Category: Announcements (Page 4 of 4)

Parents of Tyre Nichols at President Biden’s State of the Union Address

Watch: President Joe Biden calls for police reform and pays homage to the parents of Tyre Nichols in his State of Union Address

Watch: My Video Lecture on Mark Twain (including post instructions)

View: Illustrations for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)

Read: Chapters 1-8 (pages 1-56) of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

NOTE: AS I NOTE IN MY VIDEO LECTURE, HUCKLEBERRY FINN CONTAINS OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. IF YOU PREFER, YOU MAY CHOOSE INSTEAD TO READ (AND COMMENT ON) A SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE STORY BY THE IMPORTANT AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR PAULINE HOPKINS “OF ONE BLOOD: OR THE HIDDEN SELF” (1901)

Post: By Wed., Feb 15, post a response to a scene (or key lines) from Huckleberry Finn. Be sure to read prior student comments before posting your own (avoid repeating points but feel free to enlarge on points raised). 

Hi Students:

Thank you for your well-written and informative self-introductions. It’s clear we have a class of diverse talents, experiences, majors, and pet lovers. I expect that we will learn a great deal more about each other and our course topics as the semester progresses.

I want to begin this week’s lesson acknowledging that there is a “war” in the United States right now over basic human rights and the teaching of factual American history and culture.  The death of Mr. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, who had been brutally beaten and pepper sprayed by police officers after a traffic stop on Jan. 7 is one example of this.

Another example is the attack in Florida on the proper teaching of African American Studies, causing the College Board to pare down its A.P. Curriculum.

It’s sad to note that in some ways this country is where it was just after the Civil War. During the period of Reconstruction (1865-1879), the South – even though it lost the war – tried to cling to anti-black policies and maintain separation and segregation (and inequality) of the races.

In order to better understand the history and literature of this period, I ask that you review the following.  These readings/viewings will help to provide context for next week’s reading (the opening chapters of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn) and the racial issues our nation continues to confront.

Read:

Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1863)

13^th, 14^th, and 15^th Amendments (The Reconstruction Amendments)

“New York Protests Over Death of Tyre Nichols Continue”

Featuring a statement by Timothy Hunter (City Tech graduate 2020 and Founder of Strategy for Black Lives)

View:

Reconstruction: The 15th Amendment and African American Men in Congress

 “1619 Project”

Critical Race Theory (Pass It On) by City Tech Student Arnold Ludd

Post: By Tuesday, Feb. 7, post a one paragraph response to one (or more) of the above readings/viewings.  You may focus on what you learned (that you did not know before), what you found interesting and/or moving, what you found disturbing, etc.

TO POST: GO TO “COMMENTS” ON THE TOP OF MY POST. SCROLL DOWN TO THE TEXT BOX BELOW AND WRITE YOUR RESPONSE. BE SURE TO ALSO “PUBLISH.”

Welcome to City Tech and English 2201: American Literature II.

This is an asynchronous class that only meets virtually.

I will post video lectures and assignments each Tuesday. You are required to complete your post assignments by the following Monday (end of the day is fine).

I hold weekly office hours on Zoom (on Tuesdays 4-5 pm). Attending office hours is optional (i.e. not required)

Here is the OFFICE HOUR ZOOM LINK

Meeting ID: 865 5198 4150
Passcode: 343521

Office Hours Begin on Tuesday, Jan. 31

I can regularly be reached at: mnoonan@citytech.cuny.edu

Professor Mark Noonan

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Here are your duties DUE by Friday (Sept. 2nd):

1. Watch my Course Introduction Video
2.  Sign up for your OpenLab account with your name and a profile photo.  Log in, then join our course.  If you need  help,  contact the OpenLab Community Team

Look around our course site to familiarize yourself

Introduce yourself.  To write a new post, click the + sign at the top of the page. (It’s a small icon next to the class title and message box icon at the very top of the page). Fill in the subject heading with your name, then add your info and photo below.  After your work is complete, scroll down and check off Class Introductions under Categories (right side of page), then click Publish.

• Paragraph 1: Include how you would like to be addressed, your pronouns, and any other info you’d like to share. This could include where you are from, where you reside now, your academic interests or major, any hobbies or NYC activities you enjoy, how you feel about beginning college. Feel free to be creative!
• Paragraph 2:  Include a photo of something (place, space, person, pet, object, etc ) meaningful to you, and tell us about it.  You can paste the photo into the body of your message, or Add Media  to upload it to your post.
• Before next class, check back to read your classmates’ responses and reply to a few. Getting to know each other, we start building our community.

In a separate email (mnoonan@citytech.cuny.edu), please let me know if you have any issues with technology and/or working space that may affect your ability to complete your coursework. Go to this site if you are in need of a loaner laptop or chromebook or MyFi (portable WiFi): https://www.citytech.cuny.edu/device-loan/