Power and/or agency: Which characters have power or agency in your texts? What allows them to exercise that power? Which characters don’t? Are there instances in which characters gain or lose power?
Based on your understanding of the required and supplemental readings on Du Bois and the Atlanta Laboratory, write an essay on race and Du Bois’ ideas for overcoming racial inequality. In addition to your major focus, include responses to the following questions in your work.
1. Discuss the Atlanta School and its major works.
2. Discuss Du Bois’ thoughts on women particularly in the context of prevailing attitudes at the time on gender. Identify specific women with whom Du Bois worked and how their contributions influenced social change.
3. Comment on race within a Du Boisian context borrowing from your own experiences. Include a clear discussion of how you see your experiences shaped by your race/ethnicity. What do you think Du Bois would say about this today?
write an argumentative/ persuasive essay on “online/ distance learning.” The topic provided is broad to allow students to develop their own arguments. As such, as discussed and highlighted in class, students should not simply argue with or against online/ distance learning. Such an argument would be very broad and will be susceptible to many gaps and loopholes; therefore, students should carefully narrow down their topics and choose an appropriate argument.
The distinction between online and distance learning may be explored as the two are slightly different. This distinction may be brought up depending on the specific argument raised by the student; otherwise, students should use online learning OR distance learning throughout their essay.
Because the topic is very relevant to students and they have experienced it firsthand, I expect them to use their experience to reflect on online/ distance learning to further develop their argument. Noteworthy, however, is the fact that their experience may be too personal and opinionated.