Format: 12pt font, Times New Roman, 2-3 pages Single Spaced

*Minimum length requirement for reflections moving forward: 1,500 words minimum (not including work-cited list)

NOT DOUBLE SPACED

Hello, I need help with my weekly reflection for Sociology class. I will provide you with (1) Powerpoint, (2) the reading, (3) detailed reading notes (4), example of a reflection and (5) YouTube link of the documentary we must mention in the reflection. The reflection is not an essay with an intro, body, and conclusion, but rather just shows the understanding of this weeks material and develop an analytical perspective on it. It is highly encouraged to use quotes from both the readings and Powerpoint.

Down below I will attach the syllabus instructions for the weekly and the “Orientating Question” that was emailed to us after the lecture to help guide our reflection. THANK YOU.

TA (Teacher grading assistant) NOTE: “try to bring in more specifics from the lecture, readings and documentary, and cite them. So for example, when you describe Indonesia’s economy, say something to the effect of “As shown in lecture #2″. That makes it easier to see how you’re incorporating the ideas from different sources and gives credit where it’s due.”

*** Suggestion from TA: All you really need to do is say ‘in prof Robinson’s lecture’ or ‘as mentioned in into the temptest’ or ‘as shown in Harvest of Empire’ … they really stress that they want you to connect and show you understand the material. So like take from the ‘harvest of empire film’ how they talk about Puerto Rico and How they trans nationalized and are now in the US, take that and connect it to how Robinson talked about it in the lecture and such.

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*Professor Email*

Dear Students

Wednesday is a holiday (Veterans Day) and the university is closed so there will be no class tomorrow. The confusion arose because in previous years the university closes on a Monday or a Friday in observation of holidays that fall T-Th. On Wednesday, November 18 we will spend the first half of class on the topic of Globalization and the Environment, and the second half on Globalization and Women/Gender.

With regard to the environment, the book “Green Capitalism: The God that Failed,” is now posted as a pdf on the Gauchospace. As the syllabus specifies, you are only reading one chapter in the book, that chapter also titled “Green Capitalism: The God that Failed,” from pp 49-97. You will also read “Introduction”, “George Orwell Got it Wrong” in The Global Police State book, as indicated on the syllabus. The can skips the full-length film Cowspiracy. Instead, watch these two short youtubes, the links indicated on the syllabus: “Dear Future Generations: Sorry,” and “The Story of Stuff.”

The powerpoint for the environment topic is already posted at Gauchospace and we will go over it on November 18.

For Globalization and Women, do the readings indicated on the syllabus. This includes chapter one of The Global Police State. As the syllabus states, please bring questions you may have on that chapter to class so we can clarify anything you were not able to understand. You will see one film only on the topic of globalization and women/gender, EITHER Maquilapolis or Señorita Extraviada. Both are excellent and the links are indicated on the syllabus. Pick your own, and make sure to indicate on your reflection which of these you watched.

The combined readings for these two classes is approximately 110 pages, or 55 per week. Instead of writing two separate briefs for a total of 4-6 pages (2-3 each), you will combine them into one, for a total of not less than 3 pages, 1 ½ for each topic. Do a word count. You should write a minimum of 1500 words for the two combined, some 750 for each topic. You can get full credit for only 1500 words (assuming it is well done of course) but are free to write more if you wish for extra credit. You will get up to 18 points. 9×2, for the brief (not counting any extra credit). For this brief we will extend the deadline for a day, so it must be uploaded by midnight Saturday, November 21.

Finally, I had previously announced that you would have at least one extra credit opportunity. You can score an additional 5 points on this two-topic brief if you write at least another 1000 words additional, for a minimum of 2500 words for the combined assignment. There will also be another extra credit opportunity (TBA).

*MUST FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES*

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Syllabus Instructions

Read these guidelines carefully. Each week, on 8 occasions, you will prepare a reflection essay of approximately 2-3 pages (single-spaced). *Minimum length requirement for reflections moving forward: 1,500 words (not including work-cited list). You are of course free to write more than the minimum required. These are not academic papers in which you need an introduction, hypothesis, conclusion, etc. They are reflections and you may use a more informal style, even stream of consciousness prose. Please note: there are two criteria we will use in grading these assignments:

Does your reflection demonstrate that you have participated in and paid attention to the lecture/powerpoint, done the readings, and engaged with the documentary?

Have you developed analytical discussion, including bringing in the terms, concepts, and theories that we discuss in the lecture and are in the readings? Have you shown how the three (lectures, readings, documentaries) are related to one another, and have you identified and discussed the underlying theme(s) that run through all three?

In addition, I will generally send out an email shortly after class with several orienting questions that you should respond to in the context of your reflection. We will be looking very carefully to see how you respond to these orienting questions, especially with regard to the readings.

Note that these reflections should not be a summary of the lecture, readings, and documentary, and nor should they be a question and answer format. Avoid mere description. The purpose is three-fold: 1) that you demonstrate you have attended the lectures done the readings, watched the documentaries, and given thought to them; 2) to identify what you did not understand and what you think is important to discuss in class, in relation to the course, and; 3) this is crucial, that you are able to synthesize the three (lecture, readings, documentary) to develop a meaningful analytical discussion on the topic of the week.

As you write these reflections, you should use the sociological concepts and terms you have acquired in the course and through the readings. We will be looking for this as we grade.

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Nov. 11: Globalization and the Environment (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1up1Lk47m_Y…)

Readings:

Richard Smith, “Green Capitalism: The God that Failed,” essay 3 in the book by the same title. The entire book is posted on Guachospace. You are to read pp, 49-97

“Introduction: ‘George Orwell Got it Wrong’”, 6-page introduction to The Global Police State.

Youtube: “Dear Future Generations: Sorry,”

Youtube: “The Story of Stuff,” https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-stuff…

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Nov. 18:

Powerpoint :Globalization and Women/Gender.

Readings:

Ehrenreich and Hochschild, Global Woman (excerpts in reading packet, includes several chapters);

“The International Division of Reproductive Labor” (in reading packet)

“Feminism” (in reading packet, encyclopedia entry)

“Feminization of Poverty” (in reading packet, encyclopedia entry)

READ CHAPTER ONE OF THE GLOBAL POLICE STATE AND PREPARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. WE WILL DISCUSS IT IN CLASS

Film: Maquilapolis

Alternatively, Señorita Extraviada