Course Assignments
Homework Descriptions and Due Dates
Due 9/25 at 11:59 PM
Homework 1 (Reading)
Read the preface and chapters 1 through 3 of The Lady Tasting Tea.
Homework 2 (Experience)
Reflect on the Science Museum.
Due 9/26 at 11:59 PM
Homework 3 (Reading)
Read and reflect on the paper “Hereditary Talent and Character” by Francis Galton (1865). Click HERE for the paper.
Homework 4 (Experience)
Reflect on the tour by Historian Subhadra Das of University College London’s campus.
Due 9/27 at 11:59 PM
Homework 5 (Experience)
Include two:
Reflect on the National Archives visit.
Reflect on the University College London Archives visit.
Only one submission is needed but please separate and label the paragraphs.
Due 9/28 at 11:59 PM
Homework 6 (Reading)
Read and reflect on part 1 (i) of “The Problem of Alien Immigration Into Great Britain, Illustrated by an Examination of Russian and Polish Jewish Children” by Pearson and Moul (1925). Click HERE for the paper.
Due 9/30 at 9:00 AM
Homework 7 (Experience)
Reflect on the Florence Nightingale Museum and Professor Cannons’ tour.
Homework 8 (Reading)
Read and reflect on chapters 4 through 6 of The Lady Tasting Tea.
Due 10/1 at 9:00 AM
Homework 9 (Experience)
Reflect on the speaker’s talk from the Office of Official Statistics.
Due 10/2 at 9:00 AM
Homework 10 (Experience)
Reflect on your visit to Bletchley Park and/or the National Museum of Computing.
Due 10/6 at 9:00 AM
Homework 11 (Reading)
Read and reflect on chapters 7 through 18 of The Lady Tasting Tea.
Homework 12 (Experience)
Reflect on your visit to Rothamsted Research.
Due 10/7 at 12:00 PM
Homework 13 (Group Activity)
Complete the Surgeons’ Hall Archive activity.
Due 10/9 at 9:00 AM
Homework 14 (Experience)
Reflect on your visits to the Surgeons Hall Archive’s, the Text Analysis talk, and/or the University of Edinburgh Archives.
Due 10/11 at 9:00 AM
Homework 15 (Reading)
Read and reflect on chapters 19 through 25 of The Lady Tasting Tea.
Due 10/13 at 9:00 AM
Homework 16 (Experience)
Reflect on your visits to The Data Lab, our RSS speaker, our our Maynooth speaker, and our SSISI speaker.
Homework 17 (Group Activity)
Complete the Titanic activity.
Due 10/16 at 12:00 PM
Homework 18
Read and reflect on chapters 26 through 29, the afterword, and the timeline of The Lady Tasting Tea.
Final Reflection
Complete your Final Reflection.
