CJN 219
Fall 2015
Examines the persuasive strategies of social reform movements with special emphasis on the civil rights', women's rights, and gay rights movements in the United States.Â
Dr. Gloria M. Boone
Ridgeway 405
Communication and Journalism
Suffolk University
Boston, MA 02108
Office Hours: T TH 10:30-11:30,
and by appt.
Phone: 617-573-8501
Fax: 617-742-6982
gboone@suffolk.edu
Required Text:
Boone, G. (2007) American Social Movements for Freedom: Abolition, Suffrage, Civil Rights and Women's Rights. (online book)
Other readings will be assigned from the Internet, journals, or newspapers.
This is a multimedia course. A variety of clips from documentaries, films and television will be shown.
Protest and Reform Class- http://infoacrs.com/r/class2.html PLEASE USE THIS LINK TO OPEN ANY READING. SOMETIMES BLACKBOARD LINKS DO NOT WORK.
Freedom Book Index- http://infoacrs.com/r/freedomindex.html
Related Links- http://infoacrs.com/r/links.html
GOALS |
OBJECTIVES |
ASSESSMENTS |
Upon successful completion of this course, students will: |
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: |
How the student will be assessed on these learning objectives: |
Understand the mechanisms through which social, cultural or global differences are perceived, understood and constructed |
Identify the differences related to the area of study in their historical or geographical context |
Include the specific assignments and activities that students will complete in this particular course |
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Compare different standpoints and perspectives about diverse communities. |
The Midterm and the final ask about the social movement strategies used in abolition, civil rights, suffrage and women’s rights. |
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Explain how differences are constructed or reinforced. |
The class discussion and the individual papers determine if the persuasive strategies are discovered and analyzed. |
Understand the relationships among conflicts, social, cultural or global differences, and power within the changing historical and cultural contexts |
Understand how some specific issues involving conflict and power evolved in historical or cultural context. |
The midterm and the final ask questions about slavery, discrimination and inequality in society. |
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Explain how privilege and power play a systemic role in how culture is practiced. |
A rhetorical criticism paper allows the student to examine responses to slavery, discrimination, inequality, race, gender and power. |
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Have self-knowledge about how different perspectives are active and impactful in your (the student’s) life |
The class discussion allow for self -knowledge and reflection about race and gender. |
Analyze how convergent or conflicting perspectives of diverse communities influence change within a social, cultural or global context |
Analyze concepts and constructs taught in class. |
A rhetorical criticism paper allows the student to examine responses to slavery, discrimination, inequality, race, gender and power by different social leaders. |
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Review and analyze implications of research in order to apply course content to real classroom/institutional scenarios. |
A rhetorical criticism paper allows the student to examine responses to slavery, discrimination, inequality, race, gender and power by different social leaders. |
Day | Topic or Activity |
9/10-15 |
Introduction to the course. Discussion due on 9/15 (10 points) |
9/17 | Introduction to Social Movements, Rhetorical Analysis |
9/22 | Work day to select topics for reports |
9/24-29 |
Olaudah Equiano, Middle Passage, Bitzer- Rhetorical Situation Quiz on 9/29 (10 points) |
10/1-6 |
Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Banneker, Kenneth Burke Slavery in Colonial America - Slave Revolts-New York in 1741, David Walker Topic for first report outline with 5 sources due on 10/6 (10 points) |
10/8 | Women's lives - Mary Wollstonecraft, Phillis Wheatley Early America - Colonial America Arguments over origins, ownership, history, religion, nature, gender, and civilizatio |
10/13 |
Life in Colonial and Antebellum America: Landowners, Women, Servants, Free men, and Slaves. Slave revolts-Nat Turner Abolitionists: Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman Descendents of Africa, Sons of 1776: Exploring Early African-American Rhetoric. By: Bacon, Jacqueline; McClish, Glen. RSQ: Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Winter 2006, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p1-29http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.law.suffolk.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=23925085&site=ehost-live
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10/15 |
Seneca Falls - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott |
10/20 |
Suffrage video |
10/22 |
Discussion due on 10/22 (10 points) Dred Scott Case, John Brown, Civil War-Northern views, Civil War -Southern views, Abraham Lincoln Confederate ideas , State's Rights and John C. Calhoun, Role of Literature Civil War Amendments (13th, 14th, 15th), Reconstruction, Black Codes, Political Action, KKK, the Black Press, Plessy v. Ferguson |
10/27 |
AMSA, Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, Victoria Woodhall, court cases, Wyoming and the West Suffrage Renaissance, Carrie Catt, Anna Howard Shaw, Jane Addams, Alice Paul, Women's Peace Movement, Picketing the White House, 19th Amendment Mixing of issues-Frances Willard (WTCU), Race, Class, Gender, Margaret Sanger Discursive Identity Formation of Suffrage Women: Reframing the “Cult of True Womanhood” Through Song. By: Hurner, Sheryl. Western Journal of Communication, Jul2006, Vol. 70 Issue 3, p234-260 Persistent link to this record: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.law.suffolk.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=23220256&site=ehost-live database: Communication & Mass Media Complete
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10/29 | Midterm |
11/3
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Pick topics for 2nd report (10 points)
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11/5 | Ida B.Wells, Mary Church Terrell, Jim Crow Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois |
11/10 |
NAACP, Marcus Garvey, Alain Locke, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale HurstonThe 1940's- 1950's-Joe Lewis, Truman Executive Order (1948) Discussion due on 11/10 (10 points) |
11/12-17 | Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Baldwin, Fannie Lou Hammer, Civil Rights Act of 1964
DOING TIME: KING'S "LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL". By: Berry, Edward. Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Spring2005, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p109-131 http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.law.suffolk.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=17749616&site=ehost-live SCOFFING AT THE ENEMY: The Burlesque Frame in the Rhetoric of Ralph David Abernathy. By: Selby, Gary Steven. Southern Communication Journal, Winter2005, Vol. 70 Issue 2, p134-145Â Â http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.law.suffolk.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=18712084&site=ehost-live
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11/19-24 | Gloria Steinem, Equal Rights Amendment 1972, Title IX 1972, Roe v. Wade 1973, Phyllis Schlafly
THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ABORTION CONTROVERSY: STAGES IN THE ARGUMENT. By: Railsback, Celeste Condit. Quarterly Journal of Speech, Nov84, Vol. 70 Issue 4, p410, 15p http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.law.suffolk.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=9936973&site=ehost-live Quiz on 11/19 (10 points) |
11/26 | Thanksgiving Day Holiday |
12/1-3 | Malcolm X video Malcolm X, Ballot or Bullet, Black Panther Party
The Evolution of a Revolution: Stokely Carmichael and the Rhetoric of Black Power. By: Stewart, Charles J.. Quarterly Journal of Speech, Nov97, Vol. 83 Issue 4, p429, 18p http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.law.suffolk.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=9711214808&site=ehost-live |
12/8
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Writers, Poets, and Music-Civil Rights Songs, Rap, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Rape, Domestic Violence, Feminists, Feminist Backlash, Black Identity, Recent Race and Gender Issues. REPRESENTING THE THIRD WAVE: MAINSTREAM PRINT MEDIA FRAMING OF A NEW FEMINIST MOVEMENT. By: Bronstein, Carolyn. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Winter2005, Vol. 82 Issue 4, p783-803Â http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.law.suffolk.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=20486632&site=ehost-live
Reconceptualizing Rhetorical Activism in Contemporary Feminist Contexts. By: Sowards, Stacey K.; Renegar, Valerie. Howard Journal of Communications, Jan-Mar2006, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p57-74. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.law.suffolk.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=19701793&site=ehost-live Database: Communication & Mass Media Complete |
12/10 | Final due |
Requirements:
Midterm (100 points)
Final (100 points)
Report #1 is a 3-4 page typed rhetorical analysis/oral report/powerpoint of a reformer up until 1921. At least cite five sources. The oral reports will be scheduled for each person from 10/8 until 10/27. (100 points)
Report #2 is a 3-4 page rhetorical analysis/oral report/powerpoint of a reformer after 1922. At least cite five sources. The oral reports will be scheduled for each person from 11/5 until 12/8. (100 points)
Class Participation and Attendance (30 points)
Discussions and Quizzes (70 points)
TOTAL (500 points)
General notes:
A 93 % ; A- 90 % ; B 87 %; B 84 %; B- 80 %; C 77 %; C 74 %; C- 70 %; D 67 %; D 64 %; D- 60 %; F below 60%
Do Not use your cell phone, text, or social media during class without instructor permission.
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