Week 4: Ivory Coast

Fêtes des Masques, Man

Week 4: Ivory Coast
Tu 2.16/Th 2.18
Read: eR—“Major Parts of World Ignored by U.S. TV News in 2013” (IPS), “Leaving Empire: The Risks of American Insularity” (Religion Dispatches), “Getting to Know the World Around Us” (Chicago Tribune); FOREVERS—Part 1: Undercitizens
Class: Reading Discussion; Lecture—“Persuasion and the Toulmin Method”

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Week 5: Brazil
Tu 2.23/Th 2.25
Read: eR—“Why is America so Culturally Isolated and Insular Compared to the Average Country?(Reddit), “Are You an Insular American?” (DailyKos), “Young Americans Geographically Illiterate,
Survey Suggests” (National Geographic); FOREVERS—Part 2: The Business of Burning
Class: Reading Discussion; Multimedia presentations
Due: TOULMIN ANALYSIS