INSTRUCTORS INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!!!!!!
After all initial reflection posts are uploaded, students should compose a short response to two (2) of your fellow group members. There is no need to coordinate response posts, you are free to respond to any group member you wish. The length of each response post should be between 150 and 300 words.*
Each response post should include the following items:
- Provide constructive feedback on your groupmate’s initial post. Is there an element of their post you find particularly interesting? Do you think there is an important argument or theme overlooked that you would like to read more about? If the post included commentary at the end, do you agree or disagree and why? Be specific.
- Consider how your readings connect with your groupmate’s post. Do they reflect similar or different issues, dynamics, and/or themes? Or do they appear to contradict each other? Did your groupmate’s post alter how you viewed your own reading material? How might both of your findings further our understanding of American history?
As you write your response posts, please remember that good feedback is a gift. It is what helps us improve and get better as writers and thinkers. Make sure you are using your response posts to provide helpful and constructive feedback. Simply stating “I thought your post was good”, without articulating why you feel that way or providing an example will not help your classmate improve their work. Likewise, people who aren’t willing to provide good feedback to their classmates have no real right to expect any substantive feedback in return!
Response posts are due one week after the submission of initial reflections. Each response is worth 20% of the assignment grade.
*Roughly 0.5-1 typed page using size 12 Times New Roman Font, double spaced and with regular margins.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THE RESPONSE SHOULD LOOK AND WHAT TO INCLUDE!!!!!
Hey Christine! I really had planned on doing these readings as well, as I felt like the feminine ideals would be the easiest for me to relate to. I love these readings for the reason that they are, in fact, so relevant today and foundational for the the feminist movement! I gathered the same interpretation from Johnston’s work, how the era is viewed through two lenses, regressive or progressive, depending on the historian you talk to. Your reflection flowed nicely, and I saw a great difference in your section connecting to the course themes in this unit’s reflection from the last. Wonderful work, and you had some great tie-ins between the three readings! My own post had to do with the beginnings of progressivism, the sentiments of government involvement in social issues, and the role that Christianity played in reform. Our readings connected in the sense that they both had to do with changes needing to be made within the government to better take care, or be more fair, to the people they govern. I certainly agree with your commentary at the end of your reflection, that the women’s fight for equality is still ongoing, and I think that is supportive of the way we read Johnston’s work. These were monumental steps forward for women at the time, but it is a shame that we still have not been granted the equality we so rightly deserve to be satisfied, and are still fighting the good fight to this day.