Required Texts

Austin, Michael. Reading the World: Ideas That Matter. 3rd ed. New York: Norton, 2017. (ISBN:978-0-393-93630-8 (pbk.) AKA IDEAS.

Silverman, Hughes and Weinbroer. Rules of Thumb. Boston, McGraw Hill. The latest addition is best, although earlier editions are acceptable. AKA ROT.

Please choose one of the books from the Whole text booklist. These novels are readily available in most bookstores or online. They have not been ordered for the class through Moorpark's bookstore.

Education

• 1/16: Douglass. "Learning to Read." IDEAS
• 1/23: Feynman."O Americano Otra Vez." IDEAS
• 1/28: Nussbaum. "Education for Profit, Education for Democracy." IDEAS
• 1/30: Student Choice from education section in IDEAS

American Cultural Myths

1C-A class choices

• 2/20: Pinzon. Photo Essay. Link activated when assigned.
• 2/25: Sun Tsu. "The Art of War" (479-481). IDEAS
• 3/4: Aquinas. "Summa Theologica" (484-486). IDEAS
• 3/6: Mead. "Warfare: an Invention--Not a Biological Necessity" (500-506). IDEAS
• 3/11: Orwell. "Pacifism and War" (509 - 512). IDEAS

1C-B class choices

• 2/20: Pinzon. Photo Essay.
• 2/27: Machiavelli. "The Prince" (406-412). IDEAS
• 3/4: MLK, Jr. "Letter From Birmingham Jail" (426-440). IDEAS
• 3/6: Tutu. "Nuremberg or National Amnesia: a Third Way" (451-458). IDEAS
• 3/11: Obama. "A More Perfect Union" (461-470). IDEAS

Science: O Brave New World

• 4/8: Mayr, Ernst. "The Concerns of Science" (HO).
• 4/10: Le Guin, Ursula K. "Science Fiction and the Future" (HO).
• 4/22: Student Choice article from science section in IDEAS
• 4/24: NPR Science Blog Link activated when assigned.

Revised April 2019