You are required to keep a journal on our weekly reading.Your job in each journal entry is simple: Tell me what the assigned weekly reading says. Your primary goal is to center journal entries on describing what documents (primary sources) in Readings on Latin America(volumes I and II) say. The purpose of this assignment is to prepare you for class discussion on assigned readings. So, we should all be ready to have intellectually stimulating discussions on weekly readings after your journal entries. The length of journal entries depends on your writing style, but you could certainly do this in 2-3 double-spaced pages if you’re concise. If you only address part of the assigned weekly reading in your journal entries, you will get partialcredit. You must address all assigned readings.

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Chapter summaries of weekly primary source readings

Journal entries must accurately show or clearly state what documents in each chapter say. Your chapter summaries may be written in either analytical or descriptive format based on your preferred writing style. Whatever format you use, however, must show you did the reading and account for what all documents in each chapter say. Weekly summaries of primary source documents will add more dots for you to connect in our coverage of class themes and prepare you for class discussions. As a result, missing or late journal entries directly hinders your learning and will therefore impact the number of points you receive for this particular assignment.