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Item 3: Activity 2: Role-Play Debate: Climate Justice Solutions for Jambi
No full textStudents will work in small groups of 2-3 and each group will be assigned a role representing a different stakeholder. Roles might include local farmers, government officials, environmental NGOs, indigenous leaders, international corporations, and local activists. Students explore different perspectives on climate justice through role-playing. By simulating a debate involving key stakeholders, students will better understand the complexities of climate action and the challenges of balancing global and local interests. Through this activity, students gain insight into the multiple perspectives involved in addressing climate change. This activity will deepen students\u27 understanding of the complexities of balancing local needs with global responsibilities. Students will also practice persuasive communication and critical thinking
Item 3: Activity 2: Practicing “Hot Takes” (aka Hot Takes Speed Friending) File name: Dillard_Activity2
No full textThis short activity gives students an opportunity to speak and listen to the views of their classmates about a variety of topics. In rotating pairs, students will give their take on a variety of issues ranging from easy to complex. By the end of the class, students will have experience sharing their views, listening to others, and meeting several classmates
Item 1: Syllabus: Advocacy in Action: Civic Engagement Through Social Sciences
No full textThis course introduces students to civic engagement and advocacy through a social sciences framework. Students will explore how social change occurs, analyze sociopolitical structures, and develop practical advocacy skills. A key component of the course is a hands-on social action project
Item 1: Syllabus: African American Women in US History
No full textThis course, African American Women in the United States, explores the complex and often painful lives and legacies of African American women in the United States. Though often relegated to the margins of history, African American women have been involved in every facet of life in America—from its very inception. In this course, we will examine their African origins, their survival of the terrorism of enslavement, the struggle for basic human and civil rights to the African American women of today. This course will be beneficial for both races and all genders as the story of African American women is universal
Item 6: Assignment 3: Peer Review of Illustrated Experiential Learning Journal (Assignment 2)
No full textThe peer review assignment is intended to allow each student to engage with another classmate\u27s experiential learning journal, offering constructive feedback on how the journal expresses increased self-awareness linked to participation in community activities. Students are asked to thoroughly read a peer\u27s journal, offer specific comments on each of the four criteria in the rubric, and provide a general final assessment using clear, concise, and constructive language, and complete the peer review rubric
Item 4: Activity 3: Collaboration and Conversation Check-In (Viewing)
No full textDesigned for and utilized in a literature survey course delivered in person whose primary enrollment is first- and second-year students, this graphic organizer provides a student-centered structure for class viewing that foregrounds attention, notetaking, and reflection
Item 6: Activity 5: Quiz on Voting
No full textThis quiz is designed to ensure students’ understanding of how to register and vote in North Carolina and is adaptable for use by faculty in other states. It may be used as a standalone activity, either during class time or as homework, or in conjunction with a guest presentation by a state, county, parish, or tribal elections official; completed individually or in groups; and completed on paper or via a learning management system. In my course, the quiz will be completed during the final exam period, when a state elections official will present a voter education seminar titled “Voter Registration,” with their grade for attendance and completion of the quiz counting as 10 percent of their course grade. This seminar includes detailed information about the legal qualifications to vote and complete a voter registration application, the methods of registering to vote, the state’s recent voter photo identification requirements, and key considerations when implementing a voter registration drive. I arranged for the seminar by completing the NC State Board of Elections’ “Seminar Request” form via https://www.ncsbe.gov/about-elections/seminar-requests; states other than North Carolina (as well as county, parish, or tribal elections offices) might offer similar opportunities
Item 6: Assignment 2: Information Disorder: Generating Memes as Critical Cultural Commentary
No full textThis assignment is designed to come at the end of a unit or module on information literacy and civic responsibility. It encourages students to engage in creative responses to the study of a complex social problem: information disorder. Learning goals, suggested text, and additional resources are included
Item 5: Assignment 1: Investigate Coverage of Contested Claims
No full textThis is a multistep collaborative investigation and writing assignment designed to practice the SIFT model (Mike Caulfield) for quick source and claim-checking. This assignment should follow earlier introduction and practice using the SIFT model. Students will conduct individual investigations into factual claims followed by group deliberation and report writing
Item 1: Syllabus - Information Literacy and Civic Responsibility
No full textThis is a seven-week unit designed for a first or second-year, undergraduate, general studies program. The American Association of Colleges and Universities includes information literacy as an “essential learning outcome”. This unit highlights pressing questions and problems related to democracy, civic responsibility, the contemporary information ecosystem, information disorder, and information literacy skills. It outlines objectives, resources, learning activities and assignments