Weeks+15-16

Reading Nature Assignment Sheet Weeks 15-16

Monday 12/1
·  Independent project check in- ·  Read “Six Billion People” ·  Read & discuss “Tragedy of the Commons”

HW- Start William Cronon’s “The Trouble with WIlderness” This is available at the class wiki. Please cut and paste two key passages and write a response to them. Print this and bring it to class.
= Tuesday 12/2 = ·  Read & discuss “Lines in the Mind” (handout) ·  Discuss Cronon’s opening assertions & assumptions.

HW- Finish “The Trouble with Wilderness.” Bring two questions to class about the article. Make one specific and one a larger thematic question connected to ideas or texts from the course.
= Wednesday 12/3 = ·  Seminar Discussion HW- Start Jenny Price’s “13 Ways of Looking at Nature in LA” (online). Again, cut and paste two passages and write a response to each. = Thursday 12/4 = ·  Read “ ·  Discuss Price article HW- Finish Price & write a response on nicenet.

Monday 12/8
·  Finish Price discussion HW- Read “Legal Rights for the Environment” OR Roderick Nash’s “Epilogue.” Mark the text carefully and be prepared to discuss it. = Tuesday 12/9 = ·  Fishbowl discussions HW- Read excerpt from Aldo Leopold’s **//Sand County Almanac//** ·  Discuss the land ethic ·  Course evaluation English Exam- MONDAY in the AMES room!! Bring your final project. Make sure it includes some form of citations from the required number of texts.
 * Wednesday 12/10 **
 * Thusday 12/11 **