| Week 1 |
| Reading Assignment: Watch Trevor Noah’s African American Narrative Essay: Complete 3-page Narrative Essay Blog/discussion question: when was your racial puberty, what happened, and how do you feel about your racial indoctrination in hindsight? Write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. ALL DISCUSSION QUESTION RESPONSES ARE DUE BEFORE CLASS STARTS THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. |
| Week 2 |
| Reading Assignments: Read the first two chapters of Riot Baby NARRATION ESSAY DUE Friday 9-2-22 by 11:59 pm in the Blackboard Collaborate Assignment Dropbox. Blog/Discussion Question: Discuss a time or moment in your life when you were in a racially intense experience, explain how you navigated that space, and explain why you chose to navigate that space in the manner you did. Write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. |
| Week 3 |
| Reading Assignments: Read chapter 3 of Riot Baby. Blog/discussion question: Critique Chapter 1 or 2 of Riot Baby through a social justice lens. In other words, choose a theme or point of analysis that appears in chapter 1 or 2, and use that theme or point of analysis to discuss how and why Anyebuchi addresses contemporary, American injustice. Write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. |
| Week 4 |
| Reading Assignments: Read chapter 4 of Riot Baby. Compare and Contrast PAPER DUE Friday 9-16-22 by 11:59 pm in the Blackboard Collaborate Assignment Dropbox. Blog/discussion question: Critique Chapter 3 of Riot Baby through a criminal justice lens. In other words, choose a theme or point of analysis that appears in chapter 3, and use that theme or point of analysis to discuss how and why Anyebuchi addresses the carceral continuum. Write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. |
| Week 5 |
| Reading Assignments: Read chapters 1 – 3 of Pet. Blog/discussion question: Critique Chapter 4 of Riot Baby. Specifically, you need to explain why Anyebuchi operationalized Black children as a vehicle to speak against systemic racism. Write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. |
| Week 6 |
| Reading Assignments: Read chapters 4 – 6 of Pet. Blog/Discussion Question: What do Emezi’s gender constructions reveal about gender? Write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. Analysis PAPER DUE Friday 9-30–22 by 11:59 pm in the Blackboard Collaborate Assignment Dropbox |
| Week 7 |
| Reading assignments: Read chapters 7 – 9 of Pet. Blog/Discussion Question: what theme will you deconstruct/explore/unpack in your argument essay, and how will deconstructing/unpacking/exploring your chosen theme reveal something new or interesting to the reader of your argument essay? Write a 100 – 350 word 1-paragraph to 1-page response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. |
| Week 8 |
| Reading assignments: Finish reading Pet. Argument PAPER DUE Friday 10-14-22 by 11:59 pm in the Blackboard Collaborate Assignment Dropbox Blog/Discussion Question: How does the allegorical theme of redemption manifest in Pet, and why is it or is it not warranted? Write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. |
| Week 9 |
| Reading assignment: Read the first 15 pages of E.P. Thompson’s, “Time, Work, Discipline, and Industrial Capitalism.” YOU HAVE TWO POSTS/QUESTIONS THIS WEEK. Blog/Discussion Question: 1, According to E.P. Thompson, what is time, how is it used/operationalized, and how does this work – if at all — affect how you understand time? Write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. Blog/Discussion Question 2, write your introduction to your research paper. In other words, frame your research topic and include an effective thesis statement or research question. Write at least a 250-word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. |
| Week 10 |
| YOU HAVE TWO POSTS/QUESTIONS THIS WEEK. Blog/Discussion Question: 1, write a complete outline for your 6-8 page research paper. Post your Blog response on Padlet and write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. Blog/Discussion Question: 2, write a 2-page historicization of your research topic that effectively introduces and frames your topic. Write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. |
| Week 11 |
| YOU HAVE TWO POSTS/QUESTIONS THIS WEEK. Blog/Discussion Question: 1, Discuss what critical lens you chose to conduct your research through, and discuss why you chose that lens. In other words, explain how your chosen lens impacted your research and paper; Post your Blog response on Padlet and write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions Blog/Discussion Question: 2, discuss how you will use your database article in your research paper. In other words, explain how the work will deepen your research and help you produce both a substantive and academic paper. Post your Blog response on Padlet and write a 100 – 350 word response to the question to be submitted in Blackboard under Discussion Questions. |
| Week 12 |
| RESEARCH PAPER DUE Friday 11-11-22 by 11:59 pm in the Blackboard Collaborate Assignment Dropbox |
| Week 13 |
| This is a student support week where students are provided time to make up any work that may still be due in this or any other class. Students do not have to formally attend class this week. However, I will be in the classroom on Monday to provide in-person support. |
| Week 14 |
| Class review for the Final exam. |
| Week 15 |
| Final exam RESEARCH PAPERS THAT REQUIRED EDITS DUE Friday 12-9-22 by 11:59 pm in the Blackboard Collaborate Assignment Dropbox |
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