FALL 2020 Schedule of Class Meetings
Class 1 Course Overview
Mod 1 (Weeks 1-2)
Introduction to Citizenship
1.1 Read: Schattle, Chpt 1, “A Dual Dynamic between Globalization and Citizenship.”
1.2 What is citizenship?
In-class writing exercise and discussion of our own conceptions of citizenship
1.3 Models of Citizenship
Read: Van Gustareen, Herman. 1994. “Four Conceptions of Citizenship.” In Bart van Steenbergen, ed. The Condition of Citizenship. London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage. (Under Course Content>Readings in Blackboard)
1.4 Citizenship in a Globalizing World
1.5 Citizenship in a Post-Globalization World
Mod 2: Citizenship and the American Idea (Weeks 3-6)
2.1 The American Civic Tradition: America’s Sacred Symbols
Reading: Needleman, The American Soul, Chapter 1, “The Idea of America: Our America”
2.2 The Democratic Ideal
Reading: Chpt 2 in our text
2.3 Ideology and Democracy, Ideology and Ideologies
Reading: pp 1-21 in our text.
2.4 The American Civic Tradition: Reclaiming Myths and Heroes
Reading: Needleman, Chpt. 2, Remembering America
2.5 Writing and talking about our heroes and role models.
2.6 Making Race the Center of the US Story
Reading/Watching/Listening: NYT Series 1619
2.7 Class and Social Mobility in the American Story
Reading: Class Matters (NYT) and excerpts from Arlie Hochschild and JT Vance
Mod 3: Building our Own model of Citizenship (Weeks 7-11)
3.1 Telling our stories. Where did I come from?
3.2 Elazar, regional political cultures in the US; comparative political culture discussions
3.3 Story-telling and relational organizing.
3.4 – 3.6 Small Group Reads
3,7 whole class discussion of our experiences in our small groups; what role did political ideology play in these discussions?
Mod 4: Writing our Civic Biographies (Weeks 12-15)
4.1 Intro to Foliotek and Civic Biography Project
4.2 Developing our origin myth
4.3 Living according to our values
4.4 Citizenship at multiple scales
4.5 Anticipating our Future Civic Lives (final essay)