[Updated: 12 February 2024]
Here’s the information regarding the upcoming midterm checkup (Week of February 26). Please read the instructions carefully.
1. Please sign up (no later than Friday, February 16) for a 20-minute slot here: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/ejAkJXzd
- Be sure to expand the table to see all the options available.
- Please make sure that the time zone shown on Doodle is the one you will be located in during your midterm checkup (if you are using VPN, the time zone shown may be different from where you will be actually located). The first slot available should be shown as 2:00–2:20 pm, Monday, February 26.
- Please sign up using the full name you use to register for this course.
2. If you don’t have one already, please apply for your student UBCcard: https://ubccard.ubc.ca/obtaining-a-ubccard/students. You may not be allowed to take the midterm if I cannot verify your identity.
3. The midterm checkup will be conducted through Zoom using the class (backup) link (you will need to have both your video and audio turned on for this purpose): https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66626554205?pwd=VW1jTmV2SkdiSTlEV2xiSUFDRngwUT09
4. During the midterm checkup, you should be prepared to:
- Discuss, with some details, the utility as well as limitations of the primary sources from Week 3 to Week 6 (for guidance, see How to Read a Document).
- Discuss with me your draft newspaper column (see instructions with new due date).
You will be asked to discuss at least two of the assigned primary documents. The documents you will be asked to discuss will be selected at random by the instructor.
The midterm checkup is “open book”—you are allowed to have your notes and your readings in front of you. But the checkup is meant to be a conversation, so please do not read from a prepared text. You should expect the conversation to last for about 15 minutes.
You are not required to do any additional research for the readings. But you are expected to be familiar with what we have discussed in class, and you are expected to be familiar with the materials in the Carroll text. A good (B-range) response is one that answers my prompts competently; an excellent (A-range) response is one that clearly engages the issues/questions raised and discussed in the course readings and our sessions.