NCLC 101: Narratives of Identity

9:30-10:00 a.m. (Johnson Center (JC), Cinema):  Welcome to NCLC 101

10:00 a.m. Reading a Museum

10:30-12:00 (JC Rooms A-G):  Summer Reading Reception

In-Class Exercise:  “I Am” Poem/“25 lines”

Assigned: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Hand Out/Collect:  Risk Release Forms

W, 8/31

FIELD TRIP: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

**ALL MEET @ VIENNA METRO, 9:00 a.m. **

Read for Today:

• “Introduction for Students:  Active Reading, Critical Thinking, and the Writing Process” (p. 1-14, 50 Essays)
• “Thinking Critically, Challenging Cultural Myths” (p. 1-15, Rereading)
• “Regarding the Pain of Others” (p. 373-378, 50 Essays)

TR, 9/1

“Who are the Experts”—Narrative & Identity

Read for Today:

• “Why Don’t We Complain?”: p. 76-82 (50 Essays)
• “Allegory of the Cave”:  p. 292-299 (50 Essays)
• “Mother Tongue” (p. 396-402, 50 Essays)

Due: Museum Response Paper on FRIDAY, 9/2 by 5:00 p.m. (email)

Prepare for NMAI visit

W, 9/8

Literary Analysis and Cultural Texts

FIELD TRIP: National Museum of the American Indian

**MEET @ VIENNA METRO. 9:00 a.m. **

Read:  Flight, p. 1-106

TR, 9/9

Narrative and Identity

Guiding Questions: Who is the Expert (whose knowledge is valued)?  Who is in a position to tell the story? Who gets heard?

Read:  Flight, p. 107-181

In-Class Oral Reports: Oral Museum Report

Gorski, “Taco Night” (.pdf)

M, 9/12

Immigration and The Graphic Novel

Read: American Born Chinese

Assign: Digital Story (In-class Prompts)

Resource: Digital Story Cookbook http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.html

9:00-11:00 Immigration

12:30-2:30 (Wiki & Digital Story)

Read for Today:

• “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” (José Vargas, New York Times) (You will need to locate this Essay, print it out, read it, and bring it to class)
• “Child of the Americas” (p. 511, 50 Essays)

TR, 9/15

Immigration & Identity

Assign:  Critical Analysis Paper

Due: Email Seminar Leader your Wiki Link

Read for Today:

• “Two Ways to Belong in America” (p. 280-283, 50 Essays)
• “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” (p. 33-45, 50 Essays)
• “The Myth of the Latin Woman:  I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” (p. 91-97, 50 Essays)
• “Vietnamese American:  A Cultural Self-Portrait” (Mimi Wilson, handout)

M, 9/19

Narrative:  Race and Identity

Re-Visit: Henrietta Lacks

Read for Today:

• “In Search of our Mother’s Gardens, (p. 420-430, 50 Essays)
• Rustin, Bayard, “On Non-Violence” (handout)
• Malcolm X (In-Class Speech)
• “Ain’t I Woman”, (p. 410-411, 50 Essays)

W, 9/21

FIELD TRIP

“For All the World to See,” American Art Museum

(10:00-11:00, Seminars A-C)

(12:00-1:00, Seminars D-G)

AND

“Race—Are We So Different?” Natural History Museum

(10:00-11:30 D-G)

(11:30-1:00, A-C)

AND

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, in between Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials

**MEET @ VIENNA METRO. 9:00 a.m. **

Read for Today:

• “Just Walk on By” (p. 383-386, 50 Essays)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” (p.203-220, 50 Essays) [Read prior to visiting the Memorial]

TR, 9/22

Narrative:  Race and Identity

Due:  Digital Story

Read for Today:

• “The Boy in the Mirror,” p. 409-421 ReReading
• “On Being A Cripple” (p. 244-256, 50 Essays)
• “The End of White America”, (p. 497-510, ReReading)
• McIntosh, Peggy “On White Privilege” (handout)

M, 9/26

Meritocracy

Writing Critiques

Ten Chairs Activity

Read for Today:

• “Ragged Dick” (p. 258-263, ReReading)
• “Horatio Alger” (p. 272-278, ReReading)
• “Class in America—2006” (p. 304-319, ReReading)
• “On Dumpster Diving” (p. 146-158, 50 Essays)

W, 9/28

Theme:  Class & Identity

Faces of Homelessness Panel & Homelessness Simulation

Assign:  Considering Our Lenses

Assign:  Conference

Read for Today:

• Brooks, Gwendolyn, “Lovers of the Poor” (.pdf)
• “Serving in Florida” (p. 136-45, 50 Essays)
• “Still Separate, Still Unequal” (p. 219-237, ReReading)
• In-Class Visual Portfolio, p. 321-28, ReReading

9:30-11:00 Meet in Seminar Room for Discussion & Writing Workshop

Read for Today: “On Compassion” (46-49, 50 Essays)

M, 10/3

Theme:  Gender and Identity

Read for Today:

• “Becoming Members of Society:  Learning Social Meanings of Gender” (p.527-536, ReReading)
• “The Men We Carry in Our Minds” (p. 346-351, 50 Essays)
• “Assimilation” (p. 483-496 ReReading)

Group Work:  Arranging Conference Presentation Panels

W, 10/5

Theme:  Gender, Media and Identity

Due: Considering our Lenses Paper

Due: Group Abstract (Emailed to Seminar Leader)

Read for Today:

• “Two Ways A Woman Can Get Hurt” (p. 575-599, ReReading)
• In-Class:  Visual Portfolio (322-329, Re-Reading)
• “The Story of My Body” (p. 537-546, ReReading)

TR, 10/6

Theme:  Masculinity, Bodies, and Identity

Read for Today:

• “Bros Before Hos”:  The Guy Code (p. 608-617, ReReading)
• “Dying to Be Bigger” (.pdf)
• “Adventure of an Atypical Boy” (wowthatsawful.wordpress.com)

M, 10/10

Columbus Day Recess—No Class Today

*****NOTE:  MONDAY CLASSES MEET TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11^th*****

T, 10/11

9:30-12:00 (Seminar)

Video on Public Speaking & Conference Preparation

Read for Today:

“On Morality” (p. 106-111, 50 Essays)

Frye, Marilyn—“On Oppression” (.pdf)

Due:  Critical Analysis

W, 10/12

NCLC 101:  Narratives of Identity Conference, 9:30-2:30

Room assignments and Specific Conference Times TBA

9:30-10:30:  Panel #1

10:35-11:35:  Panel #2

11:40-12:20:  LUNCH

12:25-1:25:  Panel #3

1:30-2:30: Panel #4

TR, 10/13

Learning Community Reflection and Course Evaluations

Integrative Studies and Cornerstones