Bi-Weekly Journals (7): Seven weeks throughout the semester you will be required to write a 1 page, single spaced journal on a reading, lecture topic or handout of your choice. Your journals should include the following information:

·       Major themes (3)

·       Two quotations from the reading, lecture or handout and a written reflection

·       Relate it to something happening in our social, economic or political world.

[Single spaced, times new roman, 12-point font, see template on the following page]



BI WEEKLY JOURNAL 1

 

STUDENT’S NAME:

READING/LECTURE TOPIC/HANDOUT:

SECTION ONE: MAJOR THEMES

PROVIDE 3 MAJOR THEMES FROM EACH READING. EACH THEME YOUR CHOOSE SHOULD BE DESCRIBED IN NO LESS THAN 3 SENTENCES.

Example

Reading: AUTHOR/TITLE, Page numbers

Major Themes

1)

2)

3)

SECTION TWO: QUOTES AND REFLECTION

FROM EACH READING PICK TWO QUOTES OR FACTS AND REFLECT ON THEM. (35-100 WORDS)

• WHY IS THIS IDEA IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT?
• WHATS THE VALUE OF THIS READING IN COMPARISON TO OTHERS? WHY? HOW DO THEIR IDEAS COMPARE?
• HOW DO THESE PERSPECTIVES IMPACT YOUR VIEW ON POLITICS?

SECTION THREE: CONNECTING THE IDEAS TO OUR POLITICAL WORLD

WRITE ABOUT TWO POTENTIAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE THEMES IN YOUR READING/LECTURE/HANDOUT OF CHOICE AND THE SOCIETY AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY. (50-100 WORDS)