignments immediately; do not wait until the day they are due to start looking at them.

Due Fri, Nov 6:

1. Distribute (and collect) Answers #8 "Market Challenges #2" to (from) 2 members of your group. Click here for Answers-Critiques instructions. Take the Answers home, read them, mark them up, and write your Critiques about them.

2. Print out (or have on computer) Topic #9 "Inclusion & Exclusion" and bring to class on Monday.

3. Group work on Obama and the Economy:

Select 3 articles from the collection.

Select a member of the group to submit a paper (hard copy) reporting on what went on the group (to be handed in on Monday):

Section #

Group #

Names

Which 3 authors / articles?

Who did what? Who said what? Etc.

You are to act as Obama defenders and attack the articles: look for bias, faulty reasoning, logical fallacies, etc. (You may personally agree or disagree with the articles.)

Due Mon, Nov 9:

1. Submit 4-part, graded, stapled Answers #8 "Market Challenges #2". Click here for Answers-Critiques instructions.

2. Topic #9 "Inclusion & Exclusion" pp. 1-7 studied before class.

3. Quiz #9A "Inclusion & Exclusion" pp. 1-7. Study Guide: (1-3) Distinguish between and among the sociological definitions in the two groups on page 2; (4) Do the case study at the top of page 3; (5) What was FDR's Executive Order 9066 about?

4. Hand in group work summary of Obama and the Economy

Due Wed, Nov 11:

1. Topic #9 "Inclusion & Exclusion" pp. 8-12 studied before class.

3. Quiz #9B "Inclusion & Exclusion" pp. 8-12. Study Guide: (1) What was the purposes of the Exclusion Act of 1882? (2) Which religious group forms the backbone of American Christianity? (3) Which group brought Catholicism to America in masse? (4) Who wrote Our Country? (5) What was it about; what was its purposes?

Due Fri, Nov 13:

1. Distribute (and collect) Answers #9 "Inclusion & Exclusion" to (from) 2 members of your group. Click here for Answers-Critiques instructions. Take the Answers home, read them, mark them up, and write your Critiques about them.

2. Print out (or bring on your computer) Topic #10 "Political Parties" and bring to class on Monday.

Due Mon, Nov 16:

1. Submit 4-part, graded, stapled Answers #9 "Inclusion & Exclusion". Click here for Answers-Critiques instructions.

2. Topic #10 "Political Parties" pp. 1-7 studied before class.

3. Quiz #10A "Political Parties" pp. 1-7. Study Guide: (1)

4. Click here for the 2008 Democratic Party Platform.

5. Click here for the 2008 Republican Party Platform.

Due Wed, Nov 18:

1. Topic #10 "Political Parties" pp. 8-12 studied before class.

2. Quiz #10B "Political Parties" pp. 8-12. Study Guide: (1)

3. Click here for the 2008 Democratic Party Platform.

4. Click here for the 2008 Republican Party Platform.

Due Fri, Nov 20:

1. Distribute (and collect) Answers #10 "Political Parties" to (from) 2 members of your group. Click here for Answers-Critiques instructions. Take the Answers home, read them, mark them up, and write your Critiques about them.

2. Print out (or on your computer) Topic #11 "Technology, Communications, and Socialization" and bring it to class on Monday, Nov. 30.

3. Click here for the 2008 Democratic Party Platform.

4. Click here for the 2008 Republican Party Platform.

Mon, Nov 23; Wed, Nov 25; Fri, Nov 27: NO CLASS -- "EXAMINATION DAYS" & THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

Due Mon, Nov 30:

1. Submit 4-part, graded, stapled Answers #10 "Political Parties". Click here for Answers-Critiques instructions.

2. Topic #11 "Technology, Communications, and Socialization" pp. 1-7 studied before class.

3. Quiz #11A "Technology, Communications, and Socialization" pp. 1-7. Study Guide: (1)

Due Wed, Dec 2:

1. Topic #11 "Technology, Communications, and Socialization"" pp. 8-14 studied before class.

2. Quiz #11B "Technology, Communications, and Socialization " pp. 8-14. Study Guide: (1)

Due Fri, Dec 4:

1. Distribute (and collect) Answers #10 "Technology, Communications, and Socialization" to (from) 2 members of your group. Click here for Answers-Critiques instructions. Take the Answers home, read them, mark them up, and write your Critiques about them.

2. Print out (or on your computer) Topic #12 "America in the World" and bring it to class on Monday, Nov. 30.

Due Mon, Dec 7:

1. Submit 4-part, graded, stapled Answers #11 "Technology, Communications, and Socialization ". Click here for Answers-Critiques instructions.

2. Topic #12 "America in the World " pp. 1-5 studied before class.

3. Quiz #12A "America in the World " pp. 1-5. Study Guide: (1)

Due Wed, Dec 9:

1. Topic #12 "America in the World " pp. 6-8 studied before class.

2. Quiz #12B "America in the World" pp. 6-8. Study Guide: (1)

Due Fri, Dec 11:

1. Study the Humanist Manifesto (especially the first one) before class.

2.

Due Mon, Dec 14:

1. Quiz #25 on the "Humanist Manifesto". Study Guide: (1)

Due Wed, Dec 16:

1. Bring a sheet or two of 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper to class (or A4 size).

2. Bring a pen or pencil to class.

3. Write the 4-part Final Essay, based on instructions given in class.

4. So long, farewell, adieu, good-bye, best wishes, all the best, cheerio, & bon voyage.