Week 1: Smooth Sailing

Tues., March 9th |
Introductions/Syllabus/OutcomesResponse #1 Due Next Class: Social justice issue |
Thurs., March 11th |
“Quote of the Day”What is Critical Thinking?“Think Pink” Exercise |
Week 2: Mindfulness with Jay-Z

Tues., March 16th |
“Quote of the Day”The Danger of a Single Story |
Thurs., March 18th |
“Quote of the Day”Jay-Z & The AQAL Quadrants
Introduction to Critical Karaoke |
Week 3: “I Love this song!”
Critical Karaoke (Your turn:-)
Tues., March 23rd |
“Quote of the Day”Presentation #1 Next Class: Critical Karaoke |
Thurs., March 25th |
“Quote of the Day”“Critical Karaoke”Read Chapter 3: Solving Problems |
Week 4:

March 29–April 2 |
Monday–Friday |
Spring Recess, schools closed |
Week 5: Guilty or Innocent–The Debate
The Mary Barnett Case

Tues., April 6th |
“Quote of the Day”The Mary Barnett Case: Guilty or Not GuiltyGroup Work: Debate |
Thurs., April 8th |
“Quote of the Day”First Debate |
Week 6: Sign O’ the Times
Social media and social justice, Part 1
Tues., April 13th |
“Quote of the Day”Critique Posters for Social Justice Issues |
Thurs., April 15th |
“Quote of the Day”Social Media and Solving Problems
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Week 7: Sign O’ the Times
Social media and social justice, Part 2
Tues., April 20th |
“Quote of the Day”Presentations (Digital Posters) … |
Thurs., April 22nd |
…Presentations (Digital Posters) |
Week 8: Perception and Believing

Tues., April 27th |
“Quote of the Day”How do experiences shape your perception? |
Thurs., April 29th |
“Quote of the Day”The Coded Gaze: “How I’m fighting bias in Algorithms”Social Media: Real vs PerceptionBody Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner |
Week 9 : Who is a Philosopher?

Tues., May 4th |
“Quote of the Day”Philosopher (Bourdieu) vs Philosopher (You) |
Thurs., May 6th |
“Quote of the Day”Community Cultural Wealth WalkPhilosopher (Maslow) vs Philosopher (You) |
Week 9 : Philosophers & Higher Education
Tues., May 11th |
“Quote of the Day”Philosophy: Meek Mill against the worldviews…. |
Thurs., May 13th |
“Quote of the Day”Debate Topic?: Is Higher Education NecessaryGroup Work: Collect and discuss information for arguments |
Week 10: Is Higher Education Necessary?

Tues., May 18th |
“Quote of the Day”Group Work: Organize arguments and sequences |
Thurs., May 20th |
“Quote of the Day”Debate Topic: Is higher education necessary? |
Week 11: Student Takeover!!!
You take over the class and apply your critical thinking skills to teach a lesson!

Tues., May 25th |
“Quote of the Day”Student Takeover |
Thurs., May 27th |
“Quote of the Day”Student Takeover |

Tues., June 1st |
“Quote of the Day”Student Takeover |
Thurs., June 3rd |
The Last Day of Classes!!!!!“Quote of the Day”Video: This Could Be a Tragedy For HumanityFinal In-class Assignment: Knowledge of Self |
Tues., June 8th |
Final Papers are Due |



