Hums260 - U.S. Intercultural Perspectives, Fall 1997
Lecture 4, MW, 3-4.15, Harvill 302
Instructor: Sandra D. Shattuck

Daily Plan

Page numbers refer to the coursepack unless the reading is from one of the textbooks.


Dates to Remember - print out this page for a quick guide to important course dates and deadlines

Introduction to Course Structure
Confronting Stereotypes

Mon 25 Aug
Introduction; Computer/Research Survey; Meyette, "Trading Post - Winslow, Arizona"; ***get a university e-mail account***
Wed 27 Aug
Burns, "Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question" (199 and handout); Ronald Takaki, A Different Mirror (1-17; 21-50); research questions - recorder post to list; Quiz on Takaki


Mon 1 Sept
Labor Day, HOLIDAY
Wed 3 Sept
Meet in Library, Room A315 and another room TBA for a workshop on the Internet & Library. Research groups are assigned.


Telling Histories
Mon 8 Sept
"Created Equal: The Myth of the Melting Pot" (4-6);Johnson, "For My Indian Daughter" (129-130); Coyote Stories (142-147);Takaki (79-105, 225-245); Quiz on Takaki
Guest Speaker: Lynn Teague, Curator of Archaeology, Arizona State Museum
Wed 10 Sept
Arizona State Museum, "Paths of Life" exhibit, guided tour. Meet at the exhibit.


Homelands
Mon 15 Sept
Group 1 reports to the class list. The Right to Be, film. Rose, "Three Thousand Dollar Death Song" (15); Trask, "From a Native Daughter" (64-68); Allen, "Where I Come From is Like This" (1-4); "Nature and Technology" (59-60); Lame Deer, "Talking to the Owls and Butterflies" (74-78); Gordon & Suzuki, "How Did We Come to This" (69-74)
Wed 17 Sept
LaDuke, "Keynote Address" (222-?); Revard, "Driving in Oklahoma" (197); begin Ceremony (1-49); Silko, "Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective" (110-114); Quiz on Silko essay


Voices of the Spirits
Mon 22 Sept
Groups 1 & 2 report to the class list. Meet in Library, Room A315 and SEL 311 for an Introduction to Building Web Sites.
Wed 24 Sept
read Ceremony (100-213); Momaday, from House Made of Dawn (136-141); skim listserv postings; Quiz on Ceremony


Imagining Culture
Mon 29 Sep
Group 3 reports to the class list. Guest speaker: Martha Seikaly, Native American music. Finish Ceremony. Hand in Q-paper on postings from Groups 1 & 2.
Wed 1 Oct
***1st Cultural Event Paper due; slide presentation on Native American art; Midnight Sun, "Sex/Gender Systems in Native North America" (148-155); Owlfeather, "Children of Grandmother Moon" (156-160); Pahe, "Speaking Up" (161-164); take-home quiz on readings and postings


Confronting Stereotypes
Mon 6 Oct
Group 4 reports to the class list. Take-home quiz due. Isasi-Diaz, "Hispanic in America: Starting Points" (114-116); "A Gathering of Tribes" (97-101); Omi & Winant, "Racial Formation" (18-22); Takaki, Chapter 7 (166-190)
Wed 8 Oct
Anzaldua, "La conciencia de la mestiza/Towards a New Consciousness" (40-44); Cofer, "The Myth of the Latin Woman" (121-123); Parrillo, "Causes of Prejudice" (22-28); read Group 4 postings; Quiz


Telling Histories
Mon 13 Oct
Group 5 reports to the list. Valdez, Los Vendidos (131-135); Takaki, Chapter 13 (311-339)
Wed 15 Oct
Guest speaker. Cervantes, "Freeway 280" (197); Moraga, "The Breakdown of the Bicultural Mind" (207-216); read listserv postings; take-home Quiz


Homelands
Mon 20 Oct
Group 6 reports to the list.  Work on websites in CCIT 311.
Wed 22 Oct
Heart of Aztlan (1-61)


Mon 27 Oct
Group 7 reports to the list. Heart of Aztlan (111-166); Hernandez, "Para Teresa"; George, "Gray Boys, Funky Aztecs, and Honorary Homegirls" (34-40); turn in web text for your site
Wed 29 Oct
Guest speaker; finish Heart of Aztlan ((167-209); Cisneros, "My Lucy Friend Who Smells Like Corn" (205-206); read listserv postings; Quiz


Mon 3 Nov
Group 8 reports to the list. Work on websites in CCIT 311. Be sure to bring diskettes.
Wed 5 Nov
slides on Chicano/a murals; Mantsios, "Rewards and Opportunities: The Politics & Economics of Class" (45-53); read listserv postings; Quiz

Mon 10 Nov
Group 9 reports to the list. Chang, "Streets of Gold: The Myth of the Model Minority" (54-58); Takaki, "Searching for Gold Mountain: Starngers from a Pacific Shore," Chap. 8 (191-221)
Wed 12 Nov
Center for Creative Photography, print viewing room (2nd floor); "Asian Americans" (165-226?); Kondo, "On Being a Conceptual Anomaly" (101-105); read listserv postings; Quiz


Mon 17 Nov
Work on websites in CCIT 311. Bring diskettes.
Wed 19 Nov
Takaki, "Pacific Crossing: Seeking the Land of Money Trees," Chap. 10 (246-276); Fan Shen, "The Classroom and the Wider Culture" (105-110); Okita, "In Response to Executive Order..." (200)
Complete Web Sites due Fri 21 Nov


Mon 24 Nov
Tan, "Mother Tongue" (124-127); begin Bone (1-37)
Wed 26 Nov
rewrites of Cultural Events papers and listserv reports due; Bone (38-61)

Mon 1 Dec
Cultural Event paper #2 due (if you want to rewrite); Bone (61-155)
Wed 3 Dec
finish bone (156-194); Mirikitani, "We, the Dangerous" (17); Mura, "Listening" (204); Li-young Lee, "Persimmons" (200-201)


Mon 8 Dec
Cultural Event Paper #2 due (if you don't want to rewrite). Aisan American art.
Wed 10 Dec
evaluations

Final Exam
December 12, Friday, 2-4pm, Harvill 302 ? , Tuesday, 8-10am, Harvill 302