Blog Assignment #4

Noam Chomsky on Occupy Wall Street Protests

1.) View the video of MIT Professor Emeritus, "Noam Chomsky on Occupy Wall Street Protests," on our blog site (it takes less than five minutes). Use the following url: http://youtu.be/5wtHTh6NZXc 
or cut and paste the title (in quote marks above) into the search box on YouTube.com.

2.) After watching the video, search out another on-line source, in the New York Times, entitled, "Poet-Bashing Police," written by Robert Hass, former U.S. Poet Laureate. The essay, published on Nov. 19, 2011, discusses the officers who face off with students and the poet in Berkeley, at the very spot where the Free Speech Movement began.

Google this essay because the link has been discontinued. Use the title listed above.

3.) Google the language of the 'First Amendment.' Be prepared to cut and paste (and cite) this information.

Answer the Question: How do these protests fit in with class/race/gender inequities in the culture?  Use at least one quote from Chomsky's video, one from Hass's essay, and one quote from the language of The First Amendment (google this). 

4.) Write a 400-500 word summary/response in to our blog (file folder #8, lessons tab). Due: February 19th 2013, by 12:00 midnight, Pacific Standard Time. Offer a works cited portion at the bottom of your posting. Reminder: be sure to embed all quotes within a sentence. Respond to two (2) postings to get extra credit (300 words each). Choose a posting with fewer than two (2) responses.

Blog Assignment #5

Half the Sky
View the video entitled: "Sheryl WuDunn: Our Century's Greatest Injustice," on our blog site, or locate it by the title (in quote marks) through YouTube.com, or use the following url:
http://youtu.be/hFgPtuzgw4o 

After viewing the video (it takes about 18 minutes), respond to the issues raised by the narrator.
In 400-500 words, at our class blog site (file folder for week #9), summarize the main points of this video and respond to the issues she raises about race, class, and gender. Remember to embed all quotes within a sentence and to cite correctly. 


Due: Post this summary and response at our ANGEL blogspot (file folder for week # 9, lessons tab) no later than Februrary 27th, 2013, by 12:00 Midnight, Pacific Standard Time. Respond to two (2) other postings (300 words each) for extra credit. Choose postings with fewer than two (2) responses.

Blog Assignment #6

View the short Youtube clip entitled, The Objectification of Mimi. In this montage of Mariah Carey, various video clips are featured. The language of Laura Mulvey, cinematic feminist theorist, is superimposed throughout. Unlike Agee & Evans, who do not inform each others text/images, Mulvey's language seeks to overturn the images by explaining and contextualizing them. This choice is similar to the work of Malek Alloula, who uses the images to inform us, but keeps us from viewing them for prurient reasons. Thus, his language (and Mulvey's) acts as sites of resistance.

You'll find the video at the following link: http://youtu.be/MlYJ08v26LA
Write 400-500 words: Summarize specific scenes using at least five (5) of Mulvey's terms. Analyze those same scenes. Due: March 6th, 2013, by 12:00 Midnight, Pacific Standard Time. Post your summary and analysis on our ANGEL blog (file folder for week #10). Respond to two (2) postings (300 words each), for extra credit. Choose postings with fewer than two (2) responses.