Session Date Activity/Topic Assignment due Gender/Racial Politics Presentation 1 9/11 Introductory activities; Autobiography assignment Autobiography, Read rent freeze article no presentation s2 9/15 Housing and gentrification Syllabus response no presentation s3 9/18 Field trip to Times Square no presentation s9/21 NO CLASS no presentation s4 9/25 Film: Emergent City Read and bring in borough-based article no presentation s5 9/29 Film: Emergent City (continued) 10/2 NO CLASS no presentation s6 10/6 Field trip to Sunset Park Industry City Field Trip Reflection no presentation s7 10/9 Economic inequality Read “Cell One” (Adichie) 8 10/14 (tuesday) Economic inequality Neighborhood Walking Tour 9 10/16 Survey-making activity Neighborhood Walking Tour Process Paper 10/20 NO CLASS no presentation s10 10/23 Survey analysis Survey responses 11 10/24 (friday) Policing and incarceration Read “The Invention of the Police” article no presentation s10/27 NO CLASS no presentation s12 10/30 Militarism and US empire Read “Playing Metal Gear Solid V” 13 11/3 “We Are Not Your Soldiers” guest presentation Survey Analysis Paper no presentation s14 11/6 Climate/Environment WANYS reflection; Reading TBA 15 11/10 Climate/Environment 16 11/13 Article exchange activity Read and bring in an exemplar article from your beat 17 11/17 Education/Schooling Interview questions 18 11/20 Labor and unions Read Amazon Labor Union article 19 11/24 Labor and unions 11/27 NO CLASS no presentation s20 12/1 Immigration policy Read “History of Anti-Immigrant Extremism” and “ICE’s Spectacle” articles 21 12/4 Immigration policy Local Report 22 12/8 Field trip to Tenement Museum no presentation s23 12/11 Media and journalism Tenement Museum Reflection 24 12/15 Wrap-up and conferencing no presentation s