This page is an ongoing classroom adaptation for the guided self-study lesson plan I developed. The class is running from September 8 to October 27, and slide decks and homework assignments are being added as developed.
Students in this pilot run of the class were recruited from GSLIS and various humanities domains at UIUC.
| Day | Slides | Homework |
| Day 1 | Recontextualizing humanities skills to programming Welcome to class/Intro to programming |
Material covered: Chapters 1 and 2 Practice problems for review: After section 2.9: Python Syntax After section 2.9: Tip Calculator Chapter 2 exercises Read/watch for next week: Chapter 3 Attempt: After 3.2: exercises 1-10 of Conditionals & Control After 3.6: exercises 11-15 of Conditionals & Control Chapter 3 exercises |
| Day 2 | Day 2 slides | Read/watch for next week: Chapter 4 Chapter 4 video Attempt: Functions Chapter 4 exercises Taking a vacation |
| Day 3 | Day 3 slides | Read/Watch for next week: Chapter 8: 8.1-8.7 Chapter 8 video, stop at 6:20 Attempt (as much as you can): Exercises 1-7 of Python Lists and Dictionaries Exam Statistics (optional) Battleship (optional) Advanced Topics in Python: List Slicing Advanced Topics in Python: List Comprehensions |
| Day 4 | Searching skills Lists |
For next week: Watch the videos first. They are very helpful. Watch: Chapter 5 video Chapter 8 video: start at 6:20 (when he starts talking about range) Read: Chapter 5 Chapter 8: 8.8 to the end Attempt: Exercises 1-13 of Loops Chapter 5 exercises Chapter 8 exercises |
| Day 5 | Loops slides… | For next week: Watch: Chapter 6 video Read: Chapter 6 Attempt: Strings & Console Date and Time Chapter 6 exercises Pyg Latin |
| Day 6 | Strings slides… | For next week: Watch: Chapter 9 video Read: Chapter 9 Attempt: Exercises 14-end of Loops Chapter 9 exercises A Day at the Supermarket Student Becomes the Teacher Advanced topics in Python: Iterators for Dictionaries |
| Day 7 | Dictionary slides… |
Elizabeth Wickes 