[Updated: 10 February 2025]
Here’s the information regarding the upcoming midterm checkup (Week of February 24). Please read the instructions carefully.
1. Please sign up (no later than Friday, February 14) for a 20-minute slot here: https://calendly.com/leo-shin-ubc/24w-373-midterm
- Be sure to click on the dates to see all the options available.
- Make sure the time zone shown is 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 located). The first slot available should be shown as 10:20–10:40 am, Monday, February 24.
- Please sign up with 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/62576681972?pwd=C3sVPF36wPg2SFq8kwBDTbWG80xAaF.1
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). Be sure to pay attention to the genre of the text—as well as the background of the author(s)—in question.
- Discuss with me your draft newspaper column (see further instructions).
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, whenever applicable, you should pay attention to the introductory notes provided by the editor or translator in question. In addition, You are expected to be familiar with the materials in the Carroll text as well as what we have discussed in class. 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 both our course readings as well as our class meetings.