single story

One of the guiding frameworks for our class this semester is the “single story.” To start the process of deepening and complicating our views of the world, I’m asking you to reflect on the conditions, contexts, and effects that are related to single stories in our culture. The purpose is to give us tools to start noticing, analyzing, and working to change single stories that we might encounter.

In Journal Entry 1 you’ll explore the impact of single stories on our understanding of identity categories. You can find the specific instructions in the More Than a Single Story Journal document.

These instructions apply to entries 1-3

• Each entry should be 200-250 words, so they’re a little longer than other discussion posts.
• Each entry needs to discuss specific passages from or parts of two required texts.
  • One text must be from the week you’re submitting the journal entry
  • The second text can be from any week
• When you refer to texts from our class, use MLA citation style for in-text citations.
• You’re welcome to cite sources not in our syllabus! If you do so, then you need to provide a full citation in MLA style (use the left menu bar to find examples of different types of citations).
• All entries must be posted by 11:59 p.m. on their due date.
• When you post a journal entry, you must also comment on 2 peers’ posts; at least one comment must be in the other discussion thread for this week.

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