Do Now: Chalk Talk
Go around to each table and take a minute to write down some ideas about the topic posted there. Then, move on to the next topic and do the same thing. After time at each topic, circle up in back and share out. What patterns did you notice? What ideas did you write down? What ideas did you see that you liked/extended your thinking? What prompts challenged you or were you unsure of? Do Next: Create Writing Blogs Open your Chromebooks and navigate to Blogger. Create a new blog. Name it “first name last initial’s writing portfolio” and share the link on Padlet. Take a handful of minutes to edit it how you wish, add pictures, change theme colors, etc. Reflection In your newly created blog, create a post and reflect on the past week of class. Your response should be at least four paragraphs (5-7 sentences). In your blog post, please answer the questions below: What new thoughts do you have about race and the history of racism in the United States? How has the past week connected to what you already know about racism? What does it mean to identify with a race? What does it mean to be part of that community? What communities are you part of? What identities do you hold? How did you become a part of that community? In your blog post, I would like to see the answers to the questions, as well as one image found online that represents your thoughts. When you finish, please navigate to the other blogs in your group on Padlet and comment on your peers’ initial posts.
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Course DescriptionGreat World Text is an advanced English and Social Studies course sponsored by the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Humanities. This year will consist of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, the landmark 1912 novel by James Weldon Johnson. Known only as the “Ex-Colored Man,” the protagonist in Johnson’s novel is forced to choose between celebrating his African American heritage or “passing” as an average white man in a post-Reconstruction America that is rapidly changing. The course will encounter themes of racial passing, multiracial families, and African-American music traditions.
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