1. Class:
* Viewed "Fast Food Women" documentary.
* Discussed documentary (using prepared list of questions).
* Reminded students that Thursday's class would be held at the Youngstown Historical Center for Industry and Labor, and provided directions to steel museum.
2. Class analysis:
Tuesday's class centered on viewing and discussing the early-1990s documentary "Fast Food Women." The film, which used a small coal-mining town in Kentucky to illustrate the changing face of America's service industry workforce, was around 30 minutes long ... but technology issues prevented the class from seeing the whole documentary. Despite this (and some bad sound/video quality), "Fast Food Women" raised a lot of interesting ideas pertaining to work/argument and also encouraged students to share some of their own experiences with minimum-wage, part-time jobs. It's scary how many work issues haven't changed in 20 years (even though hairstyles have DEFINITELY changed). Some of the day's themes pertained to argument (since the students' next assignment is to write an argumentative essay), such as avoiding a one-sided argument. Karen said students could avoid this by acknowledging the other side ... but refuting one or two key points to strengthen the argument.
3. Class implementation:
As I've noted before, I really like Karen's use of multimedia in the classroom, and I will definitely try to do so in my classes as much as possible (or as much as it is relevant). However, the issues with technology are frequent and kind of problematic.
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