Final week of the semester from h*ll!! There are a few more things for you to round off the semester, and I hope to see all of you in our final class in Thursday’s Zoom session.
I would like you to write one final reflection, which you can either post on your blog (category HST107), or share as a google doc (if you feel it’s too personal for public consumption). I have two prompts for you. Choose one, and write about 300 words, more if you feel you have more to say. Please submit with all other assignments by May 4. Consider this a brief task filed under “Thoughtful participation in the learning commons”.
- Option 1. What did you learn in this course, in terms of “History of China” (and it’s beliefs about magical creatures? Try to go beyond a simple list of things, and think about big trends, long-term developments; what surprised you; what will stick with you; what will you share with others? What do you think everybody should know about this aspect of Chinese history?
- Option 2: This course fulfills a HDGE (DE, “Human Difference and Global Engagement) GAR. How did this course help to “broaden and deepen [your] understanding of human difference and to develop the intellectual and civic skills students require for participation in an increasingly diverse and interconnected world?” (The official description in the course catalog of the DE requirement).
Schedule: April 27-April 30
- Monday:
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- Peer feedback on chapters due. You have been assigned two chapters (check the Google Sheet), and please leave feedback as suggested in the video.
- Check you have all your portfolio items in your blog, in the category HST107. You can keep adding and rewriting until May 4.
- Mini-guide on how to use Pressbooks (incl. editing, adding media. providing feedback, Contributer’s Agreement, and the afterlife of the project).
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- Tuesday: 4pm Zoom session: Check in with classmates and projects, I will be fielding questions!
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- Find the recording on the Canvas page (look for the date)
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- Thursday Zoom session 4pm (link under the pink header on Canvas Homepage):
- please try to be there! We’ll look back on the course, and figure out together how to make this a better course.
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- What are the top 3 texts you think everybody should read? Browse back through the weeks, in particular the first part of the semester may be a bit hazy now!
- Which texts can you live without?
- What was missing? Do you have tips for finding materials about that topic?
- IDEA course evaluation
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- And that’s it! I will be available for consultation on your assignments until May 4, when everything is due.
All work due by May 4, 11.59pm. Here’s a handy list of all the blog posts and other assignments that are due.
Extensions available via email request; Incomplete grades available via email request. (Incomplete = you get more time to finish your assignments due to circumstances beyond your control, for instance a pandemic 🤷♀️. You will get a letter grade after submitting your work, and this semester you can change that to P/F.)
Last day to withdraw from courses (W) or request an Incomplete (I): April 30!
