download and instructions 4:57 am
MavSpace has been up and down this semester, which has been pretty frustrating for all of us.
A good alternative for our class is the “Assignment” tool on WebCT. I just set up assignment up-load boxes for the rest of our assignments, including the final exam. You upload the file there and then I upload the gradedversion is you can see my comments.
Google Earth and handout 4:25 am
Here it is, the fourth and final GE assignment. It should take much less time than our 2nd and 3rd GE assignments. It asks you to find and describe key locations in Richard Price’s The Convict and the Colonel. 
If you’re fed up with MavSpace [I'm getting there too] you might like to submit it via WebCT. Go to our class there and click on the Assignment link.
Uncategorized 4:57 pm
Thought you might be interested in this — and if you write your reactions down and turn them in to me, it’s good for 10 points extra credit [roughly 1/4 of a quiz]
News Release — 20 April 2009
ARLINGTON – The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Modern Languages stages a symposium on “Cultural Constructions III: Connections” from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Friday, April 24. The symposium will be held in Room 200, Trimble Hall, 700 S. West St.
The “Connections” theme is broadly defined …
The keynote lecture by Associate Professor John Garrigus is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. and is titled “Poisons, Powders, and Guns: Slaves Strike Back in Saint Domingue (1758) and Jamaica (1760).” Garrigus’ lecture is sponsored by the Mustaque Ahmed Festival of Ideas, a program designed to enhance interaction between presenter and audiences. Another highlight is the OneBook panel discussion from 10:30 a.m. until noon, moderated by Associate Professor Christopher Conway.
handout Book Guide, Martinique, Price 3:38 pm
Our last book this semester is Richard Price, The Convict and the Colonel: A Story of Colonialism and Resistance
Our first reading assignment takes us up through the preface up to page 119. Here it is, the book guide to the first half of Price.
If you’d like to know more about Rich and Sally Price and their work and life in Diamant, Martinique, you can go to their website.
Here’s a picture of the “Diamond” rock that their village is named after.
announcement and Google Earth and instructions final exam 3:38 pm
Looking ahead to the last two weeks in the semester, I’ve changed some due dates around. Hopefully this will make your life a little easier and allow you to get more out of our final reading, Richard Price’s The Convict and the Colonel. The most important change is that I’m pushing the due date on the final exam back by 4 days. Explanations follow!
Nothing changes for this week of April 20-24, but the last GE assignment and the book quiz on the first 1/2 of Price has been moved BACK to Monday, May 4. Don’t worry, this last GE assignment will be much simpler than, say, the GE assignment on the Harms and Dubois books.
The quiz on the 2nd 1/2 of Price is still in the same place: on the last day of class, Friday May 8. Note that Wednesday May 6 is a review session for the final exam.
The take-home final exam is due AFTER the day that UTA scheduled our regular class final. They say we should take it on Monday May 11. I want to give you more time so I’m asking you to turn it in on or before noon May 15. I would like to get it no later than noon since grades are due shortly thereafter.
Ask me in class or email if you have any questions!
Day CLASS TOPICS Assignments Due
M, 4/20 The Impact of the Haitian Revolution
W, 4/22 Discussion of Dubois, pp. 152-306 Book Quiz on Dubois
F, 4/24 The French Antilles and the End of the Slavery
M, 4/27 The Antilles in a New French Empire Dubois GE assignment due
W, 4/29 DVD: Sugar Shack Alley (Martinique: Euzhan Palcy, 1983)
F, 5/2 DVD: Sugar Shack Alley
M, 5/4 Price GE assignment due; plus Book quiz and discussion of Price, pp.1-111
W, 5/6 Review for Final Exam
F, 5/8 Discussion of Price, pp.112-218 Book quiz on Price, part 2
F, 5/15 Take-home Final Exam due [LATER than our officially scheduled final exam]
Google Earth and instructions Dubois 8:52 pm
I’ve uploaded the Dubois Google Earth assignment. I hope it will help you get more out of this book!
The map I want you to import into Google Earth is an archival map that you can download . Click on the image of the map below to get the file.
instructions Book Guide, Dubois 5:12 pm
Here’s the Book Guide on the 2nd half of Dubois.
Watch for the Google Earth guide, coming up.
