First-Year Seminar '07-'08
"What in the World Is Globalization?"

 

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      UNIT -C-   ◙  free trade / fair trade   ◙  definitions of globalization

                                                                                                                                                                             
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WRITING DUE-DATES AND IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
 

  10 / 24 W

 
      discuss readings about the definition of globalization
mini-lecture on definition
 
  10 / 26 F
 
  watch Black Gold in class
 
  10 / 30 T
 
  Graded Discussion on "globalization", "free trade", and "fair trade"
 
  11 / 1 Th
 
  In-Class Exam Essay
 
  11 / 5 M


 
  How to write a definition essay:
     (1) situate your argument within a context and within a debate (cf., rhetorical analysis from unit B)
     (2) tactics of definition
 
  11 / 7 W
 
  individual conference, no class
 
  11 / 9 F
 
  individual conference, no class
 
  11 / 13 T

 
  workshop definition paper ideas
consider these tactics for how to brainstorm ideas for a definition paper
 
  11 / 15 T

 
  Definition Essay Due

introduction to next paper -- the proposal