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DATE |
DAILY LESSON / WHAT IS DUE |
| WEEK ONE |
INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD OF WOMEN'S STUDIES |
| Monday, April 18 |
Submit:
Lesson: Course introduction /
Issues, Chapter 1, pp. 1-32 / {Shaw and Lee:
"Women's Studies: Perspectives and Practices"} |
| Wednesday, April 20 |
Submit: GROUP PRESENTATIONS [AND DISCUSSION]: Primary texts: Feminist Foremothers (Issues,
Ch. 9, pp. 516-84) / GROUP A: Wollstonecraft (pp. 534-38) and
Seneca Falls (pp. 541-43), GROUP B: Truth (pp. 544-45) and Anthony
(pp. 552-56), GROUP C: Beauvoir (562-69) and Friedan (570-74),
GROUP D: Millett (577-83) and Beijing Declaration (584-89) Lesson:
Feminist Foremothers, Issues, Ch. 9, pp. 503-15 / DISCUSSION
of Mother/Grandmother Project |
| Friday, April 22 |
Submit by 4pm (to Washington Hall 25 [2nd floor]): Assignment, "Mother/Grandmother
Project"
No class today due to NCUR.
Make sure to submit assignment by 4pm today. |
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| WEEKS TWO AND THREE |
GENDER SYSTEMS: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES |
| Monday, April 25 |
Submit in class: Service-learning journal Lesson:
Patriarchy and Sexism, Issues, Ch. 2, pp. 61-74, 75-78, 92-93,
107-16, 117-23 / DISCUSSION
of service-learning experiences AND "Thinking About Privilege" |
| Wednesday, April 27 |
Submit: GROUP PRESENTATION, GROUP A: Lesson:
Portrayal of Women, Issues, Ch. 3, pp. 124-37, 148-49, 150-55,
156-68, 169 / FILM: "Beyond Killing Us
Softly: The Strength to Resist" (32 min.) (Leyburn: HF
5827.K552 2000) |
| **Thursday, April 28, 7:00pm, Elrod Commons Theater |
Attendance optional: Betsy Kleiner (W&L, '93) will
present and discuss the video she created while at W&L. The video,
entitled "Painful Encounters," looks at issues surrounding sexual
assault on campus. |
| Friday, April 29 |
Submit by 4pm: Assignment, "Observing Gender"
Lesson: Feminist Resistance, Issues, Ch. 4, pp. 170-85,
186-87, 188-90, 191-99, 200-04, 205-08 AND "NOW" selection , Ch. 9, pp.
575-76 / VISIT: PAM SIMPSON,
Professor, Art History and President of local chapter of the National
Organization of Women |
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| Monday, May 2 |
Submit in class: Service-learning journal Lesson:
Women's Subordination, Issues, Ch. 5, pp. 209-18, 219-20, 221-22,
228-36, 237-46 /
DISCUSSION of service-learning experiences |
| Wednesday, May 4 |
Submit: GROUP PRESENTATION, GROUP B: Lesson:
The Effects of Sexism on Women's Private Lives,
Issues, Ch. 6, pp. 249-64
/ FILM: "Defending Our Lives" (42 min.) (Leyburn:
HV6626 .D43 1993 ) |
| **Thursday, May 5 |
Women's Studies Colloquium, 4:00pm: Professor Leslie
Cintron (Sociology) will give a talk titled "American Attitudes towards
Work and Family Balance" (Newcomb 9) / *ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED. |
| Friday, May 6 |
Submit by 4pm: Assignment, "Gender Scavenger Hunt"
Lesson: The Effects of Sexism on Women's Private Lives / Violence Against Women (continued), Issues,
Ch. 6, pp. 264-80 /
VISIT: JUDY CASTEELE, Executive Director,
Project Horizon |
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| WEEKS FOUR AND FIVE |
GENDER SYSTEMS: EFFECTS ON OUR PRIVATE LIVES AND PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS |
| **Monday and Tuesday, May 9-10 |
A Festival of Native Writers at Washington and Lee (*features
numerous Native American women writers) |
| Monday, May 9 |
Submit in class: Service-learning journal Lesson:
Effects of Gender on Women's Private Lives, Issues, Ch. 6,
pp. 289-93, 294-98, 299-307, 318-24, 325-28 / DISCUSSION of service-learning
experiences *4:00pm: Festival of Native Writers: New
Medicines (session on gender) / Commons 345 |
| Wednesday, May 11 |
Submit: Lesson: Effects of Gender on Women's Private Lives
(continued), Issues, Ch. 6, pp. 329-39, 340, 341-43 /
VISIT: CHRISTY BARONGAN, W&L Counseling Psychologist |
| Friday, May 13 |
**Submit: GROUP PRESENTATION, GROUP C: Submit by 4pm: Assignment, Gender Transgression
Lesson: Discrimination: Effects of Sexism on Public
Institutions, Issues, Ch. 7, pp. 344-54, 355-73 |
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| Monday, May 16 |
Submit in class: Service-learning journal Lesson:
Discrimination (continued), Issues, Ch. 7, pp. 383-97,
405-07, 408-23, 424-27, 439-44 / DISCUSSION of service-learning experiences |
| Wednesday, May 18 |
Submit: GROUP PRESENTATIONS of Academic Journals
assignment Lesson: Sexist Ideology and Our World, Issues,
Ch. 8, pp. 445-58, 459-66 / FILM: "Women of the World"
(29 min.) |
| Friday, May 20 |
Submit by 4pm: Written paper for Academic Journals
assignment Lesson: Sexist Ideology and Our World
(continued), Issues, Ch. 8, pp. 467-72, 473-82, 483-87, (497-502) / VISIT:
THERESA BRAUNSCHNEIDER, Assistant Professor, English |
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| WEEK SIX |
WOMEN AND FAMILIES / COURSE WRAP-UP |
| Monday, May 23 |
**Submit: GROUP PRESENTATION, GROUP D:
The Second Shift, 5 of the case studies Submit in class: Service-learning journal
Lesson:
Women and Families (The Second Shift) |
| Wednesday, May 25 |
Submit: Lesson: Women and Families (continued)
(The Second Shift) / COURSE WRAP-UP |
| Friday, May 27 |
Preparation for final exam; PICK
UP FINAL EXAM IN WASH. HALL AT ANY TIME BETWEEN 1:00 AND 4:00 PM |
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| FINAL EXAM |
DUE BY 12:00 NOON ON MONDAY, MAY 30 |