From your service learning project handout:
2. Written Narrative: this is the “raw” form of your organizational history. You’ll turn one copy in to me and another in to your organization (they may want it in electronic form as well as a typed copy). The text from this narrative will be the bulk of your final product.
• First Draft: due April 4, this initial draft will be graded on a check-/check/check+ basis. There’s no specific page-length requirement, but keep in mind that my comments will be more useful to you the more finished your draft is.
• Length: at least ten pages, typed, double spaced.
• Organization: your narrative should be a fairly standard history, with an introduction, clear structure, and a conclusion.
• Due date: May 12, noon, in my office or via email attachment
Just a reminder, as announced in class, there is no journal entry due for tomorrow. Just focus on getting your first drafts into shape.
To post to the blog, you'll need to go to http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ (NOT the main blog page for our class). The login option is the first one on the upper left. Log on using your x500 & password. From there, you should see the administrative page for the site. Select "New Entry" and you're good to go. You may want to just write your questions in Word, and then cut and paste them into the text editing window for the blog.
I will be out of town starting Wednesday. My office hours are cancelled for Thursday, March 3, and I likely will not respond to email Wed-Sat.
You can now pick up your Bolt text from Amazon. They'll also be bringing copies of it to class on Monday, to help those of you who don't have time/transportation to get over there this week.
I just spoke to the good folks over at Amazon. It looks like they won't have the book for us for another week yet. What this means for you: pick up the other books from Amazon; I'll make arrangements to get you what you need for the reading for week three AND work something out so that they can bring the Bolt book to our class once they have it.
We covered a lot of ground on Monday, especially regarding the service learning assignment. Now that you've had some time to think about what we discussed, do you have any questions for me?
Leave a comment with your question - I'll be answering them (also in the comments) tomorrow and Friday. (It's very likely that many of your classmates have similar questions to yours, so this format will help other people in the class, too.)
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Here is a brief description of the class:
We will ground our study of Western feminism's history by examining the way feminism has developed in the United States and in England. A substantial amount of our time will explore the interactions between Western feminisms and those in other parts of the world. As one of our primary activities, students will research and write organizational histories for local feminist organizations (specific organizations will be chosen the first day of class). Writing assignments and other coursework have been adjusted, but it is important that you are committed to this project, which will require significant time outside of the classroom.
For further information, please see the syllabus.