Art of Social Change: Readings
Fall 2007

Course Overview

• Course Information, Syllabus, and Schedule

• Nobody's Children, Intro, pp. 1-8, 22-29

• Assignment Packet #1

History of Child Welfare

• Nobody’s Children, Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 33-55

• Assignment Packet #2

• Nobody’s Children, Chapter 4, pp. 98-110, and Chapter 8, pp. 176-92
• Assignment Packet #3

• Assignment Packet #4

• Assignment Packet #5
• Optional: Supplement to Assignment Packet #5

• Assignment Packet #6
• Nobody’s Children, Chapter 7, pp. 163-75

Substance Abuse & Child Maltreatment

• Nobody’s Children, Chapter 9, pp. 207-32
• Assignment Packet #7
• Optional: Nobody’s Children, pp. 67-81

• Assignment Packet #8
• Nobody’s Children, Chapter 10, pp. 233-43

Closing the Achievement Gap

• Assignment Packet #9

Alternatives to Detention and Other Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts

• Assignment Packet #10

Child Advocacy Strategies: The Children’s Defense Fund

•  Assignment Packet #11
• Nobody’s Children, pp. 44-55
• In case you are having difficulty downloading the packet in its entirety (it is large), we have broken it into two smaller files:
  • Assignment Packet #11 - PART 1
  • Assignment Packet #11 - PART 2

Child Advocacy Strategies: Orphans of Rwanda and Partners in Health

• Assignment Packet #12