AP Language and Composition Socratic Seminar Schedule 2015-2nd period Date: Wednesday, January 22 #1 Participants: Paul, Lennart, Matt D., Matt L., Noah, Byron, Elizabeth Guiding Question: What is the relationship between citizen and state, ideally and realistically, here and abroad? Readings: “On Seeing England for the First Time”(904), “On the Nature of Civil Disobedience”(939) “Every Dictator’s Nightmare”(957), “National Prejudices”(932) CLASS READING: “On Seeing England for the First Time” with Discussion Questions 1,2,8,9 #2 Participants: Talia, Lauren, Jordan, Karen, Cameron, Guiding Question: How prevalent are gender roles in today’s society, and what are the implications? Readings: “Women’s Brains”(349), “Being a Man”(378), “AIDS Has a Woman’s Face”(382), “No Unmarked Woman”(388) CLASS READING: “Women’s Brains” with Discussion Questions #1,3,4,5 Date: Wednesday, January 28 #3 Participants: Ryan, Hunter, John, Emily K, Justin, Nick Guiding Question: What role does work play in the lives of Americans, and what meaning does work have for the individual? Readings: “Serving in Florida”(179), “The Surgeon as Priest,”(197) “In Praise of a Snail’s Pace”(221), “Labour”(209) CLASS READING: “Serving in Florida” with Discussion Questions #1,2,3,5 #4 Participants: Marissa, Chloe P., Cloe, Maia, Emily P. Guiding Question: How are advances in science and technology influencing the lives of people, and changing the world as we know it? Readings: “The Bird and the Machine(601), “Silence and the Notion of the Commons,”(641) “Into the Electronic Millennium”(647) “Transsexual Frogs”(655) CLASS READING: The Bird and the Machine Questions #1,2,4,6 Also Due: Thursday, January 29 from ALL students: “Silent Season of a Hero” with discussion questions #1,4,5 For Class Readings, the discussion questions should be typed and in paragraph form, incorporating paraphrased material from the text. Mandatory. Due the day of seminar; absent students must turn in within two days of return.