Introduction to course, teacher and each other & how to use website.
1. What's the Problem with Black Masculinities?
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5DixllWE18eYlBaNlNpaG1xUjA/view?usp=sharing
2. Understanding Patriarchy (bell hooks)
http://imaginenoborders.org/pdf/zines/UnderstandingPatriarchy.pdf
Question: How does a theme develop over a course of a text?
Part II
PowerPoint & Lecture (PP)
- Can you identify a reliable source?
- What makes a reliable news source?
- Thinking of your culture, background and history, can you find a story in today's newspaper that represents you?
- What is bias?
- What kinds of websites would we expect to be biased?
- What kinds of websites would we expect to be unbiased?
- How do we decide who won the election
- Who won the 2016 US presidential election?
- What is the difference between the popular vote and the electoral college?
Option: Read this article (http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/07/politics/trump-picks-scott-pruitt-to-head-epa/index.html) and rewrite it as fake news
Imagine you wanted to persuade / move / influence people on this issue
What psychological theories and practices would you use? Would you appeal to fear? Perhaps propose a secret conspiracy?
Write a new headline and a new article
Bonus: Create a chart or graphic to support your new article
