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COURSE

COURSE
JANUARY
1. FOUNDATIONS
2. CHILDREN'S LIT
FEBRUARY
1. RACE AND ETHNICITY IN SHORT
March
1. INTERSECTIONS OF RACE AND GENDER
APRIL

All material for this course, including lecture notes and daily readings, is posted here.

Date	Session Name and Lecture Notes	Materials	Assignment (due BEFORE class on the date listed)
JANUARY
Week 1	Introduction to Race, Sex and Citizenship	http://pbworks.com "When Miss Meant So Much More" NPR.org "Should We Use the Term Ethnic Literature" The Huffington Post	Create roster page. Plagiarism Participation Quiz
Week 2	FOUNDATIONS Responses to a Government of Ideals	Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence.pdf John Underhill "The Attack on Pequot Fort" News from America William Apess "An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man" Red Jacket: Reply to the Missionary Jacob Cram At the Dark End of the Street.pdf "Teaching Social Justice Through Young Adult Literature".pdf	"Other Declarations of Independence" - Harvard University Quiz 1 (due Thursday)
Week 3	CHILDREN'S LIT Holes in Racial Constructions	Louis Sachar Holes (novel) Holes (film) Available in the library and on YouTube: Holes Trailer MultiracialExperiencesinLiteratureforChildren.pdf
Week 4	Viewing Race through New Eyes	Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian "Teaching Social Justice Through Young Adult Literature".pdf "How To Do a Close Reading"	Listen to this interview with Sherman Alexie Quiz 2 (due Thursday)
FEBRUARY
Week 5	Close Reading Rough Draft Workshop RACE AND ETHNICITY IN SHORT Worlding in the Work of Breece DJ Pancake	"Trilobites" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1977/12/trilobites/376288/	Close Reading Paper Due Thursday Bluestone Review Extra Credit: BluestoneReview color.pdf
Week 6	Sudden Fiction: Rethinking Race and Gender in Latinx Culture	"The Remarkable Reinvention of Very Short Fiction" "In The Beginning: Sudden Fiction" Sudden Fiction "Everyone's Abuelo Can't Have Ridden with Pancho Villa" - 30 "4 Microstories" - 150 "How to Live with a Feminista and (Still) Be a Macho" - 166 "Aunt Chila" - 171 "2 Microstories" - 274 "Cat's Eye" - 284 "Epilogue: Migrations" - 289	SUDDEN FICTION STORY Rough Draft "I'm Mexican" TED Talk Quiz 3 (Due Tuesday)
Week 7	Sudden Fiction Workshop Sudden Fiction Workshop	Sudden Fiction "Everyone's Abuelo Can't Have Ridden with Pancho Villa" - 30 "4 Microstories" - 150 "How to Live with a Feminista and (Still) Be a Macho" - 166 "Aunt Chila" - 171 "2 Microstories" - 274 "Cat's Eye" - 284 "Epilogue: Migrations" - 289	"Writing Flash Fiction" "Collecting Ethnic Stories" Quiz 4(Due Tuesday) List of 3-5 sources One complete (sample) annotation Revised Research Question due SUDDEN FICTION STORY DUE FRIDAY
Week 8	Annotated Bibliography Rough Draft Workshop EXAM 1		Rough Draft (Annotated Bibliography) EXAM 1
March
Week 9	SPRING BREAK
Week 10	INTERSECTIONS OF RACE AND GENDER WORK DAY		Harlem Renaissance PBC Harlem Renaissance Overview Women of the Harlem Renaissance Quiz 5 (due Friday)
Week 11	Cogewea Re-thinking American Identity The Harlem Renaissance and Race in a Cosmopolitan World	Humishuma Cogewea: Half-Blood. Chapter 7 "The 'Ladies' and 'Squaws' Races" Mourning Dove and Mixed Blood - Cultural and Historical Pressures on Aesthetic Choice and Author.pdf Jesse Fauset Plum Bun Rout "Brazil - A Study in Black Brown and Beige".pdf	ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY FINAL DRAFT (due Monday) Find (and post) an artifact Making Connections: text and artifact.
Week 12	The Harlem Renaissance and Race in a Cosmopolitan World Performing Identities - Who is M?	Jesse Fauset Plum Bun Rout "Brazil - A Study in Black Brown and Beige".pdf David Hwang M. Butterfly The True Story of M. Butterfly in the New York Times	Thesis and Outline M. Butterfly lecture. Quiz 6 (due Thursday)
APRIL
Week 13	Performing Identities - Who is M? ROUGH DRAFT WORKSHOP	David Hwang M. Butterfly "Who Gets to Be Gay, Who Gets to Be Asian".pdf
Week 14	FINAL CONFERENCES	No in-class meeting. Come to my office (002 Rish Hall) with the draft of your paper for your scheduled conference to receive attendance credit for final conferences.
Week 15	PRESENTATION		Final Paper
Week 16	Exam II		Exam II
Final	FINAL EXAM		Final Exam