COLLOQUIUM
SECOND YEAR
FALL 1996
WEDNESDAYS 5-6 PM
1140 CUMBERLAND HALL
INSTRUCTOR: AMY BLANK
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Conduct "The Village" Child Watch Site Visit
- Read background materials as assigned
- Complete in and out of class exercises
- Follow current issues in the news
- Participate in one of four DebateWatch '96
- GRADING:
- 50% - "The Village" Child Watch Site Visits
- 50% - Attendance / Participation
- PROGRAM:
- September 4
- Discussion: The News & What's in it for Children
- Course Overview - Coalition Building
- September 11
- Becoming Members of the Village -
- Training on "The Village" Child Watch Site Visits
UNIT I - ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
- September 18
- Living on Little: Welfare, Minimum vs. Living Wages
- Small Group Exercise: Planning a Household Budget
- September 25
- Teen Pregnancy & Single Parenthood
- Candid Discussions with Teen Parents
- DebateWatch '96 - Presidential Debate - St. Louis
- October 2
- Daily Struggles: Housing / Homelessness / Hunger
- SITE VISIT - Family Emergence Shelter
- DebateWatch '96 Vice Presidential Debate - Hartford
UNIT II - HEALTH
- October 9
- Challenges: Physical and Emotional Disabilities
- Small Group Exercise - Walking in Others' Shoes
- DebateWatch '96 - Presidential - St. Petersburg
- October 16
- Internship Fair
- DebateWatch '96 - Vice Presidential - San Diego
- October 23
- Checking Out: Substance Abuse
- Candid Discussions with Clients
- October 30
- There's no Doctor in This House
- SITE VISIT - Neonatal Care Unit and ER Rooms
- November 5
- ELECTION DAY: GET - OUT - AND - VOTE !
UNIT III - EDUCATION
- November 6
- A Threat to National Security: Deficiencies in Education
- Briefing and Discussion
- November 13
- Getting a HEAD START
- SITE VISIT - HEAD START
UNIT IV - SAFETY
- November 20
- Violence is a Black and Blue Issue: Abuse & Neglect
- Candid Discussions with Survivors of Abuse
- December 4
- Life Imitating Art / Art Imitating Life: Media Violence
- Training on the Children's T.V. Campaign
- December 11
- Gangs & Guns: Juvenile Delinquency and Prevention
- SITE VISIT - College Park Youth and Family Services
- December 18
- OPEN FOR DISCUSSION
1125 Cumberland Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-9331
(301) 314-5909