Apocalyptic Themes in Literature and Film

Spring Semester 2009

Week of / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1/5
Week
1 / 1/5
12:30 – 1:25
Introduction to the course / 1/6
10:40 – 11:55
Introduction to Drop Everything and Read Days / 1/7
Drop / 1/8
8:10 – 9:10
“Not with a Bang” (short story from course packet), poems (handout) / 1/9
2:25 – 3:20
“Family Guy: Da Boom,”
poems (handout)
1/12
Week
2 / 1/12
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
Scenes from “Atomic Café” / 1/13
Drop / 1/14
8:10 – 9:10
Excerpt from Alas, Babylon
(handout) / 1/15
2:25 – 3:20
“Fermi and Frost” (short story from course packet) / 1/16
12:30 – 1:25
“By the Waters of Babylon” (handout), poems (handout)
1/19
Week
3 / 1/19
Martin Luther King Holiday / 1/20
8:10 – 9:10
“Twilight Zone: A Little Peace and Quiet,”
Excerpt from On the Beach(handout) / 1/21
2:25 – 3:20
“On the Beach” / 1/22
12:30 – 1:25
“On the Beach” / 1/23
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
Excerpt from Z for Zachariah(handout)
1/26
Week
4 / 1/26
8:10 – 8:55
(US Meeting—dismiss early)
“Dr. Strangelove” / 1/27
2:25 – 3:20
“Dr. Strangelove” / 1/28
12:30 – 1:25
“Dr. Strangelove” / 1/29
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
“Emissary from a Green and Yellow World” (short story from course packet) / 1/30
Drop
2/2
Week
5 / 2/2
2:25 – 3:20
“Signs” / 2/3
12:30 – 1:25
“Signs” / 2/4
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
“Signs” / 2/5
Drop / 2/6
8:10 – 9:10
Childhood’s End
2/9
Week
6 / 2/9
12:30 – 1:25
Childhood’s End / 2/10
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
Childhood’s End / 2/11
Drop / 2/12
8:10 – 9:10
Childhood’s End / 2/13
2:25 – 3:20
Childhood’s End
2/16
Week
7 / 2/16
President’s Day—Student Holiday / 2/17
Drop / 2/18
8:10 – 9:10
“War of the Worlds” / 2/19
2:25 – 3:20
“War of the Worlds” / 2/20
12:30 – 1:20
“War of the Worlds”
2/23
Week
8 / 2/23
Drop / 2/24
8:10 – 9:10
In-class essay / 2/25
2:25 – 3:20
Life As We Knew It / 2/26
12:30 – 1:20
Life As We Knew It / 2/27
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
Life As We Knew It
3/2
Week
9 / 3/2
8:10 – 9:10
Life As We Knew It / 3/3
2:25 – 3:20
Life As We Knew It
“Deep Impact” / 3/4
12:30 – 1:25
“Deep Impact” / 3/5
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
“Deep Impact” / 3/6
Drop
3/9
Spring Break / 3/9
Spring Break / 3/10
Spring Break / 3/11
Spring Break / 3/12
Spring Break / 3/13
Spring Break
3/16
Week
10 / 3/16
2:25 – 3:20
Review for midterm / 3/17
12:30 – 1:20
Midterm exam, part 1 / 3/18
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
Midterm exam, part 2 / 3/19
Drop / 3/20
8:10 – 9:10
Introduction to Shakespeare
3/23
Week
11 / 3/23
12:30 – 1:20
Hamlet, Act I / 3/24
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
Hamlet, Act II / 3/25
Drop / 3/26
8:10 – 9:10
Hamlet, Act III / 3/27
2:25 – 3:20
Hamlet, Act IV
3/30
Week
12 / 3/30
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
Hamlet, Act V
Revision of in-class essay due / 3/31
Drop / 4/1
8:10 – 9:10
“Hamlet” / 4/2
2:25 – 3:20
“Hamlet” / 4/3
12:30 – 1:20
“Hamlet”
4/6
Week
13 / 4/6
Drop / 4/7
8:10 – 9:10
“The Book of Revelations” (handout) / 4/8
2:25 – 3:20
Armageddon Summer / 4/9
12:30 – 1:20
Armageddon Summer / 4/10
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
Hamlet paper due
Armageddon Summer
4/13
Week
14 / 4/13
8:10 – 8:55
(US Meeting Day—dismiss early)
Armageddon Summer / 4/14
2:25 – 3:20
Armageddon Summer / 4/15
12:30 – 1:25
“The Seventh Sign” / 4/16
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
“The Seventh Sign” / 4/17
Drop
4/20
Week
15 / 4/20
2:25 – 3:20
Introduction to dystopian literature
“Harrison Bergeron” (handout) / 4/21
12:30 – 1:25
Scenes from “Harrison Bergeron” / 4/22
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
Excerpt from Feed (handout) / 4/23
Drop / 4/24
8:10 – 9:10
Excerpt from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?(handout)
4/27
Week
16 / 4/27
12:30 – 1:25
Scenes from “Blade Runner” / 4/28
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
The Handmaid’s Tale / 4/29
Drop / 4/30
8:10 – 9:10
The Handmaid’s Tale / 5/1
2:25 – 3:20
The Handmaid’s Tale
5/4
Week
17 / 5/4
10:40 – 11:55
DEAR Day
The Handmaid’s Tale / 5/5
Drop / 5/6
8:10 – 9:10
The Handmaid’s Tale / 5/7
2:25 – 3:20
Scenes from “The Handmaid’s Tale” / 5/8
12:30 – 1:25
Scenes from “The Handmaid’s Tale”
5/11
Week
18 / 5/11
Drop / 5/12
8:10 – 9:10
Time Capsule Project / 5/13
2:25 – 3:20
Time Capsule Project / 5/14
12:30 – 1:25
Senior Review Day / 5/15
10:40 – 11:55
Senior Review Day
5/18
Week
4
(Senior Exams) / 5/18
Senior Exams / 5/19
Senior Exams / 5/20
English 12 Final Exam / 5/21 / 5/22
5/25
Exam Week / 5/25 / 5/26 / 5/27 / 5/28 / 5/29