Week 06: Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson (featuring Janet Jackson), "Scream" (US #5, 1995)

Week 06: Michael Jackson
Mo 09.24
Read: WARS—“Just Keeping it Real” – “’There are Bitches and Hoes’”
Class: Watch—Excerpts from And You Don’t Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop  from VH1 (2004)
Due: EXPOSITORY ESSAY (FINAL DRAFT; ATTACH DRAFT 1 TO BACK)

We 09.26
Read: WARS—“We’re Not Role Models” – “Nobody Talks about the Positive in Hip Hop”
Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Lecture—“How to Build a Solid Argument”
Due: REFLECTION 03 

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Week 07: Rodgers & Hammerstein
Mo 10.01
Read: WARS—“Mutual Denials in the Hip Hop Wars” – “Six Guiding Principles for Creativity, Consumption, and Community in Hip Hop and Beyond”
Class: Reading discussion; Lecture—“The Most Common Grammatical Errors—And How to Avoid Them”

We 10.03
Class: Writers workshop; Reading discussion
Due: EDITORIAL ESSAY (DRAFT 1; BRING 2 COPIES)