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REVISED
ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE:

On other days, we will discuss readings (see "Reading Assignments" at right) or Dr. Ditto may lecture.  Attendance at class is required every day, whether or not you have a particular assignment due. 

For topics and guidelines pertaining to individual writing assignments, see "Writing Assignments" at right.

Fri. 9/10 - Paper #1, Thesis Statement and Outline Due

Wed. 9/15 - Paper 1, Draft Due

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Mon. 10/4 - Paper 1, Revisions Due

Wed. 10/6 - Paper 2, Thesis & Outline Due

Fri. 10/8 - Three Monograph Citations (for Book Review) Due

Mon. 10/11 - Paper 2 Draft Due

Fri. 10/15 - Paper 2 Revisions Due

Mon. 10/18 - At Least three Internet Sources Due

Wed. 10/20 - Internet Paper, Thesis Statement Due, In-Class Debate

Fri. 10/22 - Internet Paper, Thesis, Outline, Draft & Revisions Due

Fri. 10/29 - Book Review Outline Due

Fri. 11/5 - Book Review Due

A SEPARATE SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTS AND DUE DATES FOR EACH OF THE COMPONENTS OF YOUR FINAL PAPER PROJECT WILL BE HANDED OUT IN CLASS AND POSTED ON THIS WEB PAGE BY MONDAY NOV. 4.) 

Fri. 12/3 - Final Paper Due

Students have the option of submitting drafts of each paper to MyDropBox in order to receive an "originality report" that may help you fix accidental plagiarism before you hand in the final version of each paper.  Dr. Ditto will not grade (or even read) these drafts unless you specifically ask her to.  The "Drafts" folders of MyDropBox are strictly optional.  It may sometimes take 24 hours or more to receive a report from mydropbox.com, so plan ahead if you intend to take advantage of this service.

In order to submit a paper through MyDropBox:

• Go to http://mydropbox.com.
• Under the words "Already Registered?" Click on the word "Students"
• Enter the "Class I.D." number, which is 17381
• Enter the password for this class, which is LIBA102
• Click the blue box marked "Go!" (or press "Enter")
• Select the assignment you are submitting from the first drop-down menu
• Enter your olemiss.edu email address
• Select your name from the next drop-down menu
• Enter the title of your paper
• Click on the bubble next to either "Copy/Paste Document" or "Upload Document", then do whichever of those two actions you choose.
• Click on the "Sumit Query" button.

• For Wednesday 9/1 - Colonial families 
• John Demos, "Parents and Children" 
• floorplans and costume from the Colonial period
• For Friday 9/3 - Victorian families 
• Barbara Welter essay "The Cult of True Womanhood"
• floorplans and costume from the Victorian period (same file as above)
• For Wednesday 9/8 -  Slave Families and the Cold War
• Brenda Stevenson article, "Distress and Discord in Virginia Slave Families, 1830-60" 
• Chapter 1, "Containment at Home" from Elaine Tyler May, Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War
• Floorplans of middle-class homes, 1920s-present

Writing Assignments:

Remember:

All papers and other written submissions for this class must adhere to Dr. Ditto's "Guidelines for LIBA 102 Submissions."

Final versions of each written assignment must be submitted both in hard copy (printed) form and through mydropbox.com.  (See below for more information.)

(Click on the links below to view or download a copy of the topic and requirements for a specific paper or project.) 

See the "Assignment Schedule" at left for due dates.

• "My Family Is. . . ." Paper
• Paper Project #1 - "Family Values"
• Paper Project #2 - "The History of Sexuality"
• Paper Project #3 - Internet-based paper
• Paper Project #4 - Book Review
• Final Paper Project 

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