Course Description

Throughout its 170-year history, Chicago has served as home to a myriad of immigrant groups, blossomed as an architectural wonder and theatre center of notable distinction, soared as an economic competitor to New York, and served as inspiration to numerous contemporary novelists and poets. Simultaneously, it has wrestled with urban challenges of crime, homelessness, inadequate educational resources, and unequal distribution of resources. Through a textual and experiential exploration of Chicago’s history, politics, social policies, literature, theatre, and architecture, students will interrogate the strengths, the challenges, the rich resources, and the inequities of our world class city to gain an understanding of its complex nature and to discuss ways to improve upon its greatness.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Blog Assignment #2--Specifics for Dr. Mulvaney's students

The assignment details for Part 1 of this assignment are below. The FYS main blog has the big picture of this assignment. Here are some details and changes for Part 2 of the assignment for this particular class:

  • You can use another information source for the comparison exercise (a website for example) if you wish. But you must also use a Wikipedia page--the Chicago one is already "found" for you. Compare your website with Wikipedia using the areas of comparison.
  • You can also use "Chicago" as your search term for the Wikipedia vs Britannica exercise. The Chicago Wikipedia page link is already linked to the post with resources below.
  • Remember that the point of the exercise is to evaluate the sources, not the information itself.
  • 750 words is a suggestion, not a requirement. I am more interested in having you address each of the areas of comparison, briefly, than in counting words.

If you have any questions or problems please email (cookm at elmhurst dot edu), call (x3267) or come find me in the library.

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