Assignment:
Discussion post
In your weekly discussion post you will write approximately 500 words that present significant points and questions arising from that week's prescribed readings. In addition, you should write two 200-word responses to other students' posts.
Module 3 (September 2-8): Domains of leisure
Readings
Text:Tony Blackshaw (ed), The Routledge Handbook of Leisure, New York/London: Routledge, 2013.
Vacations and alcohol, Routledge Handbook of Leisure, pp. 295-315
Gambling and sex, Routledge Handbook of Leisure, pp. 316-36
Television and drugs, Routledge Handbook of Leisure, pp. 337-57
Shopping and consumerism, Routledge Handbook of Leisure pp. 358-72; pp. 402-412
Write a 4 to 6 page paper in response to the following prompt:
Where did your conceptions of work and leisure come from and how have these changed over your lifetime? Develop you answer by demonstrating detailed familiarity with AT LEAST FOUR themed readings (anthology chapters) prescribed for this module.
Criteria: 1. Ability to articulate you own school experience in vivid and insightful ways;
2. Thoughtful and effective engagement with the readings