Unit 1: Analyzing the “Us vs. Them” Dynamic
All
throughout the world, anything with a brain divides himself into an Us vs.
Them. Much of it is evolution and it’s
ties to survival. If you have stripes
like me, you must be safe; if you have big teeth, you might try to eat me. Fish drift together in groups to protect each
other. Lions have designated areas that
they protect from other lions to ensure that scarce resources are reserved for
their own.
However,
animals usually do it to survive. Why do
humans obsess over categories and place such an importance on it? By the end of this unit, you will be able to
answer that question.
Timeline: 2 ½ months Final
Due Date: 10/12 (subject to change)
Requirements: All essays and major
assignments will be submitted on Black Board
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· Submit on Time
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· 12 pt. font
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· 1 inch margins
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· Double Space
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· Times New Roman (or similar)
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· Name
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· Works Cited page (not included in
word count)
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· Page Numbers
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· Must meet the word count or the
highest grade you can receive is a D
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Skills to be Learned:
1. Finding and evaluating different sources
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4. Thesis and paragraph structure
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2. Summarizing and quoting for academic papers
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5. Creating an original argument
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3. Internal and end citations
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6. Learn how to edit
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Steps:
1.
Learn
about different types of categories and the psychological reasons we are
impelled to create them
a.
Watch
experiments from the 1970’s in class
2.
Pick
a major conflict (example: Freedom Riders, Selma March, first woman to run in
the Boston Marathon, persecution of college professors and film writers during
the Red Scare, internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, Ferguson,
Stonewall riots)
3.
Research
the event
a.
Annotated
bibliography due 9/7
b.
Write
short paper explaining what caused the groups to become violent 9/16
4.
Shift
focus from what happened to how it was reported—choose articles from different
perspectives (sympathetic vs. hostile, us vs. them, domestic vs. foreign) or
choose propaganda from the time.
5.
Analyze
how the articles or propaganda were
written or drawn
a.
How
were the victims described?
b.
How
were the attackers described?
c.
How
were they drawn? Were features
exaggerated?
d.
Did
you sources differ widely or were they all similar? Why was that?
6.
Due
dates:
a.
Speech 1--9/1
b. Annotated bibliography—9/7
b. Annotated bibliography—9/7
c.
Summarization
Essay—9/16
d.
Cultural
Discourse Analysis (CDA) Essay—“Shitty” first draft 9/23
e.
CDA
draft 2—9/30
f.
CDA
Final Draft—10/7
g. Speech 2--10/11 & 10/13
Speech 1:
Give a 2-3 minute speech on how you are an "other." This could be something big like race, religion, gender or it could be something small like you don't like chocolate, have a big family, or love (insert obscure topic here).
- · 5 sources (no Wikipedia)
- · 50 points for citations (10 each) and 50 for the paragraphs (10 each)
- o Only one (1) error per citation is allowed. More than one and you will receive 0 points for that citation.
- o Can be resubmitted
- · Due 9/7 at 11:59 p.m.
· Minimum 500 words
· Include 4 direct quotes (with proper
citations)
· Discuss the groups involved, why the
conflict started, and how things have changed since
· Works Cited/References page with at
least 4 sources (no Wikipedia)
· Due 9/16 at 11:59 p.m.
- · First Draft: minimum 250 words and an outline
- · Second and Final draft: minimum 1,000 words (Works Cited/References not included in the final word count)
- · Complete Works Cited/References for final draft
- · Proper internal citations
- · Minimum 4 sources
- · Include a strong thesis and paragraph organization
- · “Shitty” first draft 9/23
- · Draft 2—9/30
- · Final Draft—10/7
Speech 2:
Give a 5-7 minute informative speech on your topic including a brief background on the subject and the discoveries you made. Please include a visual aid.
Give a 5-7 minute informative speech on your topic including a brief background on the subject and the discoveries you made. Please include a visual aid.
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