twitter assignment for students enrolled in golden gate park and green media
1. if you have not yet joined twitter, join twitter.
2. create a profile. in either your user name or bio (or both), use your real name.
3. make your profile public. if you already have a twitter account that is private and wish to keep it that way, create a new account for this class.
4. find and follow all members (students and professor) of our class.
5. get into the habit of checking twitter at least once a day.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
community garden outreach (spring 2011)
Community Garden Outreach
Environmental Studies 145
Fridays 11:45 am – 3:25 pm
Hayes Healy Formal Lounge
Professor Melinda Stone
Office: Kalmanovitz 120
Office Hours: Wed 10 – 12 & by appointment
Contact: stone [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu / 422-5755
Professor David Silver
Office: Kalmanovitz 141
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 3 – 4 pm & by appointment
Contact: [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu
Community Garden Outreach introduces students to environmental, cultural, social, political, and philosophical issues that circulate through and around food production, preparation, and distribution. Through readings, guests, and class discussions, students will learn about sustainable and unsustainable systems of food production. Through field trips, homestead workshops, and our on-campus farmstand, students will engage directly with various sustainable food practices. This service-learning course is offered in tandem with Justin Valone’s Urban Ag II and both are part of USF’s Garden Project living learning community.
Learning Goals:
1. To continue managing – effectively and collaboratively – the campus farmstand;
2. To develop advanced skills in preparing, preserving, and distributing food; and
3. Through field trips to San Francisco/Bay Area urban farms and gardens, to explore first-hand some of challenges and opportunities in urban agriculture.
Course Schedule:
Friday, January 28
Re-introductions
Friday, February 4
First Friday Farmstand
Friday, February 11
Field trip to Little City Gardens
Prior to field trip, read Chloe Roth, Little City Gardens makes a go of urban agriculture in San Francisco, SFGate, April 29, 2010; and Robert Selna, Urban agriculture: S.F. considers allowing sales, SFGate, December 23, 2010.
Friday, February 18
Homestead Workshop: Making Herbal salves, oils, teas and tinctures with Sarah Duscoe
Prior to homestead workshop, read: Sarah Holmes, Western Herbalism, September 11, 2000; Matthew Wood, The Three Basic Principles of Traditional Western Herbalism; and Jane E. Brody, Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You, New York Times, January 26, 2009.
Friday, February 25
Garden Guests: Daniel Tucker and Anne Hamersky
Read selected chapters from Amy Franceschini and Daniel Tucker’s Farm Together Now: A portrait of people, places and ideas for a new food movement (2010).
Friday, March 4
First Friday Farmstand
Friday, March 11
Field trip to UCSC Farm
Prior to field trip, read Patricia Allen and Martha Brown, Sustainable Agriculture at UC Santa Cruz, CASFS.
Friday, March 18
SPRING BREAK
Friday, March 25
Homestead Workshop: Foraging with Justin Valone
Readings TBD.
Friday, April 1
First Friday Farmstand
Friday, April 8
Garden Guest: Heather Hoag
Readings TBD.
Friday, April 15
Field trip to Garden for the Environment
Read: Can City Farmers Make a Living? Activist Eli Zigas on the Challenges of Urban Agriculture, Good, January 11, 2011.
Friday, April 22
Good Friday: No class.
Friday, April 29
Garden Guest: Marco Perez Navarrete, Permaculture Institute of El Salvador
Read selections from Raj Patel, Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System (Melville House, 2008).
Friday, May 6
First Friday Farmstand
This class has no final.
Course Grading:
Weekly Reflections - 40%
Farmstand Participation - 40%
Classroom Participation - 20%
Rules:
1. No late work accepted.
2. In class, on field trips, and during farm stand, no drinking out of non-reusable containers.
Environmental Studies 145
Fridays 11:45 am – 3:25 pm
Hayes Healy Formal Lounge
Professor Melinda Stone
Office: Kalmanovitz 120
Office Hours: Wed 10 – 12 & by appointment
Contact: stone [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu / 422-5755
Professor David Silver
Office: Kalmanovitz 141
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 3 – 4 pm & by appointment
Contact: [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu
Community Garden Outreach introduces students to environmental, cultural, social, political, and philosophical issues that circulate through and around food production, preparation, and distribution. Through readings, guests, and class discussions, students will learn about sustainable and unsustainable systems of food production. Through field trips, homestead workshops, and our on-campus farmstand, students will engage directly with various sustainable food practices. This service-learning course is offered in tandem with Justin Valone’s Urban Ag II and both are part of USF’s Garden Project living learning community.
Learning Goals:
1. To continue managing – effectively and collaboratively – the campus farmstand;
2. To develop advanced skills in preparing, preserving, and distributing food; and
3. Through field trips to San Francisco/Bay Area urban farms and gardens, to explore first-hand some of challenges and opportunities in urban agriculture.
Course Schedule:
Friday, January 28
Re-introductions
Friday, February 4
First Friday Farmstand
Friday, February 11
Field trip to Little City Gardens
Prior to field trip, read Chloe Roth, Little City Gardens makes a go of urban agriculture in San Francisco, SFGate, April 29, 2010; and Robert Selna, Urban agriculture: S.F. considers allowing sales, SFGate, December 23, 2010.
Friday, February 18
Homestead Workshop: Making Herbal salves, oils, teas and tinctures with Sarah Duscoe
Prior to homestead workshop, read: Sarah Holmes, Western Herbalism, September 11, 2000; Matthew Wood, The Three Basic Principles of Traditional Western Herbalism; and Jane E. Brody, Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You, New York Times, January 26, 2009.
Friday, February 25
Garden Guests: Daniel Tucker and Anne Hamersky
Read selected chapters from Amy Franceschini and Daniel Tucker’s Farm Together Now: A portrait of people, places and ideas for a new food movement (2010).
Friday, March 4
First Friday Farmstand
Friday, March 11
Field trip to UCSC Farm
Prior to field trip, read Patricia Allen and Martha Brown, Sustainable Agriculture at UC Santa Cruz, CASFS.
Friday, March 18
SPRING BREAK
Friday, March 25
Homestead Workshop: Foraging with Justin Valone
Readings TBD.
Friday, April 1
First Friday Farmstand
Friday, April 8
Garden Guest: Heather Hoag
Readings TBD.
Friday, April 15
Field trip to Garden for the Environment
Read: Can City Farmers Make a Living? Activist Eli Zigas on the Challenges of Urban Agriculture, Good, January 11, 2011.
Friday, April 22
Good Friday: No class.
Friday, April 29
Garden Guest: Marco Perez Navarrete, Permaculture Institute of El Salvador
Read selections from Raj Patel, Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System (Melville House, 2008).
Friday, May 6
First Friday Farmstand
This class has no final.
Course Grading:
Weekly Reflections - 40%
Farmstand Participation - 40%
Classroom Participation - 20%
Rules:
1. No late work accepted.
2. In class, on field trips, and during farm stand, no drinking out of non-reusable containers.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
green media (2011)
Green Media
Media Studies 301
Tuesday & Thursdays 12:45 – 2:30 pm
Education 319
Professor David Silver
Office: Kalmanovitz 141
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 3 – 4 pm & by appointment
dmsilver [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu
Green Media is a media studies production class devoted to making media about making food. In this class, we will learn how to use social media to research, prepare, document, and share a selection of dishes and meals. Along the way, we will explore different meanings of food, the history of television cooking shows, connections between food and culture, and strategies for seasonal cooking.
Learning Outcomes:
1. To learn how to use social media to make and share media about making food;
2. To develop a unique, creative, and compelling voice within your media work; and
3. To learn how to collaborate creatively and effectively.
Books:
o Kathleen Collins' Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows (Continuum, 2009).
o Novella Carpenter's Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer (Penguin Press, 2009).
o Although you will be able to complete your assignments with a free flickr account, you are strongly encouraged to purchase a flickr pro account for $25/year.
Calendar:
Tuesday, January 25
Introductions.
Thursday, January 27
Read: Patricia Harris, David Lyon, and Sue McLaughlin, “Food & Life,” from The Meaning of Food, pp. 1-59. Twitter Workshop.
Tuesday, February 1
Read: Kathleen Collins, “Stirrings: Radio, Home Economists, and James Beard,” from Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows, pp. 13-43.
Thursday, February 3
Read: Collins, “La Cuisine and Canned Soup: Dione Lucas vs. Convenience,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 44-68. Flickr Workshop, Part 1
Tuesday, February 8
Read: Mark Bittman, Chop, Fry, Boil: Eating for One, or 6 Billion, New York Times, December 31, 2010. Flickr Workshop, Part 2.
Thursday, February 10
Demo Day: Breakfast Project
Tuesday, February 15
Read: Collins, “Julia Child and Revolution in the Kitchen,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 71-100.
Thursday, February 17
Read: Brother Rick Curry, S.J., “Making Bread,” from The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking, pp. 11-21; Molly Katzen, "An Illustrated Guide to the Baking of Yeast Bread," from The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, pp. 86-95. Wordpress Workshop.
Tuesday, February 22
Read: Collins, “The Me Decade and the Galloping Gourmet” & “Cultural Capital and the Frugal Gourmet,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 101-155.
Thursday, February 24
Demo Day: Baking Bread Project
Tuesday, March 1
Read: Collins, “A Network of Its Own,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 159-185.
Thursday, March 3
Read: Collins, “Good Television” & “‘Democratainment’: Gender, Class, and the Rachael-Martha Continuum,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 186-231.
Tuesday, March 8
Read: Collins, “Evolution: How Did We Get Here and What’s On Next?” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 232-252.
Thursday, March 10
Demo Day: Food Person Project
March 15 & 17
SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, March 22
Read: Patricia Harris, David Lyon, and Sue McLaughlin, “Food & Culture,” from The Meaning of Food, pp. 61-105.
Thursday, March 24
Read: Sandra Cate, “‘Breaking Bread with a Spread’ in the San Francisco County Jail,” Gastronomica, Summer 2008, pp. 17-24.
Tuesday, March 29
Demo Day: Food and Culture Project
Thursday, March 31
Watch: Food, Inc.
Tuesday, April 5
Read: Lisa Miller, Divided We Eat, Newsweek, November 22, 2010.
Thursday, April 7
Read: Michael Pollan, Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch, New York Times Magazine, August 2, 2009.
Tuesday, April 12
Read: Elizabeth Kolbert, Green Like Me, The New Yorker, August 31, 2009; and Rachel Laudan, “A Plea for Culinary Modernism: Why We Should Love Fast, New, Processed Food,” Gastronomica, February 2001, pp. 36-44.
Thursday, April 14
Demo Day: Lunch Project
Tuesday, April 19
Read: Kim Severson, Neighbor, Can You Spare a Plum? New York Times, June 10, 2009; Fallen Fruit, “Take Back the Fruit: Public Space and Community Activism, from Food, edited by John Knechtel (MIT Press, 2007).
Thursday, April 21
No class.
Tuesday, April 26
Guest: Marco Perez Navarrete, Permaculture Institute of El Salvador. Readings TBD.
Thursday, April 28
Demo Day: Seasonal Dish Project
Tuesday, May 3
Read: Novella Carpenter, “Turkey,” from Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, pp. 1-98.
Thursday, May 5
Read: Carpenter, “Rabbit,” from Farm City, pp. 99-184.
Tuesday, May 10
Read: Carpenter, “Pig,” from Farm City, pp. 185-269. Guest: Novella Carpenter.
Thursday, May 12
Demo Day: Last Supper Project
This class has no final exam.
Grading:
Quizzes, homework, and in class assignments - 30%
Class participation - 20%
Projects - 30%
Demo Days - 20%
Attendance Policy:
Missing class, or attending class unprepared, will significantly affect your final grade. If you do miss class, contact a classmate or two to find out what we discussed in class and ask to borrow their notes. After doing this, if you have questions about missed material, visit me during office hours.
Rules:
1. No late work accepted.
2. No drinking out of non-reusable containers during class.
Media Studies 301
Tuesday & Thursdays 12:45 – 2:30 pm
Education 319
Professor David Silver
Office: Kalmanovitz 141
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 3 – 4 pm & by appointment
dmsilver [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu
Green Media is a media studies production class devoted to making media about making food. In this class, we will learn how to use social media to research, prepare, document, and share a selection of dishes and meals. Along the way, we will explore different meanings of food, the history of television cooking shows, connections between food and culture, and strategies for seasonal cooking.
Learning Outcomes:
1. To learn how to use social media to make and share media about making food;
2. To develop a unique, creative, and compelling voice within your media work; and
3. To learn how to collaborate creatively and effectively.
Books:
o Kathleen Collins' Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows (Continuum, 2009).
o Novella Carpenter's Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer (Penguin Press, 2009).
o Although you will be able to complete your assignments with a free flickr account, you are strongly encouraged to purchase a flickr pro account for $25/year.
Calendar:
Tuesday, January 25
Introductions.
Thursday, January 27
Read: Patricia Harris, David Lyon, and Sue McLaughlin, “Food & Life,” from The Meaning of Food, pp. 1-59. Twitter Workshop.
Tuesday, February 1
Read: Kathleen Collins, “Stirrings: Radio, Home Economists, and James Beard,” from Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows, pp. 13-43.
Thursday, February 3
Read: Collins, “La Cuisine and Canned Soup: Dione Lucas vs. Convenience,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 44-68. Flickr Workshop, Part 1
Tuesday, February 8
Read: Mark Bittman, Chop, Fry, Boil: Eating for One, or 6 Billion, New York Times, December 31, 2010. Flickr Workshop, Part 2.
Thursday, February 10
Demo Day: Breakfast Project
Tuesday, February 15
Read: Collins, “Julia Child and Revolution in the Kitchen,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 71-100.
Thursday, February 17
Read: Brother Rick Curry, S.J., “Making Bread,” from The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking, pp. 11-21; Molly Katzen, "An Illustrated Guide to the Baking of Yeast Bread," from The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, pp. 86-95. Wordpress Workshop.
Tuesday, February 22
Read: Collins, “The Me Decade and the Galloping Gourmet” & “Cultural Capital and the Frugal Gourmet,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 101-155.
Thursday, February 24
Demo Day: Baking Bread Project
Tuesday, March 1
Read: Collins, “A Network of Its Own,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 159-185.
Thursday, March 3
Read: Collins, “Good Television” & “‘Democratainment’: Gender, Class, and the Rachael-Martha Continuum,” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 186-231.
Tuesday, March 8
Read: Collins, “Evolution: How Did We Get Here and What’s On Next?” from Watching What We Eat, pp. 232-252.
Thursday, March 10
Demo Day: Food Person Project
March 15 & 17
SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, March 22
Read: Patricia Harris, David Lyon, and Sue McLaughlin, “Food & Culture,” from The Meaning of Food, pp. 61-105.
Thursday, March 24
Read: Sandra Cate, “‘Breaking Bread with a Spread’ in the San Francisco County Jail,” Gastronomica, Summer 2008, pp. 17-24.
Tuesday, March 29
Demo Day: Food and Culture Project
Thursday, March 31
Watch: Food, Inc.
Tuesday, April 5
Read: Lisa Miller, Divided We Eat, Newsweek, November 22, 2010.
Thursday, April 7
Read: Michael Pollan, Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch, New York Times Magazine, August 2, 2009.
Tuesday, April 12
Read: Elizabeth Kolbert, Green Like Me, The New Yorker, August 31, 2009; and Rachel Laudan, “A Plea for Culinary Modernism: Why We Should Love Fast, New, Processed Food,” Gastronomica, February 2001, pp. 36-44.
Thursday, April 14
Demo Day: Lunch Project
Tuesday, April 19
Read: Kim Severson, Neighbor, Can You Spare a Plum? New York Times, June 10, 2009; Fallen Fruit, “Take Back the Fruit: Public Space and Community Activism, from Food, edited by John Knechtel (MIT Press, 2007).
Thursday, April 21
No class.
Tuesday, April 26
Guest: Marco Perez Navarrete, Permaculture Institute of El Salvador. Readings TBD.
Thursday, April 28
Demo Day: Seasonal Dish Project
Tuesday, May 3
Read: Novella Carpenter, “Turkey,” from Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, pp. 1-98.
Thursday, May 5
Read: Carpenter, “Rabbit,” from Farm City, pp. 99-184.
Tuesday, May 10
Read: Carpenter, “Pig,” from Farm City, pp. 185-269. Guest: Novella Carpenter.
Thursday, May 12
Demo Day: Last Supper Project
This class has no final exam.
Grading:
Quizzes, homework, and in class assignments - 30%
Class participation - 20%
Projects - 30%
Demo Days - 20%
Attendance Policy:
Missing class, or attending class unprepared, will significantly affect your final grade. If you do miss class, contact a classmate or two to find out what we discussed in class and ask to borrow their notes. After doing this, if you have questions about missed material, visit me during office hours.
Rules:
1. No late work accepted.
2. No drinking out of non-reusable containers during class.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
golden gate park (spring 2011)
Golden Gate Park
First-Year Seminar
Harney Science Center 143
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:55-11:40
Professor David Silver
Office: Kalmanavitz 141
Office hours: Tues & Thurs 3-4 pm
Contact: dmsilver [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu
Golden Gate Park is a First-Year Seminar that explores the history, built environment, popular narratives, and mixed uses of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Through readings, class discussions, and library workshops, students will develop a broad and keen understanding of the park; through field trips, students gain valuable on-site experience in and with the park. An accelerated writing seminar, Golden Gate Park fulfills USF’s Core A2 requirement.
Learning Outcomes
In this class, students will learn:
o How to read, analyze, and summarize complex texts from multiple fields and subjects;
o How to develop interesting research questions based on outside research and individual interests;
o How to use Gleeson Library and online tools to find relevant material from a range of sources and disciplines;
o How to write, edit, revise, and polish clear and compelling essays that, when necessary, keep with the conventions of academic and/or professional discourse; and
o How some sand dunes called the Outside Lands became Golden Gate Park.
Required Text:
o Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, 2nd Edition (W. W. Norton, 2009)
Course Schedule:
Week 1:
Tuesday, January 25
Introductions.
Thursday, January 27
Read: Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, “‘They Say’: Starting with What Others Are Saying,” in They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (or TSIS), pp. 19-29. Twitter Workshop.
Week 2:
Tuesday, February 1
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Her Point Is’: The Art of Summarizing,” in TSIS, pp. 30-41; and Raymond H. Clary, “The Birth of American Parks,” in Making of Golden Gate Park: The Early Years: 1865-1906, pp. 1-5.
Thursday, February 3
Read: Clary, “The Beginning of Golden Gate Park” and “The Visionary Plan of William Hammond Hall,” in Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 11-27.
Week 3:
Tuesday, February 8
Field trip: Conservatory of Flowers
Thursday, February 10
Paper 1 due in class. Library Workshop.
Week 4:
Tuesday, February 15
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘As He Himself Puts It’: The Art of Quoting,” in TSIS, pp. 42-51; and Clary, “Politics in the Park,” in Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 33-43.
Thursday, February 17
Read: Gray Brechin, Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin, pp. 80-89.
Week 5:
Tuesday, February 22
Field trip (with Peter Novak, Vice Provost for Student Life): National AIDS Memorial Grove. Prior to field trip, read: Christopher Pollock and Erica Katz, “The Eastern End,” in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park: A Thousand and Seventeen Acres of Stories, pp. 12-49; and "About the National AIDS Memorial Grove."
Thursday, February 24
Paper 2 due in class. Library Workshop.
Week 6:
Tuesday, March 1
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Yes / No / Okay, But’: Three Ways to Respond,” in TSIS, pp. 55-67; and Clary, “Midwinter Fair,” in Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 110-125.
Thursday, March 3
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘And Yet’: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say,” in TSIS, pp. 68-77; and Pollock and Katz, “The Music Concourse,” in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, pp. 50-79.
Week 7:
Tuesday, March 8
Field trip: The Music Concourse and The Japanese Tea Garden
Thursday, March 10
Paper 3 due in class. Library Workshop.
Week 8 (March 15 & 17)
SPRING BREAK
Week 9:
Tuesday, March 22
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Skeptics May Object’: Planting a Naysayer in Your Text,” in TSIS, pp. 78-91; and selections from Christopher Pollock’s Golden Gate Park: San Francisco's Urban Oasis in Vintage Postcards.
Thursday, March 24
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘So What? Who Cares?’: Saying Why It Matters,” in TSIS, pp. 92-101; and Sally B. Woodbridge, John M. Woodbridge, and Chuck Byrne, “Golden Gate Park & Vicinity,” in San Francisco Architecture: An Illustrated Guide to the Outstanding Buildings, Public Art Works, and Parks in the Bay Area of California, pp. 197-205.
Week 10:
Tuesday, March 29
Field trip: The de Young Museum
Thursday, March 31
Paper 4 due in class. USF Roundtable featuring Shawn Calhoun (Gleeson Library); Alex Hochman (Career Center); and Charlene P. Lobo Soriano (First Year Student Services).
Week 11:
Tuesday, April 5
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘As a Result’: Connecting the Parts,” in TSIS, pp. 105-120; and Clary, “The Great Disaster,” Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 156-169.
Thursday, April 7
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Ain’t So / Is Not’: Academic Writing Doesn’t Always Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice,” in TSIS, pp. 121-128.
Week 12:
Tuesday, April 12
Read: James R. Smith, “California Midwinter International Exposition – 1894,” in San Francisco's Lost Landmarks, pp. 111-126.
Thursday, April 14
James R. Smith, “Playland at the Beach,” in San Francisco's Lost Landmarks, pp. 44-53.
Week 13:
Tuesday, April 19
Graff and Birkenstein, “‘But Don’t Get Me Wrong’: The Art of Metacommentary,” in TSIS, pp. 129-138.
Thursday, April 21
Paper 5 due in class. Library Workshop.
Week 14:
Tuesday, April 26
Read: Josh Sides, “The Unspoken Sexuality of Golden Gate Park,” in Erotic City: Sexual Revolutions and the Making of Modern San Francisco, pp. 123-140.
Thursday, April 28
Read: Wikipedia entries for Golden Gate Park; Conservatory of Flowers; AIDS Memorial Grove; Music Concourse; and Japanese Tea Garden.
Week 15:
Tuesday, May 3
Read: Philip J. Dreyfus, “Greening the City,” in Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco, pp. 67-100.
Thursday, May 5
Paper 6 due in class.
Week 16:
Tuesday, May 10
Field trip: The Beach Chalet and Ocean Beach. Prior to field trip, read: Pollock and Katz’s “Facing West,” in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, pp. 112-125.
Thursday, May 12
Reflection Paper due in class.
There is no final exam in this class.
Grading:
Paper 1 - 10%
Paper 2 - 10%
Paper 3 - 10%
Paper 4 - 10%
Paper 5 - 10%
Paper 6 - 10%
Reflection Paper - 10%
Class participation - 15%
Field trip participation - 15%
Attendance Policy:
Because this is an accelerated writing seminar, attendance is crucial. Students are expected to attend each class and field trip, have all readings finished prior to class or field trip, and be ready to participate in class discussions. Missing class, or attending class unprepared, will significantly affect your final grade. If you do miss class, contact a classmate or two to find out what you missed and ask to borrow their notes. After doing this, if you have questions about missed material, visit me during office hours.
Academic Integrity:
Plagiarism is using another person’s words and/or ideas without giving appropriate credit. Plagiarism is a serious violation of academic honor and personal integrity and can result in failing an assignment, being removed from this course, or even being asked to leave USF.
Rules:
1. No late work accepted.
2. In class and on field trips, no drinking out of non-reusable containers.
First-Year Seminar
Harney Science Center 143
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:55-11:40
Professor David Silver
Office: Kalmanavitz 141
Office hours: Tues & Thurs 3-4 pm
Contact: dmsilver [ at ] usfca [ dot ] edu
Golden Gate Park is a First-Year Seminar that explores the history, built environment, popular narratives, and mixed uses of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Through readings, class discussions, and library workshops, students will develop a broad and keen understanding of the park; through field trips, students gain valuable on-site experience in and with the park. An accelerated writing seminar, Golden Gate Park fulfills USF’s Core A2 requirement.
Learning Outcomes
In this class, students will learn:
o How to read, analyze, and summarize complex texts from multiple fields and subjects;
o How to develop interesting research questions based on outside research and individual interests;
o How to use Gleeson Library and online tools to find relevant material from a range of sources and disciplines;
o How to write, edit, revise, and polish clear and compelling essays that, when necessary, keep with the conventions of academic and/or professional discourse; and
o How some sand dunes called the Outside Lands became Golden Gate Park.
Required Text:
o Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, 2nd Edition (W. W. Norton, 2009)
Course Schedule:
Week 1:
Tuesday, January 25
Introductions.
Thursday, January 27
Read: Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, “‘They Say’: Starting with What Others Are Saying,” in They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (or TSIS), pp. 19-29. Twitter Workshop.
Week 2:
Tuesday, February 1
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Her Point Is’: The Art of Summarizing,” in TSIS, pp. 30-41; and Raymond H. Clary, “The Birth of American Parks,” in Making of Golden Gate Park: The Early Years: 1865-1906, pp. 1-5.
Thursday, February 3
Read: Clary, “The Beginning of Golden Gate Park” and “The Visionary Plan of William Hammond Hall,” in Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 11-27.
Week 3:
Tuesday, February 8
Field trip: Conservatory of Flowers
Thursday, February 10
Paper 1 due in class. Library Workshop.
Week 4:
Tuesday, February 15
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘As He Himself Puts It’: The Art of Quoting,” in TSIS, pp. 42-51; and Clary, “Politics in the Park,” in Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 33-43.
Thursday, February 17
Read: Gray Brechin, Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin, pp. 80-89.
Week 5:
Tuesday, February 22
Field trip (with Peter Novak, Vice Provost for Student Life): National AIDS Memorial Grove. Prior to field trip, read: Christopher Pollock and Erica Katz, “The Eastern End,” in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park: A Thousand and Seventeen Acres of Stories, pp. 12-49; and "About the National AIDS Memorial Grove."
Thursday, February 24
Paper 2 due in class. Library Workshop.
Week 6:
Tuesday, March 1
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Yes / No / Okay, But’: Three Ways to Respond,” in TSIS, pp. 55-67; and Clary, “Midwinter Fair,” in Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 110-125.
Thursday, March 3
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘And Yet’: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say,” in TSIS, pp. 68-77; and Pollock and Katz, “The Music Concourse,” in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, pp. 50-79.
Week 7:
Tuesday, March 8
Field trip: The Music Concourse and The Japanese Tea Garden
Thursday, March 10
Paper 3 due in class. Library Workshop.
Week 8 (March 15 & 17)
SPRING BREAK
Week 9:
Tuesday, March 22
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Skeptics May Object’: Planting a Naysayer in Your Text,” in TSIS, pp. 78-91; and selections from Christopher Pollock’s Golden Gate Park: San Francisco's Urban Oasis in Vintage Postcards.
Thursday, March 24
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘So What? Who Cares?’: Saying Why It Matters,” in TSIS, pp. 92-101; and Sally B. Woodbridge, John M. Woodbridge, and Chuck Byrne, “Golden Gate Park & Vicinity,” in San Francisco Architecture: An Illustrated Guide to the Outstanding Buildings, Public Art Works, and Parks in the Bay Area of California, pp. 197-205.
Week 10:
Tuesday, March 29
Field trip: The de Young Museum
Thursday, March 31
Paper 4 due in class. USF Roundtable featuring Shawn Calhoun (Gleeson Library); Alex Hochman (Career Center); and Charlene P. Lobo Soriano (First Year Student Services).
Week 11:
Tuesday, April 5
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘As a Result’: Connecting the Parts,” in TSIS, pp. 105-120; and Clary, “The Great Disaster,” Making of Golden Gate Park, pp. 156-169.
Thursday, April 7
Read: Graff and Birkenstein, “‘Ain’t So / Is Not’: Academic Writing Doesn’t Always Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice,” in TSIS, pp. 121-128.
Week 12:
Tuesday, April 12
Read: James R. Smith, “California Midwinter International Exposition – 1894,” in San Francisco's Lost Landmarks, pp. 111-126.
Thursday, April 14
James R. Smith, “Playland at the Beach,” in San Francisco's Lost Landmarks, pp. 44-53.
Week 13:
Tuesday, April 19
Graff and Birkenstein, “‘But Don’t Get Me Wrong’: The Art of Metacommentary,” in TSIS, pp. 129-138.
Thursday, April 21
Paper 5 due in class. Library Workshop.
Week 14:
Tuesday, April 26
Read: Josh Sides, “The Unspoken Sexuality of Golden Gate Park,” in Erotic City: Sexual Revolutions and the Making of Modern San Francisco, pp. 123-140.
Thursday, April 28
Read: Wikipedia entries for Golden Gate Park; Conservatory of Flowers; AIDS Memorial Grove; Music Concourse; and Japanese Tea Garden.
Week 15:
Tuesday, May 3
Read: Philip J. Dreyfus, “Greening the City,” in Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco, pp. 67-100.
Thursday, May 5
Paper 6 due in class.
Week 16:
Tuesday, May 10
Field trip: The Beach Chalet and Ocean Beach. Prior to field trip, read: Pollock and Katz’s “Facing West,” in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, pp. 112-125.
Thursday, May 12
Reflection Paper due in class.
There is no final exam in this class.
Grading:
Paper 1 - 10%
Paper 2 - 10%
Paper 3 - 10%
Paper 4 - 10%
Paper 5 - 10%
Paper 6 - 10%
Reflection Paper - 10%
Class participation - 15%
Field trip participation - 15%
Attendance Policy:
Because this is an accelerated writing seminar, attendance is crucial. Students are expected to attend each class and field trip, have all readings finished prior to class or field trip, and be ready to participate in class discussions. Missing class, or attending class unprepared, will significantly affect your final grade. If you do miss class, contact a classmate or two to find out what you missed and ask to borrow their notes. After doing this, if you have questions about missed material, visit me during office hours.
Academic Integrity:
Plagiarism is using another person’s words and/or ideas without giving appropriate credit. Plagiarism is a serious violation of academic honor and personal integrity and can result in failing an assignment, being removed from this course, or even being asked to leave USF.
Rules:
1. No late work accepted.
2. In class and on field trips, no drinking out of non-reusable containers.
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