Week 9 & 10: Boys & Girls Club

Week 9 – October 22–26:

Tuesday:               Boys & Girls Club Preparation

Wednesday:       Guest Speaker: Erin MacDougall, Counseling Services: “Strategies for Adjusting to College Life”

Thursday:             Boys & Girls Club Preparation

Friday:                    Boys & Girls Club Service Learning Project

Week 10 – October 29 – November 1:

Tuesday:               Boys & Girls Club Preparation

Wednesday:       Guest Speaker: Jessame Ferguson, Director, Hoover Library

Thursday:             Boys & Girls Club Preparation

Friday:                    Boys & Girls Club Service Learning Project

Week 8 - October 15-19: Fall Break – Beastly Bride(groom

Monday:                No Class - Fall Break
Tuesday:               No Class - Fall Break (German-American Day – Your help will be appreciated!)
Wednesday:       Guest Speaker: Jessame Ferguson, Director, Hoover Library 
Evening Film: “The Princess and the Frog,” Disney 2010 (98 min)
Thursday:             The Complete Fairy Tales, “The Frog King,” pp. 2-5
Report 13: Bruno Bettelheim, "Little Red Riding Hood,” in: The Uses of Enchantment, pp. 166-183. On Blackboard / Course Documents
Report 15: Marina Warner, “Go! Be a Beast: Beauty and the Beast,” In: From the Beast to the Blonde. On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers, New York: The Noonday Press. 1994, pp. 298-318. On Blackboard under Course Documents.
Discussion of Film and Tale

Blog Entry 8: First read the story of “Cupid and Psyche” at http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/cupid.html, then write a comparison of this old Greek tale with that of the Brothers Grimm. Add two pictures to your blog, one from “The Frog King” and one for “Cupid and Psyche.” Blog is due by Sunday, October 21.

Week 7 – October 10-13: Exam 1 – Littel Red Riding Hood

Week 7 – October 8-12: Little Red Cap

Monday:                Review Session for Exam 1

Tuesday:               Read: The Complete Fairy Tales, "Little Red Cap" (93-96)
Report 12: Kast, Verena, “Little Red Cap. Favorite and Dreaded Folktales from Childhood,” In: Folktales as Therapy, pp. 1-26 On Blackboard under Course Documents.

Wednesday:       Lecture in Alumni Hall by the author of Delete
Evening Review for Exam 1

Thursday:             Exam 1: The test will cover all materials studied in the semester including all required readings and fairy tales. 

Blog Entry 7: Find a cartoon on-line with “Little Red Riding Hood” as a theme and write a reflection on that cartoon. What kind of cartoon is that (political, social)? How do you like it? Etc. Add a copy of the cartoon, name of cartoonist and the source (URL).  Blog is due by Wednesday, October 17.