DAILY WORK SCHEDULE

Note: bulleted items are due on the date immediately above them. All work is due at the start of class unless otherwise noted.

Note: The designation “BA” means the reading is found in the Broadview Anthology of American Literature.

Monday, May 12, 2025

• First day of classes.

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

• Read the instructions and complete the Contact Information handout (See Handouts page).
• Read the instructions and complete the Student Contract handout (See Handouts page).
• Read "How to Really Read This Book" (Download from the Readings section of the Canvas web page)
• Read and mark in the Broadview Anthology (noted as BA) the following:
• “Indigenous North American Cultures and Literatures” (BA 1-5).
•  “Contact, and the Literature of Contact” (BA 5-15).
• "Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Accounts of the Arrival of the Whites) oral tradition (BA 116-119, stop when you get to Thomas Harriot)
• Read and mark the following documents found in the Readings section of the Canvas course site in this order:
• "In Focus: America in the World/The World in America" (background essay that sets up the following additional excerpts from much larger works)
• from Utopia (Thomas More)
• from Of Cannibals (Michel de Montaigne)
• America (Painting)
• from New Atlantis (Francis Bacon)
• “from Christopher Columbus with Bartolomé de las Casas, Journal of the First Voyage to America” (BA 90-94).
• “Chrisopher Columbus, Letter of Columbus to Various Persons Describing the Results of His First Voyage and Written on the Return Journey” (BA 94-97).
• Read and mark “Requermiento” by Palacios Rubios (See Readings section of Canvas page).
• Read and mark “from Bartolomé de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies” (BA 99-103).

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

• Read and mark the following in in the Broadview Anthology (BA):
• “New Mexico: The Pueblo Revolt” (BA 104-105).
• “Antonio de Otermín, letter on the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, 8 September 1680” (BA 105-11)

• All of the selections by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (BA 137-144).
• Read and mark all of the John Smith section (BA 146-163)
• Read and mark all of Richard Frethorne (See Reading section of Canvas page).
• Last day to add a six-week course

Thursday, May 15, 2025

• NO CLASS: Dr. Halbert has graduation duties.
• You may want to start doing some of the readings.

Monday, May 19, 2025

• Read and mark the entire William Bradford section (BA 165-181).
• Read and mark the entire “John Winthrop” section (BA 187-197).
• Read and mark the following from the Anne Bradstreet section:
• “Anne Bradstreet” Bio (BA 213-215).
• “Prologue” (include the title page reproduction) (BA 215-217).
• “The Flesh and the Spirit” (BA 221-223).
• “To My Dear and Loving Husband” (BA 234).
• “A Letter to Her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment” (BA 234).
• "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665, Being a Year and Half Old" (BA 225).
• "On My Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet, Who Died on 16 November, 1669, being but a Month, and One Day Old" (BA 235).
• “For Deliverance from a Fever” (BA 235-236).
• “To My Dear Children” (BA 227-29).
• Last day to drop before withdrawal required

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

• NO CLASS: Dr. Halbert will be engaged in election activities.
• Do read and mark the following: it will be part of the reading checking on Wednesday, May 21:
• Read the following from Cotton Mather:
• “Cotton Mather” Bio (273-274).
• from Wonders of the Invisible World (BA 275-279).
• The Negro Christianized (available in the Readings section of our Canvas site).
• Read the following from Jonathan Edwards:
• “Jonathan Edwards” Bio (BA 284-286).
• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (BA 286-295).
• Voting information:
• If you are registered to vote, please vote in the primary.
• Republicans and Democrats are voting who will appear on the ballot in the fall for various local and state positions.
• A handful of localities have ballot questions for any registered voter, regardless of party.
• Check to see your local Montgomery County municipality sample ballot.
• Check to see if you are registered to vote and where your voting location is.
• If you need to register to vote, you can register here. Note that you will not be able to vote in the primary, but you will be able to vote in the fall.
• First day to withdraw without signature

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

• Academic Article Activity Due (20 points).  First, read and mark "’Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God’: Some Unfinished Business” by Edward J. Gallagher. Present marked essay in class and post written response in the “Academic Article Activity” Assignment.  See Assignment description for specific details. (Marked text=5 points; Activity=20 points)

Thursday, May 22, 2025

• Read and mark the selections by William Byrd (in Readings section of Canvas web page).
• Quotation Assignment #1 Due. Submit to the “Quotation Assignment #1” Assignment. This assignment will not be accepted late (20 points).
• Review the essay questions for the midterm exam, available in the Graded Tasks section of the class web page.

Monday, May 26, 2025

• NO CLASS: Memorial Day Holiday

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

• Draft of Paper #1 due.  Post a copy in the "Paper #1: Draft" Discussion Board topic. Posting is worth five points.
• We will have a workshop on your drafts today worth 20 points. You must attend class with a completed draft printed for a partner to read to get those points. Incomplete drafts will be prorated, but it is better to come with a partial draft than to skip class.
• If you had an accommodations letter sent to me, please send me an email to remind me that you will need extra time on the midterm exam so I can make arrangements.

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

• Read and mark the following texts by or about Thomas Paine:
• “Thomas Paine” Bio (BA 391-393).
• from Common Sense (BA 395-400).
• “The American Crisis” (available online) .
• Read the following Franklin essays in the Broadview Anthology:
• “Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America” (BA 305-308).
• “On the Slave Trade” (BA 308-310).
• Read and mark the following short piece by Benjamin Franklin found on the open web:
• “The Way to Wealth”
• “A Witch Trial at Mount Holly”
• “The Speech of Polly Baker”
• “Speech in the Convention”

Thursday, May 29, 2025

• Midterm exam. Remember to use the quotation study guide (available on the Graded Tasks page) to get ready for the identifications section. Remember to prepare an exam card for the essay question (available on the Graded Tasks page) to get ready for the exam. Historically, students who choose not to do an exam card do very poorly on the exam.

Monday, June 2, 2025

• Final draft of Paper #1 due by noon in the “Paper 1: Final Draft (Graded copy)” in Assignments (for up to 200 points) and the “Paper 1: Final Draft (Discussion Board)” option (for 5 points).  See checklist for details.

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

• Read and mark the entire Thomas Jefferson section (BA 403-415).
• Read and mark the following in the J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur Letters from an American Farmer section of BA:
• “J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur” Biography (BA 371-374)
• From Letter 3: What Is an American? (BA 374-382)
• From Letter 9: Description of Charles-Town (BA 382-388)

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

• Read the following from Washington Irving:
• “Washington Irving” (Bio: BA 534-536)
• “Rip Van Winkle” (BA 536-546)
• “From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty by Diedrich Knickerbocker: Book 1, Chapter 5” (Readings on Canvas).
• Read and mark the following by or about Phillis Wheatley:
• "Phillis Wheatley” bio (BA 514-515).
• "To MÏcenas" (BA 515-16).
• "To the University of Cambridge, in New England" (BA 516)
• "On Being Brought from Africa to America" (BA 517)
• “On Imagination” (BA 517-18).
• "To His Excellency General Washington" (BA 519-20).)
• “In-Context: Preface to Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral” (BA 523-24)
• Letter to Samson Occom (Available online)

Thursday, June 5, 2025

• Read and mark the following by Olaudah Equiano:
• “Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa” bio (BA 424-426).
• Chapters 1-3 of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vasa, the African, Written by Himself (BA 427-440).
• Read and mark the following by or about Frederick Douglass:
• “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” (BA 1125-1140).
• Photographs of Frederick Douglass (BA1140-1143, no notes needed).
• Last day to withdraw without signature

Friday, June 6, 2025

• NO CLAS: We do not meet on Fridays
• First day to withdraw with signature

Monday, June 9, 2025

• Read and mark the following from the Frederick Douglass section:
• “Frederick Douglass”  (BA1068-1072)
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself  (BA 1072-1121; stop at “My Old Master,” which is not part of the book).
• WARNING: This is a long reading.

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

• Read and mark the follow texts about women’s rights in America:
• Letters between Abigail and John Adams (Readings on Canvas).
• The Entire Sarah Moore Grimké section (BA 701-706).
• Sojourner Truth: “Speech at the Akron, Ohio Women’s Rights Convention, 1851” (BA 911-917: read both version and review photos).
• Fanny Fern selections (Readings on Canvas).
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton: “Declaration of Sentiments” (Readings on Canvas).
• Read and mark the entire Margaret Fuller section (BA 842-853).

Wednesday, Juen 11, 2025

• Read and mark the following by or about Ralph Waldo Emerson:
• “Ralph Waldo Emerson” bio (BA 706-709).
• selections from Nature (BA 709-711).
• “Self-reliance” (BA 714-728)
• Read and mark the following by or about Henry David Thoreau:
• “Henry David Thoreau” bio (BA 994-997).
• “Resistance to Civil Government” (BA 998-1010).

Thursday, June 12, 2025

• Quotation Assignment #2 Due. Submit to the “Quotation Assignment #2” Assignment. This assignment will not be accepted late (20 points).
• Read the following by or about Edgar Allan Poe:
• “Edgar Allan Poe” bio (BA 805-807).
• “The Fall of the House of Usher” (BA 817-27).
• “The Tell-Tale Heart” (BA 827-29).
• “The Raven” (BA 835-37).
• “Annabel Lee” (BA 840-41).
• Last day to withdraw with signature

Friday, June 13, 2025

• NO CLAS: We do not meet on Fridays
• Any withdrawals will require an appeal to administration
• First day to request an incomplete grade

Monday, June 16, 2025

• Draft of Paper #2 Due. Post a copy in the "Paper #2: Draft" Discussion Board topic. Posting is worth five points.
• We will have a workshop on your drafts today worth 20 points. You must attend class with a completed draft printed for a partner to read to get those points. Incomplete drafts will be prorated, but it is better to come with a partial draft than to skip class.

Tuesday, June 17 2025

• Read and mark the following texts by or about Nathaniel Hawthorne:
• “Nathaniel Hawthorne” bio (BA 755-57).
• “Young Goodman Brown” (758-65).
• Read the following by or about Herman Melville:
• “Herman Melville” bio (1242-45).
• “Bartleby, the Scrivener” (BA 1251-71).
• If you had an accommodations letter sent to me, please send me an email to remind me that you will need extra time on the final exam so I can make arrangements.

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

• Read and mark the entire Abraham Lincoln section (BA 798-805)
• Read and mark the following texts by or about Walt Whitman:
• “Walt Whitman” bio (BA 1144-48).
• “I Sing the Body Electric” (BA 1212-18).
• “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” (BA 1230-36).
• “To a Locomotive in Winter” (available on the Internet).

Thursday, June 19, 2025

• NO CLASS: Juneteenth Observance

Monday, June 23, 2025

• Final Draft of Paper #2 due by noon. Post to “Paper #2 Final Draft: Discussion Board” (for 5 points) and to “Paper #2 Final Draft: Graded Copy” (for up to 200 points). See checklist for details.

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

• Final Exam. Remember to use the quotation study guide (available on the Graded Tasks page) to get ready for the identifications section. Remember to prepare an exam card for the essay question (available on the Graded Tasks page) to get ready for the exam.
• LAST DAY OF CLASS

June 25, 2025

• NO CLASS. The course is over.
• Final grades due by 11:59 PM to administration

End of semester reminders:

• Final grades are due to the College by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, June 25th.
• Please check your school email multiple times on June 24th and 25th: if there is a problem with your grades, I will email you. Please answer the email.