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August 16 - September 15
(approx 15 sessions)
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Overview
Essential Questions:
How do we describe and study ethnicity?
How do ethnicity and culture influence our identities?
Texts:
Mexican Enough by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Vocabulary:
Ethnicity, ethnic group, race, culture, identity, assimilation, pluralism, social justice, representation, misrepresentation, single-narrative exploitation, context, traditions, beliefs, values
Race & Racism Terms & Definitions
Text:
Mexican Enough by Stephanie Elizondo Griest - discussion questions and contact info on the author's website
Topics:
Foundations of ethnic studies including terminology and concepts such as historical context (influential events and people), geographical and environmental context, cultural context (language and communication, education, literature and the arts, religion and spirituality, traditions, beliefs and core values, food, etc.), social organization (family, community, politics, government, business and trade), migration, conflict, power, empowerment, identity, and ethnicity in the United States.
Overview of Ethnic Groups in the United States; History of Immigration in the United States
Study skills and research methods are also introduced, including journal writing, inquiry and gathering information (including use of research databases such as JSTOR), close reading, annotation and note-taking, organizing and presenting ideas, citing sources of information, technology use, writing skills, and discussion.
Elements of Ethnicity
Ethnic Identity
Assimilation and Pluralism
Assumptions and expectations
Representation and misrepresentation (single-narrative exploitation)
Ethnicity and Personal Identity
Social Justice
Habits & Skills:
Journal Writing -- see Journal Writing for Reflection and Developing Expertise
Annotation & Note-Taking
Summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, questioning, commenting
Questioning
Reflecting
Analyzing - patterns, perspectives, comparisons/contrasts, defining
Synthesizing - consideration, explanation, integration
What are the relationships between your sources?
What's the relationship between your sources and your own argument?
Narrative & Storytelling
Poetry as a Door -- see "Where Poems Hide: Finding Reflective, Critical Spaces Inside Writing Workshop" by Amy Seely Flint and Tasha Tropp Laman
Art and Critical Thinking
Research, Scholarship and Action -- inquiry-based learning cycle; exploring ideas for independent research
Robinson, James Alexander. “Giving Voice: The Power of Words in African American Culture.” Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, 20 Sept. 2016, folklife.si.edu/magazine/freedom-sounds-giving-voice-the-power-of-words-in-african-american-culture.
Artwork - What artwork can I use in teaching these units?
Unit Skills:
List and describe elements of ethnicity and elements of culture.
Examine and compare multiple perspectives on the concepts of ethnicity and ethnic group.
Reflect on your own ethnicity and its influence on your personal identity.
Paraphrase, summarize, quote, question, and comment on information, ideas, and craft/style in primary and secondary source materials.
Enduring Understandings:
Ethnicity is "socially constructed" - "one's ethnic identity is a composite of the view one has of oneself as well as the views held by others about one's ethnic identity."
Ethnic identity is "situational and changeable" - "ethnicity can change according to variations in the situations and audiences encountered."
We may each have a "portfolio of ethnic identities" & "layers of ethnic identity" - a variety of levels available within umbrella ethnic categories.
Ethnicity is one aspect of our personal identity.
Formative Assessment(s):
Journal Writing - initial questions for exploring your ethnic identity, brainstorming, quick write prompts, reading notes & reflections, reflection on your learning, reflection on your creative process & progress, reflection on the essay writing
Notes - annotations/notes from one credible source
Discussion Participation - small group discussion sharing what you learned, your ideas, questions to other group members, and feedback from group members - Peer Evaluation Google Form
Creative Product - creative nonfiction essay
Summative Assessment(s):
Online Discussion Board - grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, something interesting you learned from your interview and connect it with something we have explored/discussed in class
Family & Community Conversations Project - write an essay discussing what you learned and the thoughts and decisions that went into your creative piece - rubric criteria: main idea, details, conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling) --> Pre-work: brainstorm initial questions for exploring your ethnic identity and/or ethnic identities in your family/community, research background information about ethnic heritage (history, culture, traditions, etc.), choose an event/tradition/issue that you would like to focus on, conduct more research and at least one interview(s), develop a creative work (poem, artwork, photograph, audio recording, song, short film, etc.) inspired by your conversation
Photo Essays About Community - The New York Times Where We Are: Photo Essays About Community Contest (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Week of August 18
Week of August 18
Course Introduction
Course Introduction
Wednesday August 16
Welcome to our exploration of ethnic history and culture! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Write at least one paragraph in response to a question or prompt.
Interact with course participants.
Access online course materials.
Organize and share your writing portfolio with me.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
What does it look like when you are at your best? – one paragraph
Greetings & Introductions - M&M Game
Syllabus Review & Discussion
Course Websites
School Procedures
Questions?
Assignments
Assignments
Access Course Website
Remind, FlipGrid, NoRedInk
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Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
What questions do you have about this course?
What are you most excited about this year?
Defining Ethnicity & Culture
Defining Ethnicity & Culture
DATE
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
List and describe elements of ethnicity and elements of culture.
Examine and compare multiple perspectives on the concepts of ethnicity and ethnic group.
Brainstorm questions and ideas you would like to explore in this class.
Write your own working definition of the terms ethnicity and ethnic group.
Reflect on your own ethnicity and its influence on your personal identity.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Journal Writing - PROMPT
Read/watch -
Small Group Discussion - POST-IT
Journal Writing - Creating Questions
Assignments
Assignments
Journal Writing - at least 3 questions related to your ethnic identity and or family/community ethnic identities
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Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
What does it mean to belong to a certain ethnic group?
What are the 6 main features of an ethnic group listed in Baumann's article? Would you add anything to this? Would you remove anything? Why?
What is the difference between race and ethnicity? Do you agree with Timothy Baumann's explanation? Why?
What is the difference between culture and ethnicity? How do the two ideas intersect?
Using the 6 main features of ethnicity, how would you describe your ethnicity?
How does ethnicity influence individuals? Communities? Nations?
How do you feel about being a part of an ethnic group? How does your ethnicity influence your personal identity?
Readings
Readings
"Defining Ethnicity" by Timothy Bauman (2004)
Resources
Resources
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
Week of August 21
Week of August 21
Construction of Ethnic Identity
Construction of Ethnic Identity
DATE
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Describe the various racial and ethnic identity development models and frameworks.
Discuss and explain the connection between positive racial and ethnic identity development and resiliency, academic achievement, and engagement of youth.
Design
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
What will we do in class? How will students explore, learn, process and create?
ethnicity is "socially constructed" - "one's ethnic identity is a composite of the view one has of oneself as well as the views held by others about one's ethnic identity"
ethnic identity is "situational and changeable" - "ethnicity can change according to variations in the situations and audiences encountered"
"portfolio of ethnic identities" & "layers of ethnic identity" - variety of levels available within umbrella ethnic categories
tribal identities
regional identities
racial identities
"colorism"/color consciousness
national identities
"immigration cohorts" - reflect distinctions based on how historical/political contexts shaped each cohort's lives
class/caste
informal vs. official ethnic categories/identification
political construction of official ethnic categories - "as the state has become the dominant institution in society, political policies regulating ethnicity increasingly shape ethnic boundaries and influence patterns of ethnic identification"
Immigration policies - shape the configuration and diversity of ethnic groups - "today's immigrant groups become tomorrow's ethnic groups" - "immigrant populations tend to congregate in both urban and rural communities to form ethnic enclaves and neighborhoods and to fill labor market niches"
ethnically-linked resource policies
political access structured along ethnic lines
Assignments
Assignments
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Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
How does your racial, ethnic, or tribal identity impact your life?
How do you feel about being a part of an ethnic group? How does your ethnicity influence your personal identity?
How is ethnic identity is created or destroyed, strengthened or weakened?
How is culture formed and transformed?
Readings
Readings
Jaspal, Rusi, and Marco Cinnirella. “The Construction of Ethnic Identity: Insights from Identity Process Theory.” Ethnicities, vol. 12, no. 5, 2012, pp. 503–530, www.jstor.org/stable/43572620.
Nagel, Joane. “Constructing Ethnicity: Creating and Recreating Ethnic Identity and Culture.” Social Problems, vol. 41, no. 1, Feb. 1994, pp. 152–176, https://doi.org/10.2307/3096847.
Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth. “Racial and Ethnic Identity Development.” Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth, ready.web.unc.edu/section-1-foundations/module-9-racial-and-ethnic-identity-development/.
Conzen, Kathleen Neils, et al. “The Invention of Ethnicity: A Perspective from the U.S.A.” Journal of American Ethnic History, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 3–41, www.jstor.org/stable/27501011.
Resources
Resources
Anish, Shroff. “Ethnic Identity and the Power of Being Undefined.” TEDx Talks, www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_naBT43h4E.
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
Week of August 28
Week of August 28
Week of September 4
Week of September 4
Week of September 11
Week of September 11
Assimilation & Pluralism
Assimilation & Pluralism
DATE
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Assignments
Assignments
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Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Readings
Readings
Resources
Resources
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
Assumptions & Expectations
Assumptions & Expectations
DATE
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Assignments
Assignments
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Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Readings
Readings
Resources
Resources
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
Representation & Misrepresentation
Representation & Misrepresentation
DATE
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Single-narrative exploitation
generalization and stereotyping
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Assignments
Assignments
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Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Readings
Readings
Resources
Resources
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozie. "The Danger of a Single Story." TED Talks.
Anish, Shroff. “Ethnic Identity and the Power of Being Undefined.” TEDx Talks, www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_naBT43h4E.
Good, Merle. "Exploitation and Storytelling." The New York Times, 1974.
Storr, Will. The Science of Storytelling. (2019)
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
Ethnicity & Personal Identity
Ethnicity & Personal Identity
DATE
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Personal and Social Identity
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Assignments
Assignments
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Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Readings
Readings
Resources
Resources
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
Narrative & Storytelling
Narrative & Storytelling
DATE
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Personal and Social Identity
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Assignments
Assignments
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Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Readings
Readings
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozie. "The Danger of a Single Story." TED Talks.
Anish, Shroff. “Ethnic Identity and the Power of Being Undefined.” TEDx Talks, www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_naBT43h4E.
Good, Merle. "Exploitation and Storytelling." The New York Times, 1974.
Storr, Will. The Science of Storytelling. (2019)
Resources
Resources
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
Social Justice
Social Justice
DATE
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
equity and equality
economic, political, social
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Assignments
Assignments
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Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Readings
Readings
"What Is Social Justice?" from the San Diego Foundation
Definitions of "social justice"
"Social Justice" from Britannica
Resources
Resources
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
Topic
Topic
DATE
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Assignments
Assignments
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Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Readings
Readings
Resources
Resources
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
Resources
Resources
Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth. “Racial and Ethnic Identity Development.” Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth, ready.web.unc.edu/section-1-foundations/module-9-racial-and-ethnic-identity-development/.
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