Week 3: Brazil

Iguazu Falls, Brazil

Week 3: Brazil
Mon 2.4/Wed 2.6
Read: eR—“American Ignorance” (InsideHigherEd), “Many of Trump’s Supporters Never Left Their Hometowns” (The Atlantic), “Opinion: Americans Need to Consume More Foreign News” (The Daily Northwestern), “Most Young Americans Can't Pass a Test on Global Affairs—Can You?” (National Geographic)
Class: Presentation sign-ups; Lecture—“Building a Better Multimedia Presentation: An Annotated Look,” “You’re in College Now: The New Rules of University Writing”

Upcoming:

Week 4: China
Mon 2.11/Wed 2.13
Read: eR—“The True Cost of American Insularity (Wharton Magazine), “‘America First’ Signals Insularity and Smallness” (San Antonio Express-News), “What Does an Insular US Mean for the Rest of the World?” (CNN), “Why Americans Have Come to Worship Their Own Ignorance” (MacLean’s), “How to Fix American Stupidity” (Time)
Class: DIAGNOSTIC; Lecture—“You’re in College Now: The New Rules of University Writing,” “MLA Style 101,” and “MLA Style 101”
Due: REFLECTION 1