Archive for November, 2007
Next Tuesday
0 Comments Published November 28th, 2007 in Assignments, Class materials, Discussion, FSEM100RR, Interviews, VeteransNo need to post a blog entry for next Tuesday’s class since your paper rewrites are due that day.
However, since we’re going to be discussing everyone’s interviews, be prepared to talk about what you learned from your discussions with an American veteran.
Watching the videos
0 Comments Published November 28th, 2007 in Assignments, Class materials, FSEM100RR, Interviews, Veterans, Video, digital toolsIf you have trouble watching the video or listening to the audio of women veterans from the VHP, make sure you have Real Player installed on your computer. If not you can download it for free from here. Or you can go to one of the computer labs on campus and watch/listen to the there.
Again, [...]
General Formatting Issues Based on the First Versions
0 Comments Published November 27th, 2007 in Assignments, Citation, Class materials, FSEM Topics, FSEM100RR, Interviews, Veterans, writingMake sure your paper has:
A thesis about the experiences of American veterans (including postwar experiences)
A title page with a real title
Page numbers (starting with the first page of text as page 1)
A bibliography of works cited in the notes
One-inch margins
Properly cited footnotes
Quotations from your interview
Reading for Week 14 — Female Veterans
0 Comments Published November 20th, 2007 in Assignments, Class materials, Discussion, FSEM100RR, Interviews, Korea, Veterans, Vietnam, WWI, WWIISelect at least 2 veterans from the Women at War page of the Veterans History Project to read/listen to.
Also check out the NPR Story on Female Iraq Veterans
Peer Review Form
0 Comments Published November 20th, 2007 in Assignments, Citation, Class materials, Discussion, FSEM Topics, FSEM100RR, Interviews, Veterans, writingPeer Review Form
You can fill this out and email it to the person you’re peer reviewing OR write on a printed copy. Either way it needs to be given or emailed to me by classtime next Tuesday (Nov. 27). [If you're emailing an electronic version, send it to me and the author.]
Constructing the Paper
0 Comments Published November 15th, 2007 in Assignments, FSEM100RR, Interviews, Veterans, writingSeveral of you seem to be struggling with the paper assignment so this post is an attempt to emphasize what we discussed in class and clarify those parts that seem to be confusing people.
Your paper should not just be a summary of your interviewee’s experiences, nor just what he or she thought. The paper should [...]




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