Second+Semester+Assignments

Harvard University and some other schools have developed a series of Implicit Attitude Tests to discover latent biases about topics like race, ethnicity, and gender. Anyone can take these short quizzes on-line to discover what might be unexpected characteristics. Click on the [|IAT link]to go to the test page.

Immigration and Globalization Unit Reading Assignments:**
 * Assignments from February 20-March 6, 2008 [[file:SrSemFeb20_SpringBreak.pdf]]

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/199203/barber or http://www.fareedzakaria.com/articles/newsweek/042103.html
 * International Institutions Powerpoint.[[file:globalization.ppt]]
 * Is Globalization a Bad Word [[file:AndersonCh27.pdf]]
 * Immigration [[file:AndersonCh30.pdf]]
 * Strengthening Institutions in Afghanistan [[file:Ahmad_Afghanistan.pdf]] * “Mideast Authoritarianism,” Marcus Noland, Institute for International Economics. [[file:mideast_authoritarianism.pdf]]
 * “[|The Silent Partner],” by S.L. Price from Sports Illustrated at:
 * “Islam in America” from July 31, 2007 issue of //Newsweek// at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19915445/site/newsweek/
 * Read Atlantic Monthly piece “Jihad v. McWorld” from 1992
 * Read excerpt from Fareed Zakaria, “How to Wage the Peace”

A Poor Cousin of the Middle Class by David Shipler, New York Times, January 18, 2004
 * Assignments for the week of February 4, 2008** [[file:february_4_7.pdf]]
 * Readings on Poverty:**

Assignments for the Week of January 22, 2008 Assignments for Week of January 14, 2008

This is an interesting Simulator of what the effects of different federal anti-poverty programs are. You fill out a questionnaire about a fictional family, and it gives you data about that family. [|Family Resources Simulator from the National Center for Children in Poverty]



[|The State of the News Media 2007]

[|How Class Works: NYT interactive graphic]