WEEK-BY-WEEK '25

Week 1

Welcome & Intros

        Tuesday: Recitation — Six Freedoms of the First Amendment. Intro to course and syllabus.
        Thursday: Blog Workshop and first post. 

Week 2 

            Tuesday:The Supreme Court & How Law Is Made.  

                             Blogging tips and trouble-shooting. 

            Thursday:Recitation — The Founding Era and the Idea of America. 

 

Week 3 

Tuesday: Pairs — Slavery & Religion Challenge (blog post). 

Thursday: Pairs — The Eight Values of Free Expression (KEY POST). 


Week 4 

            Tuesday: Group – Research Mock Trial & EOTO 

            Thursday: Research & Blog Workshop. 


Week 5 

            Tuesday: Research Mock Trial & EOTO & Video.  

            Thursday:

 

Week 6 

            Tuesday: Presentations — EOTO & Mock Trial. 

            Thursday:Presentations, cont'd. Blog coaching.

 

Week 7 

        Tuesday: Research —  Town Hall Meeting on Slavery.

     Thursday:  Movie — Gone With the Wind. 

 

Week 8 


FALL BREAK! 


Week 9 


    Tuesday: Presentations — Town Hall Meeting.

    Thursday: Recitation — Civil War, Reconstruction & the Second Bill of Rights.

            

Week 10 

            Tuesday: Research — EOTO & Mock Trial, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).

            Thursday: Documentary — Reconstruction: America After the Civil War. 

 

Week 11 

        Tuesday: Presentations — EOTO & Mock Trial. 

        Thursday: Presentations, cont'd.  


Week 12 

            Tuesday: Movie — In the Heat of the Night. 

            Thursday: Blogging Workshop.


Week 13 

Tuesday: Research— EOTO & Mock Trial, Brown v. the Board(1954). 

Thursday:Blog Workshop — catch up and polish. 


Week 14 

Tuesday: Presentations — EOTO & Mock Trial. 

Thursday: Presentations, cont'd. 


Week 15 

Tuesday: Movie — Green Book.

Thursday: THANKSGIVING.


Week 16

Tuesday: Final Project Launch.

Thursday: Documentary -- The March.


Week 17 


Final Exam Period — 8 a.m. Dec. 9 — Cottrell Ballroom 

Breakfast Business Meeting Simulation 

Graded Presentation in Pairs 

Corresponding Final Blog Post Due 



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