Smiley & West Poverty Tour Part 2

Watch The Poverty Tour Part 2 on PBS. See more from TAVIS SMILEY.

Formal Essay #3

Simply stated: Columbus: Hero or villain? Use Howard Zinn Chapter 1 and this Ayn Rand Foundation article to back your claim. Use specific reference to both or either text. As part of the argument, also acknowledge and dispute one of the key claims made by the other Also, feel free to utilize the Oakcrest databases or any other credible sources to back your point.

Be specific. Be innovative. Bring good people to your knife fight!

UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident

Journal #13

Time Magazine article

Assignment: Essay 2: Due Monday, November 14th

Here's some resource from the pro-war side.

 War Is Sometimes the Only Answer

Tour on Poverty Introduction

Tour on Poverty Part One

Watch The Poverty Tour   Part 1 on PBS. See more from Tavis Smiley.

Monday, November 7, 2011 - In Class Resources

War...What is it good for?  The previous link is to the official video for Eddie Vedder's song "No More War."

NPR piece about wounded marines. 

A CBS news article on why America can't shake war. 

Journal #12: After watching You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, there seems to be only one truth left to uncover: can war really be eradicated? Is war a cruel reality, or an antiquated notion that can be overcome?

No More War by Eddie Vedder

Dr. Cornel West (Princeton) discusses why he went on a "poverty tour"

Watch Princeton professor Dr. Cornel West on PBS. See more from Tavis Smiley.

Scarlet Letter Symposium Feedback

Scarlet Letter Symposium: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly:


Family 1: The Good: Enjoyed the scary story motif. Nice job emphasizing the pink ribbons. Janistie's points really stood out as the most intricate...I very much enjoyed her analysis of the difference between "supernatural" and "emotional" elements.

The Bad: Faith does not equal Hester, YGB does not equal Dimmesdale. It seemed that you guys were forcing the connection between the works, should've focused less on characters. Large points of story missed.