INTD 105 | The Battle for Christmas
FALL 2005 SCHEDULE
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m., Milne 105.
Week 1
Aug. 29 - Introductions
Aug. 31 - Language and Change: Blogs and Wikis
Sept. 2 - Language and Holidays: Culture, Convention, Myth
Week 2
Sept. 5 - Labor Day - No Classes
Sept. 7 - Discuss: Nissenbaum, Chapter 1 ("New England's War on Christmas")
Sept. 9 - Edit: First Paper Draft Due
Week 3
Sept. 12 - Write
Sept. 14 - Discuss: Horace, Satire 2.7
Sept. 16 - Edit: First Paper Due
Week 4
Sept. 19 - Library Tour
Sept. 21 - Discuss: Livingston or Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas; Kennedy, "The Man Who Hitched the Reindeer to the Sleigh" (ERes); Nissenbaum, Chapter 2 ("Revisiting 'A Visit from St. Nicholas'")
Sept. 23 - Edit: Second Paper Draft Due
Week 5
Sept. 26 - Write
Sept. 28 - Discuss: Foster, "Yes, Virginia, There Was a Santa Claus" (ERes); Nickell, "The Case of the Christmas Poem" (ERes); Moore (?), Old Santeclaus
Sept. 30 - Edit: Second Paper Due
Week 6
Oct. 3 - Write
Oct. 5 - Discuss: Nissenbaum, Chapter 3 ("The Parlor and the Street")
Oct. 7 - Edit: Third Paper Draft Due
Week 7
Oct. 10 - Fall Break
Oct. 12 - Write
Oct. 14 - Edit: Third Paper Due
Week 8
Oct. 17 - Write
Oct. 19 - Discuss: Nissenbaum, Chapter 4 ("Affection's Gift")
Oct. 21 - Edit: Fourth Paper Draft Due
Week 9
Oct. 24 - Write
Oct. 26 - Discuss: Nissenbaum, Chapter 5 ("Under the Christmas Tree")
Oct. 28 - Edit: Fourth Paper Due
Week 10
Oct. 31 - Write
Nov. 2 - Discuss: Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Nov. 4 - Edit: Fifth Paper Draft Due
Week 11
Nov. 7 - Write
Nov. 9 - Discuss: Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Nov. 11 - Edit: Fifth Paper Due
Week 12
Nov. 14 - Write
Nov. 16 - Discuss: Nissenbaum, Chapter 6 ("Tiny Tim and other Charity Cases")
Nov. 18 - Edit: Sixth Paper Draft Due. (Update: Draft now due Nov. 30 Dec. 2.)
Week 13
Nov. 21 - Write
Nov. 23 - Thanksgiving Vacation
Nov. 25 - Thanksgiving Vacation
Week 14
Nov. 28 - Write
Nov. 30 - Discuss: Nissenbaum Chapter 7 ("Wassailing Across the Color Line")
Dec. 2 - Edit: Sixth Paper Due (Update: Paper now due Dec. 5 Dec. 9.)
Week 15
Dec. 5 - Write
Dec. 7 - Discuss: Nissenbaum, Epilogue
Dec. 9 - Conclusions
Final Meeting
Dec. 12 - Mandatory Information Literacy Assessment