Class Agenda 9.29

1. Quiz: What was the weirdest part about this reading, or the weirdest detail you remember?\

adjective, weirder, weirdest.

1.involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny:

a weird sound; weird lights.

2. fantastic; bizarre:a weird getup.

3. Archaic. concerned with or controlling fate or destiny. 

2. 1877: Class Notes

341: Strikes and Scabs

347: "Shoot-down fellow citizens"

355: "domestic violence"

363-4: mob attack in Baltimore

376: mob loots train, Pittsburgh

3. Blog Roll

 Alex ; Kenia ; Eric

4. 1863 Draft Riots: the 'last' time NY collapsed before 1886: PBS

5. In-class writing: What are the 'big themes' (or big ideas) of the course so far? What have you learned about these themes from the course texts we're reading?

6. Groups: The professor will break you down into groups and you will look at a passage from the The Destruction of New York. We will practice our reading method and talk about what it means to read fiction.