JohnPaul Himka HIST 114 The History of the World in the Last Ten Years Discussion Beginning in October we will have four tutorials often with assigned readings from the moodle Every student should come to class prepared to speak to say something interesting and insightful Participation ID: 1045273
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1. Tutorials and Papers: Things That Work for Me in a Big ClassJohn-Paul Himka
2. HIST 114The History of the World in the Last Ten YearsDiscussionBeginning in October, we will have four tutorials, often with assigned readings from the moodle. Every student should come to class prepared to speak, to say something interesting and insightful. Participation is mandatory, and it has to be of good quality.
3. You may at any time make an appointment with your tutorial leader to discuss your participation and how it is being evaluated to date.You are expected to attend every discussion session. If you have a legitimate reason why you cannot, please let us know the reason in advance. Otherwise we have to give you a zero for that day’s grade. We also have to give a zero to anyone who comes to class unprepared.
4. Tutorials5 OctoberRohde, David, and David E. Sanger. “How a ‘Good War’ in Afghanistan Went Bad.” New York Times, 12 August 2007.Charney, Craig, and James Dobbins. “Afghanistan’s Reasons for Optimism.” Washington Post, 31 March 2011.Lewis, Michael, ed. Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. Pp. 299-344.Freeland, Chrystia. “The Rise of the New Global Elite.” The Atlantic (January-February 2011).
5. I experimented with this last year.19 OctoberFor this tutorial, there are no assigned readings, but you have to do some research on line.Pick one disease/condition from column A and one from column B:AAlzheimer’sbreast cancerheart diseaselung cancerobesityBcholeradeath in childbirthmalariamalnutritiontuberculosis
6. Research the disease/condition on line in order to answer the following questions about each disease:Does the disease/condition strike differentially according to social class, gender, geographical region, level of development, sexual orientation, or any other transpersonal characteristic?What kind of treatments are now being used?What kind of treatments are being thought about for the future?What is the economic cost of the disease/condition and its treatment at present?What are some of the projections for future costs?(For the last two questions, you may restrict the information to some region or country.)
7. A good place to start research is on the website of the World Health Organization:http://www.who.int/en/ In addition, you should research the disease through EBSCO on the U of A Libraries home page.
8. The Previous YearThey researched popular protests(feedback)
9. MechanicsRequesting classroomsQuestionnaire
10. QuestionnaireTutorial Sections Name_________________________________ ID____________________________________ We have tutorial sections scheduled to meet on these Fridays: 5 October19 October9 November30 November We can only have three sections that meet at 10:00, and the others will have to meet at 11:00 and 13:00.
11. Below are those three times. Please put a 1 in the space of your preferred section, a 2 in the place of your second choice, a 3 in the place of your third choice, and an X in the space of a time that is impossible for you to meet. 10:00_____________ 11:00_____________ 13:00______________
12. Why Do This?Students like itAnd learn from itThe person who marks the paper (TA or principal instructor) knows the author and has coached him/her alongTeaching experience for the TA (much better than just grading papers)
13. Papers by emailI did it out of necessityI found I really liked it(unfortunately, no feedback from students yet)
14. Paper Comment SheetPaper Comment Sheet Name_____________________________________ Research Depth of Analysis Quality of Style Organization Grade____________________________________
15. A SamplePaper Comment Sheet Name____XXXXXXX______________________ ResearchNYT. Economist. Globe and Mail. New Yorker. Thanks for making such abundant use of the required sources. Generally stellar research.Depth of AnalysisI think you did a wise thing in picking a topic where you made use of your personal investment in the topic. Not only did it make you better motivated and more keenly aware of the context, but it personalized the story for readers. The account was quite comprehensive.
16. Quality of StyleThat was an excellent opening paragraph, really drawing the reader in. Generally, this was a very well written paper.But one can always improve:Some review of the proper use of commas would add more polish to your style: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/ has lead to should be has led to:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/660/01/ OrganizationLogical. I won’t be teaching anything you would be eligible to take until the 2013-14 academic year. But you are definitely the kind of student I would like to have in my courses.Grade______96___________________________