I'm sorry I wasn't able to make it to class today to collect the first batch of essays and get you started on essay two. I'll be picking those essays up and reading them over the weekend, planning to return them to you on Tuesday, the 19th.

I have a little bit of work to do to get the second essay totally whipped into shape, but the first step is to read the next seven chapters of The Jungle. I will plan on us talking about those chapters on Tuesday, so please come with a major detail outline similar to what you had for the first seven chapters. Also read the assignment over. The gist of the task is that you will take an idea from the reading and use it as a spring board to examine a particular issue (be it food, immigration, work or what have you). The way that issue will be examined is through the analysis of a video dealing with that issue. I'll provide a number of videos to look at, and I have a few that we'll use as examples. I'll explain more when we meet again on Tuesday. In the meantime, read chapters 8-14, annotate the text as you did with the previous chapters, and read the assignment materials. Otherwise, enjoy your extended weekend.