Week 1 1/6-1/10

M 1/6 -Introduction to the class -review of syllabus M 1/13 -Read Bedford Ch. 16 -Small group conferencing of creative papers M 1/20 -Read Issues Blue Horses Rush In -Informal presentations of findings of mini ethnographies M 1/27 -3 page analysis over Gender and Family due

W 1/8 -Read Bedford Ch.1 and Issues Morality USA W 1/15 -Mini creative paper due -Read Fatherhood and the Mediating Role of Women W 1/22 -Read Bedford Ch. 10 -Read Issues Witnessing the Death of Love: She Hears Him Tell the Woman That He Will Kill Her W 1/29 -Pop Culture and gender movie day -In class B.B. analysis of gender and media W 2/5 -Read Bedford Ch. 15 - Poetry analysis/integration of sources exercise -Journal Check

Week 2 1/13-1/17

F 1/10 -Read Bedford Ch. 2 -In class journal -Discuss mini creative paper F 1/17 -Read Bedford Ch. 6 -mini ethnography scavenger hunt day!

Week 3 1/201/24

F 1/24 -Journal Check -Read Issues Gender and Ritual: Giving Birth the American Way

Week 4 1/27-1/31

F 1/31 -Primary research write up page due.

Week 5 2/3-2/7

M 2/3 -Read Bedford Ch. 5 -Read Issues Image Based Culture: Advertising and Popular Culture -Reliable source exercise

2/7 -Primary research due -Discuss annotated bib/proposal -Read Bedford Ch. 3 -B.B. question Bedford pg. 41 My Research Project

Week 6 2/102/14

M 2/10 Library day

W 2/12 -Read Bedford Ch. 4 -Blackboard reading critically posting due

Week 7 2/17-2/21

Week 8 2/242/28

M 2/17 -Watch WWE Vengeance 2001 -Read Issues How does a supermodel do Feminism? An Interview with Veronica Web. M 2/24 -Journal Check -Read Bedford Ch. 9 and 20 M 3/3 -Read Bedford Ch.11 -Revision of thesis due Spring break

W 2/19 -B.B posting analysis of masculinity/femininity with a secondary source due

F 2/14 -Read Issues Putting Ally on Trial: Contesting Postfeminism in Popular Culture F 2/21 -Read Bedford Ch. 8 -Bring three found sources for project to class

Week 9 3/3-3/7

W 2/26 -Read Ch. 21 -In class MLA documentation exercise W 3/5 -Read Bedford Ch.12 and Ch. 14

F 2/28 -Annotated bib/proposal due -Discuss ethnography F 3/7 -Journal Check -Outline for ethnography due Spring break

Week 10 3/103/14 Week 11 3/17-3/21

Spring break

Week 12 2/242/28

M 3/17 -Read Bedford Ch. 13 -Read Issues Where do the Mermaids Stand. M 3/24 -Journal Check -Student minipresentations of

W 3/19 -Organization assignment due.

F 3/21 -Read Issues Sexism and the Art of Feminism HipHop Maintenance F 3/28 Conferences

W 3/26 -Read Bedford Ch.17 -Peer Review

Week 13 3/31-4/4

found gender issues in pop culture M 3/31 Conferences

W 4/2 Conferences

F 4/4 -ethnography due -Read Issues The 3rd WWWave Who We Are, and Why We Need to Speak -Discuss multimodal projects F 4/11 -Read Issues Le Freak, CEst Chic! Le Fag, Quelle Drag!

Week 14 4/7-4/11

M 4/7 -Read Bedford 18 -Read Issues Hitting Bottom: Homelessness, Poverty, and Masculinity -In class design exercise M 4/14 -Journal Check -2 page Gender and Sexuality analysis due M 4/21 Multimodal project presentations

W 4/9 -Read Bedford 19 -Read Issues How Men Have (A) Sex.

Week 15 4/144/18

W 4/16 -Class peer review

F 4/18 -In class work day

Week 16 4/214/25 Final Exam Week 4/28-5/2

4/23 Multimodal project presentations

4/25 Multimodal project presentations