ENGLISH 145WEEK 6: SEPTEMBER 28TH AND 30TH

BONUS POINT!“The Path to Public Service:

Winning Strategies from Women

Worldwide ” By Nancy Bocksor

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

7:00 p.m.

Old Main

Bone Student Center

Illinois State University

AgendaDiscussion of Reading Set # 1

Blogging about Reading set # 1

Going Over Literature Review Samples

Individual work on Literature Reviews

Assignments

Defining Racism Can we talk?

What prejudices do you hold?

Do you think you are advantaged or disadvantaged due to your race?

What can you do to dismantle racism?

How does the author define racism? Reflect on your thoughts on her arguments (Be specific.)

White SupremacyThis is an ideology that assumes the superiority

of the white race over other races.

The term is sometimes used specifically to describe a political ideology that advocates the social and political dominance by whites—a wiki definition.

American DreamWhat was the author’s dream? What type of

personal and socio-cultural revelation has he gone through?

Reflect on the following quote by Kevin Jennings “ Real freedom will be ours when people around us—and when we ourselves—accept that we, too are “real” Americans, and that we shouldn’t have to change to meet anyone else’s standards” pg. 6

Racial Disparities (Black vs. White)… Infant morality rate 146% higher

Lack of health insurance coverage 42.3% more likely

Median income rate 55.3% lower

Poverty rate 173% higher

1:5 wealth gap regardless of income level

Life chances of imprisonment 447% higher

Rate death by homicide 521% higher

Percent with a college degree or beyond 59.5% lower

Average life span 5.5 years lessU.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005 & U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Visual from South Africa during apartheid

Agenda 9/30Going over the blog entries

Blogging about The American Dream by Kevin Jennings

More on Literature review: What can a literature review do for your social action projects?

Reviewing Sample Literature Reviews.

Assignments

Moving Beyond White Guilt

Get information: How?

Do something: What?

Listen: Whom?

Talk: With whom?

Back to the past: How?

Finding our heroes and sheroes: Who are your she-heroes?

Brad Says…Get information: Get to know people for who

they really are. If people became more aware, then they would also become more understanding and really be able to get informed by people of different cultures.

Do something: Get to actually know people, and don't judge a book by its cover. Make friends with people from other cultures and backgrounds and you will feel more diverse and will be more understanding.

Kurt says…Doing something is the next step to moving beyond

white guilt. Doing something can range from posting signs to raise awareness to speaking at a town meeting to bring address the problem. Whatever it is that you do, doing something is also an important step in the process of moving beyond white guilt.

The next step is to listen. Listen to what others have to say about the situation, listen to what people on your side and people on the opposing side have to say and take it all in. This will allow you to analyze the entire situation and figure out a successful solution.

Maggie says…Listen: I think I need to start by listening to my

friends and family about what they feel about racism and prejudice and then listen to people who feel passionate about racism and the people who have the feel that they have the most prejudice about them.

Talk: I want to talk to everyone about this situation. I want to start with people of all kinds of racism and who feels the effects of racism.

Matthew saysBack to the Past and Heroes and Sheroes: Look

at the past and see what people have done. From Martin Luther King to Rosa Parks there are people in the past that have things to say. Also, the past can help you find a hero or shero who made an impact.

FINDING HEROS/SHEROSLindsey says…

Find heroes or sheroes: A big hero is MLK Jr. However, there are more heroes and sheroes. Anyone who overcame prejuidice and racism is a hero to me. Anyone who is trying to improve the social issue is also a hero to me.

American DreamWhat was the author’s dream? What type of

personal and socio-cultural revelation has he gone through?

Reflect on the following quote by Kevin Jennings “ Real freedom will be ours when people around us—and when we ourselves—accept that we, too are “real” Americans, and that we shouldn’t have to change to meet anyone else’s standards” pg. 6

Social Action Research Process

WHAT CAN LITERATURE REVIEW DO FOR YOU?

A Literature Review provides the meaningful context of your project within the universe of already existing research.

The difference between an annotated bibliography and literature review is in lit. review you need to read for depth. After you have an idea of the main ideas in each article, identify the precise methods used and the findings. An in-depth understanding is necessary for comparing the work of different researchers.

WHAT CAN LITERATURE REVIEW DO FOR YOU?

Through the Literature Review you distinguish what has been done from what needs to be done.

You can synthesize previous perspectives and gain a new one; you can establish the context of the topic or problem, and you can set the basis for why the question is significant.

The Literature Review can help you (and the reader) understand the structure of the problem.

Skeleton of a literature review

Introduce research question (what it is, why it is worth examining)

Briefly outline the organization of the paper (for example, if there is a major controversy in this literature, briefly describe it and state that you will present research supporting first one side, then the other. Or, if three methodologies have been used to address the question, briefly describe them and then state that you will compare the results obtained by the three methods).

Describe studies in detail

Compare and evaluate studies

Discuss implications of studies (your judgment of what the studies show)

Discuss the “research gap” or “research similarities” you found and tell the readers how you situate your own research, what contributions you anticipate your research will make.

Looking at literature review samples

Work on the Literature Review Worksheet as you scan the student samples

AssignmentsLiterature Reviews Due on Tuesday, October 5th

Read for Discussion # 2

Read “And Yet Distinguishing what you say from what they say” in they say I say file

Read Lamott “Finding your own voice”

REMEMBER THAY BOTH READINGS WILL PREPARE YOU TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL LITERATURE REVIEW. SO IT MAY BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO THE READINGS FIRST.