Feminism and Gender Studies
Friday, August 31 2018
92 minutes
Overview of the next week:
· Today: begin exploring the issue of
freedom of speech in relation to safe space (including reading “The Coddling of
the American Mind” in class today)
· HOMEWORK for Wednesday, Sept. 5: Finish
reading “The Coddling of the American Mind” and read and annotate Nathan
Heller’s “The Big Uneasy.”
· Wednesday 9/5: discuss the Heller article and
record provocative quotes from the essay. Discuss these quotes and ideas in
groups and write briefly about one of these ideas. Whole class discussion and
take notes. Conduct research in groups.
· Friday 9/7: Discuss your research and review
“The Coddling” and “The Big Uneasy”
· Tuesday 9/11: Write in-class essay on the topic
(this is a Pre-assessment)
1. Share at least one sentence from your
letter. Hand in your letter of introduction
2. Community Builder: Common
Commonalities
3. Free-write: what do you know about
the following terms?
Micro aggressions
trigger warnings
safe space
politically correct
4. Discuss in pairs / share out with
class
6.
Discuss in small
groups and whole class: In what ways does the clip raise issues or concerns
connected to the intersection of free speech with safe space? How does it raise
those concerns?
7.
Read “The
Coddling of the American Mind”; (I read aloud the 1st three sections and we discussed the ideas in
these sections and then students continued to read the rest of the article on
their own) Continue reading and taking notes on places where you
see connections to the South Park
clip. Note places where you agree/disagree with ideas expressed or explored in
the piece. Make note as well of places where you have questions, where you have
had experiences that reflect or challenge the observations of the writers.
8.
HOMEWORK for Wednesday
September 5: Finish reading “The Coddling…” bring your notes and ideas in to
class on Wednesday
