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Yamada, in the second week of the course, begins to utilize written assignments that are analytical in nature, such as The Rice Room Fong-Torres , to guide student thinking. Her syllabus indicates the length and nature of required writing, suggests an analytical response via a two to four-page paper length, with the minimum and maximum words the student should use. This allows them to revise their papers appropriately. Students analyze their ideas in written form as the course progresses.

Mirroring Dr. Yamada did throughout her courses, since she was a poet to engage as a way to conceptualize homeplace. The myth of a slave woman Who had to be broken, but bore Two children, neither Negro nor white. The myth of their father. For what was planted by those before me will forever stand.

Dilworth-Williams Waniek and Dilworth-Williams excerpts above are examples of ways in which homeplace frequently occurs in the poetry of African Americans and is representative in oral traditions and historical stories that show the importance of homeplaces. Specifically, their poetry functions as a theoretical tool in which to conceptualize homeplace as a safe space for racial socialization Cross Diverne is the great, great, great grandmother of Waniek.

Waniek , p. Most importantly, food is a major theme, along with loss and the idea of reunification:. As much love, As much as a visit To the grave of a known ancestor, The homeplace moves me not to silence But to righteous, praise Jesus song:. Oh, catfish and turnip greens, Hot-water cornbread and grits Oh, musty, much-underlined Bibles; Generations lost to be found, to be found. For example: I interrogated the two following photographs as data from a family history exhibit, Our Homestead Figure 1 and the Clarkesville Baptist Church Figure 2.

Isabelle Newton my great, great, great grandmother bought this land as a result of saving money from the wages she earned as a midwife. The role of the ancestor in Southern sections. Is of great significance because it stress es the significance of an ancestor, or the blood. Our Homestead. Photograph: circa s—courtesy of Viola Wilson. Figure Figure 1.

Our Farah 1. Our Jasmine Homestead. Griffen Photograph: Photograph: circa circa s—courtesy s—courtesy of of Viola Wilson. Viola Wilson. Farah Jasmine Griffen Figure 2. Clarkesville Baptist Church. Caron of Phyllis Smith. As I reconstructed the image of this photograph by adding a U.

Black historical context to the Newton family history. Most of the family who lived in Warsaw went to Clarkesville and kinship. Pictures become[but] a source the image of this photograph by adding a U. Black historical context to the Newton family history… of ourequipped heritage Southern and live on Blacks with an to become indigenous permanent beliefofsystem images for hastening the Newton and contributing family. Most of the family who lived in Warsaw went to Clarkesville Baptist Church and are buried in the cemetery behind it on Effel Road, the street where the church is located in Warsaw, Virginia Photograph: Circa courtesy of Phyllis Smith.

My family history book is a model of the finished product and an example of the scaffolding that takes place in the classroom and the engagement that follows, because students are eager to understand the connections between their family history when contrasted to mine—a real life example. The conceptualization of home and family begins to resonate, based on utilizing such in-class models. Lastly, Waniek and Dilworth-Williams homeplaces are viable theoretical tools. In comparison to empirical studies, these theoretical tools about homeplace provide conceptual guidance.

Poetry tells us how the homeplace provides a sanctuary—a place where African Americans can embrace renewal and physical, mental, and emotional healing from frequent subtle and overt discriminatory assaults experienced by African Americans in predominantly White environments.

Interview your grandparents or your parents, or both. If your grandparents are not available to interview, interview your parents to learn what they remember about their own childhood, or even a friend of the family or a contemporary of your parents or grandparents.

Short introduction to the readings. Discussion of possibilities: How to begin research on your own family. Genealogical Research. Make plans for interviews; i. Write down names of family members you can consult, names of family friends and contemporaries of parents, grandparents. Students start collecting material for their book project, e. They start making plans for interviews immediately. Take advantage of the time and explore the library resources such as Ancestry.

Use the following guidelines to assist you with the research: Research the historical background of the period: major news events, prominent political figures, economic or religious trends. Genealogy , 4, 27 8 of 11 Collect visual images, old family photographs if available, if not, other images in books and magazines. Describe what the world must have looked like to your ancestors: Architecture, street signs, dress and hair styles, advertising, and foods.

Research cultural milieu: Artistic trends, best seller books, popular songs, jokes, recreational activities, games, movies, medical practices. Submit the primary sources where available into GeorgiaView i. Sign of the times: Speculate on the hopes, dreams, fears of the period. Reflections Upon the Initial Implementation Conclusions Implications of this course comprise two demographics of participants that I will discuss; namely, many with different experiences beyond academia such as community residents and those who might experience pain or uncomfortableness as a result of their family research.

What approach is useful or accommodates the writing process in these instances? This course is designed to teach in a higher education environment focusing on a diversity of Americans. But, in some ways, the context is open-ended in that it could be taught in many different ways.

Community residents are unlike college students, because students matriculate to higher education based on pursuit of academic credentials. Thinking outside of the box, teaching this course to community residents that includes various educational challenges—e. For instance, some participants enrolling in the course might not have visited a college campus. As a result, challenges arise from issues of literacy and disabilities to uncomfortableness, ability, etc. Therefore, a certain amount of flexibility is required to support all students.

Another example is the theme of social justice that runs throughout many historical contexts in the Writing Multicultural Lifestories in Communities. This falls within the discipline of anti-racist pedagogy, touching many lives through the intersectionality of race, class, gender, ableism, LGBTQ—all issues addressed as community residents research and write their Family History Books which also could be formulated from a global context since this theme is universal.

Funerals, like family reunions, are family gatherings where one sees the functioning of the family. Akiba speaks to a sense of loss that she has experienced intergenerationally—an inheritance, so to speak, from her mother—in two ways.

Firstly, she discussed the loss of her grandfather Lawrence, whom she recently met a few years prior to his death. This feeling compounds the notion of loss for her family, suggested by the short time in which she was reunited with her cousin Paulette.

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Genealogy , 4, 27 10 of 11 Appendix A Assignment Length and Format Contribution to Argument Construction 1 A Collection of Memories Brainstorming over 2—3 pages Initial writing process brainstorming draft of family history and historical contexts 2 A Response to Partner Scholar Presentations Reflection of 2—3 pages Synthesis and analysis of material presented by a range of scholars 3 A Memorable Incident in My Life Reflection of 2—4 pages Data collection and synthesis Learning to synthesize specific data sources within broader contexts.

Students work Data collection and initial analysis. Length will vary, but 4 Interview with a Family Member on identifying facts with accuracy, connecting to other sources, and beginning to likely 2—4 pages identify theme. Midterm Table of Contents Midterm outline, 1—2 pages Synthesizing key data and initial thesis construction. Synthesis toward the ultimate argument by practicing with the data from one 5 Profile of a Family Member Reflection that may also include images, approximately 2—4 participant.

Connecting interview data as well as research from primary and secondary sources 6 Narrative of Findings Reflection of 2—4 pages in a scholarly paper format to begin a deeper synthesis leading to the overarching thesis and argument. Students respond to specific readings and model scholarly texts e.

The assignment requires students to 7 An Analytical Essay Reading response of 2—4 pages read and respond to scholarly work written in a similar format to their culminating project. This assignment guides students to examine their ethnic identity and how it relates 8 National Identity Reflective reading response of 2—4 pages to family history and context. This is a seminal assignment for the scholarly connection between individual families and broader social and political contexts.

This 9 Conclusion Synthesis for inclusion in the culminating project, 2—4 pages is the location of the overarching argument each student constructs for their family history book. Students articulate and annotate how they have engaged in a full review of related literature and sources to identify the five 5 most important scholarly sources used Annotated bibliography, varied in amount of pages.

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