DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE 2026
Calendar: Below is a week-by-week and day-by- day schedule. We will stay as close to it as possible. However, be flexible and be willing to adjust. Adaptability is an important life skill!
Deadlines: I use what I call the one-week rule that takes any guess work out of when assignments are due. Quizzes are always due one week from the day they open on Blackboard. Blog posts are always due one week from the day we launch them in class. Movie Reflections are always due one week from the day we watched the movie. Presentations are indicated in the calendar below. Final Projects are due when you present them on the last day of class. Meeting deadlines is an important life skill!
Communication: The class will be set up as a Group e-mail in Outlook. This is the preferred method of communication, not the message function in Blackboard. Monitoring e-mail daily is an important life skill!
WEEK 1
DAY 1
Unit 1: Recitation — Six Freedoms of the First Amendment.
Unit: Mini-Bio Survey, Intro to Course, Syllabus Review.
DAY 2
Unit 1: Video — The Supreme Court — and How Law Is Made
Unit 2: Blog Setup — About Me & first post.
DAY 3
Unit 1: Partner Pairs — Bible / Slavery Challenge — short post.
Unit 2: Partner Pairs —Eight Values of Free Expression — (KEY POST).
DAY 4
Unit 1: Group Work — Research for Mock Trial & EOTO, State v. Mann (1840).
Unit 2: AI Boot Camp — Ethics in Academic Research.
DAY 5
Unit 1: Recitation — The Founding Era and the Idea of America.
Unit 2: Group Work — Presentation Preparation.
WEEK 2
DAY 1
Unit 1: Presentations – Mock Trial & EOTO, State v. Mann.
Unit 2: Presentations, cont'd.
DAY 2
Unit 1: Movie — Gone With the Wind (Part 1).
Unit 2: Discussion & Reflection Post.
DAY 3
Unit 1: Research — Town Hall Meeting on Slavery.
Unit 2: Key Post & Presentation Preparation.
DAY 4
Unit 1: Presentations — Town Hall Meeting.
Unit 2: Discussion & Reaction Post.
DAY 5
Unit 1: Group Work — Research for EOTO & Mock Trial, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).
Unit 2: Key Post & Presentation Preparation.
WEEK 3
DAY 1
Unit 1: Recitation — Civil War, Reconstruction & the Second Bill of Rights.
Unit 2: Presentation Preparation.
DAY 2
Unit 1: Presentations — EOTO & Mock Trial, Plessy v. Ferguson.
Unit 2: Presentations, cont'd.
DAY 3
Unit 1: Documentary — Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Unit 2: Blogging Workshop — Pro Tips & Poiinters.
DAY 4
Unit 1: Group Work — Research for EOTO & Mock Trial, Brown v. the Board (1954).
Unit 2: Key Post & Presentation Preparation.
DAY 5
Unit 1: Movie — In the Heat of the Night.
Unit 2: Discussion & Reflection Post.
WEEK 4
DAY 1
Unit 1: Presentations — EOTO & Mock Trial., Brown v. the Board.
Unit 2: Presentations, cont'd.
DAY 2
Unit 1: Movie — Green Book.
Unit 2: Discussion & Reflection Post.
DAY 3
Unit 1: Partner Pairs — Final Project Launch.
Unit 2: Key Post & PowerPoint Slides.
DAY 4
DAY 5
Final Exam Period — Cottrell Ballroom
Breakfast Business Meeting Simulation
Graded Presentations in Partner Pairs
Corresponding Final Blog Post Due
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