Reading responses are submitted as Discussions on Canvas and are due on Monday at 12:00 pm for each week’s readings. Reading responses should be between 100-200 words, and may be formatted as separate sentences, bullet points, or short paragraphs, whatever you find most appropriate for communicating your ideas. Whichever format you choose, reading responses should be clearly written; we suggest you read it aloud before you post it. You should not use sources other than the assigned readings in your reading responses, and you do not need to provide a list of references. The teaching assistants may provide feedback about the formatting of reading response questions or alter the format of the reading responses as the quarter progresses.
For each reading response you are expected to do the following:
1) Write the number of your discussion section at the top of your post (e.g., A01). This will allow the discussion leaders to Ctrl+F to quickly find posts from their peers in the same section. You can find your section number in the People tab or on your class schedule.
2) Summarize each of the week’s readings using at least one complete sentence per assigned article or chapter. Mention the author’s name, the title of the article/chapter and then present the author’s main thesis.
The following should be answered based on the week’s readings AS A WHOLE:
3) Compose at least two discussion questions. These two questions should be written clearly and focus on what you see as each reading’s key points or its strengths and weaknesses at empirical or theoretical levels. Questions should demonstrate your engagement with the readings. Your teaching assistant will read your questions before discussion section and use them to structure the discussion. Your questions about the readings can take several different forms. For example, they can:
• identify sections or concepts within the readings that you do not understand,
• interrogate parts of the readings that you agree or disagree with,
• inquire about parts of the readings that you find especially interesting,
• ask how the readings relate to your personal experience or other real-world examples, and
• explore how the readings relate to ideas and issues raised elsewhere in this course.
Readings:
Krysan, M., & Crowder, K. (2017). Chapter 1. Cycle of segregation: Social processes and residential stratification. Russell Sage Foundation
Portes, A. (1996). Global villagers: The rise of transnational communities. American Prospect, 74-78.
Portes, A., & Manning, R. D. (2013). The immigrant enclave: Theory and empirical examples. In J. Lin & C. Mele (Eds.), The Urban Sociology Reader (pp. 202-213). Routledge.
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