Soc 249 Rosenfeld section presentation schedule, Spring 2009, updated Apr 24, 2009

 

Week

Class

Reading Assignments Due

 

 

 

Week 1

Mar 31

Class orientation

 

Apr 2

Making the Second Ghetto, Ch 1-3

 

 

 

Week 2

April 7

Making the Second Ghetto, Ch 4,5

 

April 9

Making the Second Ghetto, finish the book

 

 

 

 

 

Week 3

April 14

Wilson: Declining Significance of Race, Introduction, and Ch 1-3

 

April 16

Wilson: Declining Significance of Race, Ch 4-8

 

Presenters: Jairo Marshall, Carrie Denning

 

 

 

Week 4

April 21

American Apartheid, preface + Ch 1-2

 

 

 

April 23

American Apartheid, Ch 3-5

 

Presenters: Shannon Harrington, Robin Thomas

 

 

 

Week 5

April 28

American Apartheid, finish the book

 

April 30

In Class Midterm Exam

 

 

 

Week 6

May 5

The Power Broker, Chapters 10-15.

 

May 7

There Are no Children Here, Preface, and Ch. 1-19.

 

Presenters: Winstont Lofton, Tola Sunmonu, Mia Newman

 

 

 

Week 7

May 12

There Are no Children Here, Finish the Book

 

May 14

Black Wealth/ White Wealth, Intro, Ch 1-5

 

Presenters: Rachel Bosley, Rachel Lindenberg, Emily Jones, Quin Corey

 

 

 

Week 8

May 19

Streetwise, Intro and Ch 1-2

 

May 21

Streetwise, Finish the book

 

Presenters: Victoria Kennedy, Eva Orbuch, Tamara Knox, Joyce Dela Pena

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 9

May 26

Losing Ground, Prologue, Chapter 1-4, Ch 16, Ch 17, especially p. 227-236

 

Plus Cherlin, “The Consequences of Welfare Reform”

 

May 28

Moynihan’s The Negro Family

 

 

Presenters: Vivian Chau, Amy Kurzweil, Grahame Lesh, Zakhary Mallett

 

 

 

Week 10

June 2

Readings on HOPE VI, linked from website

Last Class, Review Session

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 9

Final Exam, 7P-10P