Announcement

Grading and attendance begins today!

Agenda

• Device time
  • News item
  • Primary research planning
    • Your primary research should examine technology developed in the 1800s.
    • In your final article, you’ll connect it to the diasporic communities described in Beloved and other class readings.
    • Please also discuss: if you were being interviewed for this class, what kinds of informed consent would you want from your interviewer? Take notes in the Primary research spreadsheet.
  • Note-taking exercise with BELOVED movie. This can and should be applied when you start reading Beloved the novel!
• Device-free time
  • Homework review circle
  • Timed exercise review circle. Let’s discuss the exercises so far!
    • Underline of your text: illegible
    • Underline of question text: not addressed
    • Check: addressed
    • Plus or Star: extra point
    • Wavy line: incorrect or at least highly questionable
  • Timed exercise
    • Please leave a 1-inch margin at the top of every page! This will help me use binder clips to obscure your name while I grade.

Assignment

You can use AI, but you must verify any information you find. I may ask you about it.

1. How is the class material so far relevant to news items you’re encountering beyond this class? Please share a relevant news item in this spreadsheet and be prepared to explain to the class.
2. Fill out for your primary research plan so far in the Primary research spreadsheet.
3. Read and/or listen to the novel Beloved up until “How loose the silk. How fine and loose and free.” (This is the entirety of Beloved-Part01.mp3.)
   • If the timed exercises have been a challenge, and/or if reading this novel is a challenge, consider reading and listening at the same time, a.k.a. “immersive reading.”
4. Be prepared on to discuss and/or write about any/all previous assignments.