The U.S. Experience

•  What do concepts such as “individualism,” “democracy,” “social contract,” “human nature,” “equality,” and “social capital”  mean in terms of the U.S. experience?

•  How have these ideas and values influenced our social, political, and economic systems?

•  What problems and issues arise when these concepts are put into action?

•  How have this week’s readings and discussions influenced our ideas about citizenship?

Monday 3/22

Tuesday 3/23

Wednesday 3/24

Thursday 3/25

Seminar

10:00 a.m. to

12:00 p.m..

Readings

• Hobbes (R)

• Locke (R)

• Rousseau (R)

• Smith:  Excerpts from the Wealth of Nations (R)

Readings

• Hobbes (R)

• Locke (R)

• Rousseau (R)

• Smith:  Excerpts from the Wealth of Nations (R)

Readings

• de Tocqueville:  Excerpts from Democracy in America (R)

• www.tocqueville.org

• xroads.virginia.edu/~ HYPER/DETOC/home.html

• Eberly, "Meaning, Origins, and Applications of Civil Society" (R)

Readings

• Bellah, et al, “Individualism (R)

• Putnam: “Thinking about Social Change in America” from Bowling Alone (R)

• Himmelfarb, "Demoralization of Society" (R)

Major Assignments Due

•  LHRS Table

Assigned/

Handout

Notes for Self

Cluster

1-3 P.M.

Group Projects:

Teambuilding and Brainstorming 

Meet with Faculty Facilitator

Group Projects:

Teambuilding and Brainstorming

 1:00-2:00 Meet with Faculty Facilitator

2:00-3:00 Work on Group Contracts

Discovery Project Workshop #1

·  Citizenship and Chapter IV

·  Developing questions

·  Interviewing skills

Readings

·  Engle: “Political interest on rebound among nation’s freshman” (SP)

·  Volpe: “Campus Kids: The New Swing Voter” (R)

Afternoon Faculty Meeting 12:30-3:00 p.m.

NCC LAB ReservedOffice Hours: PJ Whiteway1:00-3:00 p.m.