{"id":168,"date":"2021-07-27T06:50:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-contexts-practices-prof-barnes-fall-202\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2023-10-04T10:41:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T14:41:50","slug":"week-5-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acl-150-051w-f23-prof-barnes\/week-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5: African + American Indian and Alascan Native Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week\u2019s guiding questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can we apply Szwed\u2019s and Perry\u2019s definitions of literacy as we study literacies of different cultures?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can we learn about literacy and culture from exploring different cultural perspectives?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can you contribute to this topic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What type of research are you interested in for your research essay? <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Activity 1<\/strong>: Submit your oral history project on Blackboard by the end of week 5\/ beginning of week 6.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Activity 2<\/strong>: Read about the research essay assignment<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It isn’t due until later in the semester, which may seem far away now… but the best way to approach this task is to start now and complete each piece of the puzzle week by week.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Activity 3<\/strong>: What do you know about African-born immigrants in the US? What do you know about the American Indian and Alascan Native cultures?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we dive into different cultural and ethnic perspectives on literacy, the class will be divided into 2 groups: Group X (because it sounds more exciting than group A) and Group Y (same logic). Which group are you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Group X Unit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your last name begins with the letter A – M, you are in group X. Please complete the unit on the African Perspectives and teach Group Y about this topic, via our Conversation. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Activity <\/strong>4: Watch \u201cChallenges for Africans in U.S. Schools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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