Each assignment is worth 5 points, you may earn up to 10 points.  You can get up to 15 points (instead of 10) if you turn in the Jim Crow assignment by the due date!

All Assignments must be submitted through Moodle (copied and pasted into a Moodle email), except the One Woman assignment, which requires you to complete a form in the library which will then be sent to me. 

Submit the ones due earlier in the semester using Moodle (copied and pasted into a Moodle email).  Any assignments due by the Final Exam may be turned in at the exam.

1. Remembering Jim Crow (due by the Chapter 5 quiz)

if you do this assignment, you can get up to 15 points of extra credit total, rather than the 10 points listed above. Jim Crow by itself is still only 5 points, though.

• Listen to the following segments of "Remembering Jim Crow" on the American Radio Networks website: http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/remembering/index.html 
  • Our Negroes were Happy --Mary Levaux (on the "Whites Remember Jim Crow" page)
  • Missing Out on Slavery Leonard Barrow (on the "Whites Remember Jim Crow" page)
  • Let's Move On Deanne and Smitty Landry (on the "Whites Remember Jim Crow" page)
  •  Sharecropping --Amelia Robinson & Thomas Chatmon (on the "Bitter Times" page)
  • Master had his Way Jessie Chassion (on the "Keeping the Past" page)
• Type a 2 page discussion of the audio clips. Be sure to distinguish between Slavery & the Jim Crow era.  In your discussion, explain why you think Mary Levaux believes what she believes?  Based on the other clips, how would you dispute her argument?  Do you agree that Americans understand the horrors of slavery & Jim Crow and are ready to "move on?"

2. IDEOLOGIES -- Due by the Midterm

Go to http://idealog.org/ and click on the Run IDEAlog button. Click on the tutorial button and walk through the tutorial, including the practice quiz questions. Answer the following questions:

• Why was it hard to answer questions 5 and 6 of the tutorial?
• What is IDEAlog’s definition of a liberal? What is IDEAlog’s definition of a conservative?
• What are the two other types of ideology that IDEAlog discusses?
• Place the smiley face where you think you will fall and then take the ideology self-test.
• Did you score where you thought you would? What are the benefits of using this two-dimensional model as opposed to the linear (liberal-conservative) one? Is you understanding of liberals and conservatives better after doing this exercise?

3. Healthcare Reform -- Due by the Final

View Roesler's discussion of the 2010 Health Care Reform Bill (found on Roesler's homepage) and list (based on the discussion) the following:

• one reason why supporters want health care reform
• one thing that is NOT in the bill
• one thing that happens in 2010
• one thing that happens in 2014 and
• one tool used to pay for the plan

4. Your Representatives -- Due by the Final

Use www.house.gov and/or www.capweb.net to find your US representative's homepage

• YOUR address w/ 9 digit zip code
• YOUR United States House of Representative's (Congressman's) name & party affiliation
• Your US Reps' position on Health Care reform (not too complicated -- 1 or 2 sentences)
• Go to this CNN website, click on Missouri and find out the margin of victory of your congressman's 2008 election
• Write the names and party affiliation of your Missouri State Representative and Missouri State Senator (go here to find out that info: http://www.moga.mo.gov/ )  ;   NOTE:  I do NOT want the names of the two US Senators from Missouri (McCaskill & Blunt)

5. One Women One Vote video --Due by the Final (on reserve@SCC library): AV/JK1896.O54

• watch the video
• answer questions on sheet provided by the circulation desk
• return the worksheet to the circulation desk when you return the movie

6. On-Campus Event (varies by semester)

 Attend one of the following on-campus events/lectures (will be updated) & write a short summary of the discussion including one or two things you learned or found interesting in the presentations: (1/2 - 1 typed page)

• Roesler lecture on Cuba: Tuesday November 15, 2011; 1pm - 2:20pm ; SSB Auditorium

7. Read this Robert Gatter article on Health Insurance and the Commerce Clause. 

• Explain the ruling of the 11th Circuit Court of appeals (including their rationale).  Explain Gatter's perspective on whether the uninsured drive up the cost of health care for those with insurance.  Do you agree that an "uninsured individual who forgoes care does not affect insurance and medical care markets?" (about 200 words)
  

Other opportunities might come up throughout the semester, which I will post as they occur.