Current Class Assignments

ECON 221 or ECON 101

Professor: Erik Craft

Due: April 13, 2006

Notes: I don't have a lot of detail about this assignment, but I wanted to mention it since I encountered a confused student at the desk last night. Dr. Craft has provided the students with a long list of references (~10 pages) that they may want to consult for a paper they are writing. I believe it has to do with the history of economics. The student I spoke with seemed to think Dr. Craft had told them that all of the articles would be available at the library. However, the one he was looking for was not.

I asked Dr. Craft about this, and he said that he may have made a general statement about being able to get the articles at the library, but that he had not checked each citation, and had assumed that students could get them through ILL if needed.

If you have questions about locating these articles, please let the students know that we don't have every article on the list. Also, they will probably need to use articles that we DO have, rather than requesting them through ILL, since the assignment is due in a week.

Leadership Studies 390: Women's Movement

Professor: Ana Mitric

Due: April, 2006

Assignment: Create a U.S. Women's Movement timeline from 1945 - 1985. Then write a 10-page research paper based on an issue, event, etc. that the student discovered through the timeline exercise.

Suggested Resources: Various chronologies on women's history. Databases such as the NYT Historical Newspapers and other appropriate databases on the WGSS Research Guide.

Additional Notes: See the Leadership: Women's Movement for detailed library handout. Students attended a library research class on March 30.

History/WGSS 224 - European Women and Gender Before Suffrage

Professor: Sydney Watts

Due: April 28, 2006

Assignment: Identify a primary source authored by a European woman between 1500 and 1875. Find 6 secondary sources that details the life of your chosen subject and situate her life and written work within the currents of historical thought. See attached assignment for more details: History 224.doc

Suggested Resources: Course-Specific Research Guide for History 224 and Dr. Watts' bibliography on Blackboard.

Additional Notes: Students will attend a library research class on April 4 to learn how to find and identify secondary sources for the paper.

WGSS 200 - Introduction to Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Professor: Ladelle Mcwhorter

Due: Monday, February 27, 2006

Assignment: Exercises on archival research based on Jonathan Katz article, "The Invention of Heterosexuality." Students will answer a quiz on gender/sexuality terms using the OED Online and trace the use of "homosexuality" in Readers' Guide from 1930 - 2006. See attached assignments at the bottom of this page for more details. OEDassignment.doc

Suggested Resources: OED Online and Readers' Guide (paper).

Additional Notes: Students attended a library research class on Feb. 25.

WILL Sophomore Seminar

Professor: Holly Blake and Melissa Ooten

Due: April, 2006

Assignment: Working with five other classmates, complete an action project on a gender-related issue that you all feel strongly about. State the issue and why are care about it; research your topic; and take action on your issue.

Suggested Resources: *All resources on the WGSS Library Research Guide.

Additional Notes: See the GENDER ACTION Guidelines for more details. Students attended a library research class on Feb. 20 and 24.

Sociology 379

Professor: Wharton

Due: ?

Assignment: Select a job or occupation using the Bureau of Labor Statistics SOC Web page. Then use the Statistical Abstract of the United States to track the breakdown of sex with respect to the selected occupation for the following years: 1920, 1940, 1960, 1980, and 2000. Also find the breakdown by race (white vs. non-white) for each decade beginning with 1960.

Suggested Strategies:

* Probably best to use the print Statistical Abstracts

* If students can't find the information for their specific occupation in the volume associated with the year they are looking for (e.g. 1960), try looking in the succeeding volumes, since they often contain data from previous years. For example, I found a nice chart providing both types of statistics for 1960 in the 1965 volume of the Statistical Abstract. Thanks to Keith for this suggestion.

Additional Notes: I haven't actually heard from Dr. Wharton regarding this assignment, so I'm not sure when it is due. Please let me know if you have any questions, and feel free to add your suggestions for possible approaches to this assignment. Thanks, Olivia.

History 100

Professor: Watts

Due: January 25, 2006

Assignment: Research and compile a list of scholarly secondary sources on Martin Luther. Arrange them in categories like books, journal articles, electronic publications, dates of publication and alphabetical order. Give a brief expalnation of how you found each source. Include at least five different categories and have at least five different sources for each category.

Suggested Resources:

• UR Library Catalog http://librarycat.richmond.edu
• Historical Abstracts
• JSTOR
• Project Muse
• Expanded Academic Index
• Periodical Contents Index

Additional Notes: Check with Dr. Sydney Watts with any questions.

-- WilliamParkin - 14 Dec 2005

• LutherHW.doc: History 100 Assignment Sheet

• WILLgenderaction.doc: WILL Gender Action Project

• OEDassignment.doc:

• History224.doc: History 224 Research Paper

• LDST390.doc: Leadership and the Women's Movement