Speech Assignments
Problem-Cause-Solution Assignment
Demonstration Speech Assignment
Helpful Handouts
Transitional Words and Phrases
Problem-Cause-Solution Worksheet
Speech Assessment
Required Supplementary Reading (CCP Only)
"Just Walk on By:Black Men and Public Space" by Brent Staples
General Class Assignments and Handouts
Course Videos
Down Germantown Avenue (a film made by Rutgers-Camden students)
Course Theme Readings
Pew Center on the States: 1 in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008
Smart Text Overview of Key Ideas in Code of the Street
Elijah Anderson: Wikipedia entry
Google Books: Titles by Elijah Anderson
The Atlantic Online: Interview with Elijah Anderson (1999)
Tavis Smiley Interview with Elijah Anderson (NPR)
Mother Jones: July/August 2008 issue on prisons
Truthout: "Slavery Haunts America's Plantation Prisons"
Course Style Readings
Roberts' "How to Say Nothing in 500 Words"
George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language"
Grammar/Mechanics and MLA/APA Formatting
Links to 6 Excellent Grammar/Mechanics Websites
Logic and Reasoning
Style, Grammar, and Research Text Recommendations
Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace by Joseph Williams