Students will keep well written diaries (minimum 7500 words, no maximum, minimum of 10 dated entries but you may have more) that will contain original observations about class discussions (notice that I am not asking for mere summaries here), readings from at least seven different class days, and comments on at least seven relevant news items from this term’s newspapers.
Please do not rigidly separate your journals into newspapers vs. course readings, but instead create an integrated whole. At the same time, you are welcomed (but not required) to number on your final hard copy, in pen above the relevant items, topics that meet the requirements of the aforementioned two categories. You may use any system that makes sense, e.g. N1, N2, N3 for newspaper articles, and R1, R2, R3 for readings from the course.
Be sure also to note on at least a couple of occasions how particular passages in the readings might particularly well illustrate course themes. Also, at least twice, your journal will make connections between AAAD 286 and another experience, including but not limited to a) another academic course, b) a presentation by a guest speaker, c) a visit to a special exhibition, d) a trip to a historic site or e) an event in your daily life.
This assignment far exceeds the minimum of ten pages required by the university. Still, to allow me to easily check to see that you have met that requirement, please avoid unnecessary white space. There is no need to begin a new journal entry on a new page.
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