August 2021
Monday
Homework
Wednesday
Homework
Friday
Homework
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Syllabus
Mark Adams (Kindle) / Harlan Cohen (Kindle) / Hiram Bingham (Kindle) / Pablo Neruda (Kindle) / Kindle for PC
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Purchase your books
Read the syllabus thoroughly and come up with three questions about it for next class
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Syllabus and group questions / Modified Cornell Method
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Read Chp 1, “The Man from Oz” in Turn Right at Machu Picchu (TRMP)
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Discussion: They Called Us Enemy
28
Revise Summer Reading Essay / Turn-in on Wednesday
Read Chp 2 of TRMP, “Naval Intelligence”
30
Groups: Goals & Problems: Poor Academic Progress / Helping a friend with relationship problems / Sick / Still undecided / Study Plan / Homesick / Roommate
Hiram Bingham / Britannica / Photos / History of Latin America in US / Inca Land / Current Day Tourism
Discuss Chapters 1-2 in T urn Right at Machu Picchu
Last Day to ADD/DROP
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Read Chapter 12 in Naked Roommate
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Summer Essay
College Debt and Income Based Tuition on Ted Talks / College Premium / Student Loan Affordability Calculator / College Costs (1,2) / Public Funding / Time to Degree / Student Debt Satisfaction / Student Loan Debt Collection (1) / College Completion–all or nothing 4 yr. end goal / College Scorecard / Job Boards (1,2,3,4) Future home purchase?
Credit card debt and credit rating: a credit score of 700 or above is generally considered good. / Fico Score Calculation / Interest Paid by Fico Score / Pay off monthly balance
2
Read Chp 3-4 in Turn Right at Machu Picchu (TRMP)
3
Review:
Modified Cornell Method? / Goals: metaphor - video game (1,2,3,4) / Goal Grid / Last thoughts on Chp 12 Naked Roommate? / nature of our book (travelogue 1) / D2L Discussion Board Entry?
Academic Disciplines and a guiding question to research about Machu Picchu. / Modes of Writing / Thesis
Groups will discuss and select one Thesis Statement to be uploaded on D2L next week
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Read Chp 5-8 in Turn Right at Machu Picchu (TRMP)
September 2021
Monday
Homework
Wednesday
Homework
Friday
Homework
6
Labor Day
7
Last Day to Declare Credit by Exam
8
Admin: D2L discussion board reminder.
Modes of Writing, Thesis / Groups will discuss and select one Thesis Statement to be uploaded on D2L.
Control of Free Time / Making and balancing professional, personal, and family goals.
Chimoc / Multidisciplinary focus
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Read Chp 9-10 in Turn Right at Machu Picchu (TRMP)
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Summer Essays will be returned today / D2L Entry Questions? / Review: Academic Disciplines - As scientific discovery - Drones / From Question to Thesis Statement (1, 2)/ Modes of Writing, Thesis /
Discuss: TRMP Chps 1-6 ( sample notes) / I will collect your notes soon (electronic or on paper) / Cornell Method (Eval)
Incan and Stone: video (1,2,3) / Coricancha (*, 0, 1,2,3), Salineras de Maras/ Tambomachay / Tipón / Viracocha (sea fat)-Titicaca-giants-flood-stone- huaca (2)/ huaco-mummy- sun
11
Finish Group D2L entry
Read Chapter 7 in Naked Roommate
13
D2L Discussions?
Incan and Stone: video (1,2,3) / Qoricancha (*, 0, 1,2,3), Salineras de Maras/ Tambomachay / Tipón / Viracocha (sea fat)-Titicaca-giants-flood-stone- huaca (2)/ huaco-mummy- sun
PBS Videos: Huacas & Origins / Rope Bridge / Nova Stone Working Theories
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Read Chp 11-12 in Turn Right at Machu Picchu (TRMP)
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Essay 1: “Finding your voice in 2061”. Diary/Travelogue / Step One: decide if you are going to write a diary or a travelogue. Step Two: write a week’s entry for your diary/travelogue. Step Three: Write at least a paragraph reflecting on the diary or travelogue, adopting the role of a narrator that finds your diary/travelogue in a time capsule 20 years later. The narrator must reflect on the value, importance, and chief characteristics of the diary/travelogue. Option: you can switch diary/travelogue entries with a partner and write about theirs. They must be given credit for the 2nd part.
Depth in note taking. Groups. Review of last class. / Native traditions still alive / Viracocha (sea fat)-Titicaca-giants-flood-stone- huaca (2)/ huaco-mummy- sun
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Read Chp 13-14 in Turn Right at Machu Picchu (TRMP)
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Essay 1: Second Look:
Assigned Topic–2-5 pages length, 1 st section–raw data–diary/travelogue (1,2,3), 2nd section is a reflective synthesis of purpose/ideas similar to the chapters in TRMP–>My college warning–avoiding midlife crisis/burn out.
Incomplete Grades Due
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Read Chp 15-16 in Turn Right at Machu Picchu (TRMP)
Write a Rough Draft of Essay 2
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Essay Idea: Geothermal Power with Dad’s land and Auntie Mae’s investment. Trip to France with her.
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Read Chp 17-18 in Turn Right at Machu Picchu (TRMP)
Finish Essay 2
Credit by Exam Grades Due
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Maximize Your Buzz
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Read Chp 19-20 in Turn Right at Machu Picchu (TRMP)
Important: Notebooks will be collected before the Midterm Exam
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Important: Notebooks will be collected before the Midterm Exam
30
Study for the Midterm
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Midterm
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