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Core 122
Spring 2009

Instructors:   Dr. Jennifer Easterwood
                       Dr. Araminta Johnston
                       Mrs. Teneal Pardue
                  
Videos
     PBS Show Where We Stand
    Obama on education in his speech to Congress
    WFAE story Military Recruiters in Schools
     The Colbert Report:
            The Word--Easy A
            The Word--Safety
            The Word--Bard
            Interview with John Kao
            Interview with Geoffrey Canada
            Interview with Roland Fryer
            Interview with Dave Levin
            Interview with Margaret Spellings
     The Daily Show:
            Christina Hoff Sommers
            Diane Ravitch

Information for Papers
      Service Learning Paper Assignment, due Mar 27
      Issue Paper Assignment
         Topic Due Mar 18
           Sources Due Apr 3
           Paper Due Apr 13
      Issue Paper Checklist
      Issue Paper Checklist for Dr. Johnston's Sections
      Link to bibliography help and other tools from the Center for Academic Success




Course Schedule
 
UNIT ONE: Making Citizenship Modern
 
M         Jan 12              Introduction
                                    Video: “The Dixie Chicks Speak Out”
                                    What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens today?
                                    "What Democracy Means to Me" by Johnny Carson
 
What does “modern” mean?
 
W        Jan 14              Reading: Peter Berger, “Toward a Critique of Modernity”
                                                 Reading Questions
 
F          Jan 16             Reading:  Alfie Kohn, “What Does It Mean to be Well Educated?”
                                                  Reading Questions
                       
M         Jan 19              NO CLASS - MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
 
T          Jan 20              PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION – 12 noon
                       
Why have a government?
 
W        Jan 21              Readings: John Locke, Treatise of Civil Government (excerpt)
                                                   Reading Questions
                                                    Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) (excerpt)
 
How are rights protected by a government?

F          Jan 23              Declaring Rights
            Reading Questions
Videos:  John Adams drafting Declaration
             John Adams approval of Declaration
             John Adams looking at Trumbull painting
 
M         Jan 26              Expanding Rights
                                    Reading: Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of
     July?”      
             Reading Questions
 
W        Jan 28              Representation and the People
                                   Reading: Constitution (1787)
                                        Reading Questions
                                   Reading: Bush's Assertion of Presidential Powers

 

                                                                                               
F          Jan 30              Assignment:  Supreme Court Activity
                                   Reading: Click on the links below for summaries of the cases: 
                                                   New Jersey v. TLO
                                                   Wisconsin v. Yoder
                                                   Tinker v. Des Moines
                                                   Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
                                                   Ingraham v. Wright
 
How do citizens participate in the political system?
 
M         Feb 2               American Democracy
                                  Reading: Putnam, “Bowling Alone,” Putnam, “The Strange
 
W        Feb 4               Reading: David Hilfiger, “The Limits of Charity”
                                    Reading Questions
                                    Discussion of Service Learning
                                  Service learning websites:
                                     CMS Volunteer Page (click on Elementary or Secondary volunteer opportunities)
                                     Bethlehem Center Volunteer Opportunities
                                     Hands on Charlotte
                                     United Way individual projects
                                     United Way group projects
                               volunteermatch.org
 
F          Feb 6 Review for Test
 
M         Feb 9 Test I
 
 
                        UNIT TWO: EDUCATION AND MODERN CITIZENSHIP
 
 
W        Feb 11             Reading:“John Locke,” from The Greatest Educational Theorists
                                                     From Across the Centuries and Around the World
                                                Reading Questions
 
F          Feb 13            Reading: Benjamin Franklin, “Proposals Relating to the Education of
                                                    the Youth of Pennsylvania”

 
M         Feb 16            Reading: Jeff Sparagana, “The Educational Theory of Thomas
                                                      Jefferson”
                                      Reading Questions for Franklin and Jefferson
 
W        Feb 18             Reading: “Why We Still Need Public Schools”
                                                Reading Questions
 
F          Feb 20            Reading: Esty, “Independent Schools: What, Whither, and Why”
                                                Reading Questions
 
To guarantee equal opportunities for all children
 
M         Feb. 23          Reading: http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/role.html,
                                               also read "Finance:  How do we fund our public schools?" and
                                               "Finance:  Challenging Equity in the Courts" from the 
                                               Where We Stand website.  Click on Finance in the blue box
                                               at the right.  The readings are beneath the video.

                                               Reading Questions
                
                                Video:   Where We Stand, Education Finance
 
W        Feb. 25           Reading: “No Child Left Behind,” CQ Researcher Online
                                               
                                               Reading Questions
 
F          Feb. 27          Readings:  CQ Weekly report on NCLB reform





To unify a diverse population
 
M         Mar 2              Reading: http://www.oyez.org
                                                    In the search box at the top of the page, select “Cases.” Then
                                                    Search for the following cases, one at a time.
 
                                                    Brown v. Board of Education
                                                    Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
                                                    University of California v. Bakke
                                                    Grutter v. Bollinger
                                                    Gratz v. Bollinger
                                                    Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
                                                    Parents Involved in Public Schools v. Seattle School District
                                 Civil Rights Timeline
                                                                       
W        Mar 4               Reading: “Racial Diversity in Public Schools,” CQ Researcher
           Online, Sept. 14, 2007
    Reading Questions
 
F          Mar 6               Reading: “Separate by Race and Income to Meet NCLB?” Lawrence
     Hardy, www.eddigest.com
 
M-F     Mar 9-13         SPRING BREAK
 
To prepare people for citizenship
 
M         Mar 16             Reading:  “What Kind of Citizen?” American Educational Research
                                    Journal, Summer 2004
                                  Reading Questions
 
W        Mar 18             Reading: “Should We Teach Patriotism?” Phi Delta Kappan, April 2006
                                  Reading Questions 
F          Mar. 20            Queens Cafe
 
To prepare people to become economically self-sufficient
 
M         Mar 23            Reading: Dewey, “Vocational Aspects of Education”
                                 Reading Questions
 
W        Mar 25             Readings:  “Old School Debate Is New Again,” New York Daily News
                                                   “Job Training versus Career Development: What is Voc
                                                   Ed’s Role?” “Vocational Education and the Dilemma of
                                                   Education”
                                 Reading Questions
 
F          Mar. 27            TBA
 
To improve social conditions
 
M         Mar. 30            Readings: "Schools, Prisons, and Social Implications of Punishment:
                                                   Rethinking Disciplinary Practices," Pedro Noguera, Theory 
                                                   into Practice, 42:4, Autumn 2003.

                                                   Reading Questions

                                                   “School-based interventions: Identifying children at risk
                                                   for depression or violence,” Harvard Mental Health
                                                   Letter, 25:3, September 2008; “Civility Speaks Up,”
                                                   Stephen Wessler, Educational Leadership, 66:1,
                                                   September 2008. “Why Are ‘Bad Boys’ Always Black?”
                                                   Carla R. Monroe, The Clearing House 79:1,
                                                   September/October 2005.
 
W        April 1              Readings: "The Links Between Education and Health," Catherine Ross 
                                                   and Chia-Ling Wu, American Sociological Review, 60:5, Oct 1995.
                                                   
                                                   Reading Questions

                                                   “Poverty’s Effect on U.S. Scores Greater Than for Other
                                                   Nations,” Sean Cavanagh, Education Week 27:15,
                                                   12/12/07; “The Question of Class,” Paul Gorski, Teaching
                                                   Tolerance 31 (Spring 2007); “Family Education and
                                                   Community Power: New Structures for New Visions in the
                                                   Educational Village,” Mary-Lou Brietborde and Louise
                                                   Boyle Swiniarski, Educational Studies 28:3, 2002.
             
F          April 3    Review for Test II
 
M         April 6   Test II
 
W        April 8    Citizen’s Forum Preparation
 
F          April 10  EASTER HOLIDAY
 
                       
UNIT THREE: Being an Active Citizen – the Forum
 
M         Apr. 13            Preliminary Proposal
                                    Task: Assess topic options and debate proposal possibilities.
 
W        Apr. 15             Finalize Proposal
                                    Task: Revise and finalize draft of proposal
                                   
F          Apr. 17            First Citizen’s Forum
                                    Proposals presented and questioned
                                    Sykes Auditorium
 
M         Apr. 20            Revise Proposals
                                    Task:  Reflect on proposals at the Forum
                                               Propose revisions to Section Proposal
                                               Make final Revisions to Proposal
 
W        Apr. 22            Final Citizen’s Forum
                                    Revised proposals presented and voted up or down
                                    Sykes Auditorium
 
F          Apr. 24            Review Citizen’s Forum
                                    Task: Debrief on the experience in active citizenship
 
M         Apr. 27            Critical Thinking Test
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