Friday, December 5, 2008
This Week in Images -- December 8 - 12
Tuesday & Wednesday: Dreamworlds -- Gender and Music Videos
Thursday: Guest speaker from Madison's Rape Crisis Center
Friday: Processing the week; selections from Ophelia Speaks
Monday, December 1, 2008
This Week in Images -- December 1-5
In journal: Find two statements in the article you found interesting and write about them. Agree/Disagree? Use examples that you have seen yourself.
Tuesday: Family Circle article "Fast Times" / film & discussion : Thirteen
Wednesday: film & discussion: Thirteen
Thursday: film and discussion: Thirteen
Friday: TBA
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Girl Effect
Monday, November 17, 2008
Body Image -- November 17, 2008
Here's the actual video:
And, snaps to all participants in our discussion. You are awesome!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Course Guidelines
Images
2nd Quarter/ 2nd Hour
Young women today are inundated with media images that make their self-esteem and self-worth plummet. We will analyze the reasons for this affect in our culture and find ways to dispel those feelings and images and celebrate who we are, naturally. This class will explore growing up female in the
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*You will be expected to do outside reading and work!!! *
Week One: Going over expectations, syllabus, and discussing our ideas of what the media presents to us and how we view ourselves. We will watch “Still Killing Us Softly” and write a response to the video.
Week Two: Reading excerpts from “Adios, Barbie” and creating our own Barbie dolls. We will hopefully have a representative from the Nursing Department at
Week Three: Watch “Breasts” and some self-esteem clips. We will also have a self-esteem workshop!
Week Four: Watching and discussing the film “Thirteen” and then reading an article from Time Magazine “The Truth About Teen Girls”. Reflective Journals will be due on Friday.
Week Five: Watch the film “Speak” and discuss as a class. We will also have a guest speaker from the
Weeks Six, Seven, and Eight: Group literature circles with a choice between 4-5 novels with a final essay paper.
Week Nine: We will read some great poetry. We will also be doing a final project where we imitate Maya Angelou’s poem “Phenomenal Woman”.
Assessments: Students will be graded on participation in discussions, reflective journals, a reflection paper on one of our guest speakers, literature essay paper, and the final project completion
Texts being Considered for this class (tentative) :
Sara Zaar - Story of a Girl
Julie Ann Peters -- Luna
Ellen Wittlinger -- Parrotfish
Toni Morrison -- The Bluest Eye
Wally Lamb -- She's Come Undone
Laurie Halse Anderson -- Speak
Thursday, October 2, 2008
General Course Description
Young women today are inundated with media images that make their self-esteem and self-worth tumble. We will analyze the reasons for this effect in our culture and find ways to dispel those feelings and images and celebrate who we are. This class will explore growing up female in the US and the issues that women and young women are faced with in our society by viewing films and documentaries, reading, writing in reflective journals, and hosting guest speakers.