ENGLISH 22
(A.K.A. ECOCRITICISM 101)
WEEK #8 ASSIGNMENT
Readings:
Silent Spring, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 17. (Note that Silent Spring is not in the Course Reader. You need to get a copy on your own.)
Lecture videos:
Please watch both Lecture #15 and Lecture #16 below.
If you will be out of Internet access, you can download these videos on Vimeo: Lecture #15, Lecture #16.
If YouTube is blocked in your country, the two lectures have also been uploaded to GauchoSpace (GauchoCast).
The Prezi for the lectures is also below for your reference.
PDFs are also available for the lecture notes (i.e. the Prezi material) for Lecture #15 and Lecture #16, as are PDFs of the transcripts for Lecture #15 and Lecture #16.
(If you are confused about the role of the Prezi or PDFs in the course, or how to use them, please watch the “Introduction, Format” lecture located on the Introduction page.)
Film:
Please watch the documentary Happy according to these guidelines:
1) If you have not seen Happy, please watch it. It is available for viewing on GauchoSpace (GauchoCast). If you are not enrolled in the class, it currently can be rented for a relatively modest fee from Amazon.
2) If you have already seen Happy, watch it again. It is even better the second time. Seriously!
Film assignment: after watching Happy, please watch Ken’s video on YouTube introducing it and comment on his video.
Weekly Assignment/Assessment:
Please note that both the reading and lecture, as well as film, assignments need to be completed by 6 AM on Monday, November 29. GauchoSpace will close the lecture quizzes at that time and any film comment made on YouTube past that point will be considered late.
Reading and Lecture assignment:
After completing the weeks reading and watching each of the two lecture videos, please go to GauchoSpace and take the short quiz on that lecture, which is located in the weekly section.
Film assignment:
Please comment on YouTube on Ken’s video “Intro, Happy.”
Please note, while you can watch this video on this page, you need to go to YouTube to comment in the YouTube comment section.
If YouTube is blocked in your country, Ken’s short talk will also be uploaded to GauchoSpace (GauchoCast) and a forum has been opened under this week on GauchoSpace for you to make your comment there (rather than on YouTube).
Also note that while Ken’s introduction covers both of the above films, you only need to comment on the film that you watched.
Lecture #15
Lecture #16
Weekly Documentary Introduction
Lecture Prezi