[Peace-discuss] AWARE should teach a non-credit course at Parkland over the summer

[Carl G. Estabrook]

That was brain-storming for topics that I'd find interesting & that  
would be within AWARE's remit.


On Dec 19, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Karen Medina wrote:

> RE: Community Education noncredit course proposals for Summer 2012 at
> Parkland College
>
> Lots of really good ideas in there. I propose the following next  
> steps:
> * we should discuss the strengths of AWARE, friends, and local experts
> in respect to each topic (I would like to go with the topic that
> utilizes our strengths)
> * research similar courses that have been given elsewhere on these
> topics to see which topic might appeal to the most people.
> * see if we can pull in the Peace Initiative group's ideas and
> expertise, especially on Israel and Palestine -- not that they would
> have the only word on this, but because their events have had
> phenomenal turnouts each time.
> * come up with a draft of a syllabus, topics, readings, suggested
> projects for students
> * consider how to cover each class session (instructor-wise)
> * Then run.
>
>
>> "The U.S. and the Greater Middle East, from WWII to the Present"
>> "America's 21st Century Wars, Retrospect & Prospect"
>> "Neoliberalism & Neoconservatism: American Economic and Military  
>> Policy
>> Since the Sixties"
>> "The Constitution of the Second Republic of the United States"
>> "Failed States" (beginning with Chomsky's book of that title)
> perhaps too small of a topic to draw in students? > "Imagined
> Communities: the US, Israel, and the Palestinians" (beginning with
> Benedict Anderson's book)
>> "The Abrahamic Religions & Modern Politics"
> perhaps too small of a topic to draw in students? > > "The Backstory
> of Neoliberalism: 'Government in the Future' (1971) and 'The Crisis of
> Democracy' (1975)"
>> "Aristotle's 'Politics'  in the 21st Century"
> perhaps too small of a topic to draw in students? > > "Reading  
> 'Capital' Today"