Thursday / Friday 2/3 October

Class began with SSR.

Students were reminded to continue reading and creating journal entries about their independent reading.

The class used the QAR sheets to structure a discussion on identity and assimilation and hyphnated identity (Mukherje and Casares).

Next we read the essay "Black Like I Thought I was" as an introduction to the ideas in the Radio Lab story "Race Doesn't Exist. Or Does It?"

The class used the following to organize their listening:

Directions:  As you listen to the program write down at least 5 statements that you found interesting or that you questioned.  Be sure to have ones that cover the scope of the program.  You can just paraphrase, so you don’t need to worry about exact quotes.  I have left room for you to comment about what you wrote down (what did you find interesting about the comment?  If you asked a question, what do you think the answer is?).  I suggest saving your responses for after we listen to the show so that you don’t get lost.  You may want to write your responses on the back.

Pre-Listening Question:

If you were to have a DNA analysis of yourself, what percentage of what race do you think the test would divulge?

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