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Course Calendar

Course Calendar: Text

fall 2019

Monday 8/26

no class yet

Wednesday 8/28

  • Introductions 

  • What is futurism? 

Homework

Monday 9/2

No class- labor day

Wednesday 9/4

  • Discuss readings 

  • Create a working definition of Afrofuturism

  • Preview texts and how they might fit the definition of Afrofuturism 

  • Introduce and begin Research Project 

    • Go over project and have students pick topics 

Homework

  • Read Lagoon pages 1-160

  • Read introduction to The Dark Fantastic

Monday 9/9

  • Discuss reading

    • Point of hesitation in Lagoon? 

    • How does the fantastic shape consciousness towards perceptions of difference? (Thomas 19) 

  • Work on Research Project 

Homework

Read Lagoon pages 160-280

Wednesday 9/11

  • Discuss reading 

    • How does Lagoon impact us as we look forward? To look back?

  • Work on Research Project 

Homework

  • Finish Lagoon

  • Work on Research Project

Monday 9/16

  • Discuss reading

    • Imagination and who controls the imagination and what impacts that has 

  • Mini lesson on What is afrofuturism - past, present, and future (invaders & colonialism) 

  • Work on Research Project

Wednesday 9/18

  • Present projects 

  • Introduction to Parable  

Homework

  • Read Parable pages 1-100

  • Keep track of literary elements and write a little about ideas related

Monday 9/23

  • Discuss reading 

    • Discuss what literary elements are common and why the author is using them, what they mean

Homework

  • Read Parable pages 100-200

  • Continue to keep track of literary elements and write a little about ideas related 

Wednesday 9/25

  • Discuss reading 

    • Continue discussion of literary elements and what they mean, how they impact the book 

  • Work on literary elements 

Homework

  • Finish Parable

  • Continue to keep track of literary elements and write a little about ideas related  & begin to draft literary element paper

Monday 9/30

  • Mini lesson on What is afrofuturism - past, present, and future  (climate change) 

  • Work on literary elements paper

Homework

  • Finish literary elements paper

Wednesday 10/2

  • Discuss literary elements paper 

  • Introduction to Water Dancer 

  • Begin family history project 

Homework 

  • Read Water Dancer pages 1-139

Read Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, Ytasha Womack

Monday 10/7

Day eleven

  • Discuss reading 

    • How is family portrayed in the novel? How does our family history impact us? How does family impact our future? 

  •   Work on family history project 

Homework

  • Read Water Dancer pages 139-277

  • Work on family history project 

Wednesday 10/9

  • Discuss reading

Homework

  • Finish Water Dancer

  • Read chapter in How to be an Antiracist by Ibrim I. Kendi (whoever picks to culture picks the standards, language, etc) 

  • Work on family history projects 

Monday 10/14

  • Discuss readings

    • How do Kendi’s comments on language and culture relate to Afrofuturism? 

  • What is futurism- past, present, future, (slavery)

  • Work on project 

Homework 

  • Finish family history project

Wednesday 10/16

  • Present projects 

  • Introduce Flight to Canada 

  • Introduce creative writing piece  

Homework

Monday 10/21

  • Discuss reading

    • How does this book address the imagination gap?

    • What elements could be used in your creative piece? 

Homework

  • read Flight pages 81-162

  • Work on creative piece

Wednesday 10/23

  • Discuss reading  

    • How does this book address the imagination gap?

    • What elements could be used in your creative piece? 

Homework

  • Finish Flight

  • Work on creative piece 

  • Look at Afrofuturism art work

Monday 10/28

  • What is futurism- past, present, future (themes from Flight) 

  • Talk about art work found and how it portrays Afrofuturism 

  • Work on creative pieces- peer edit 

Homework

  • Finish creative piece

Wednesday 10/30

  • Present creative pieces 

  • Introduce Children of Blood and Bone

  • Introduce imagination gap paper   

Homework

  • Read Children of Blood and Bone pages 1-136

Read chapter 4 from Racial Innocence on imagination (or article or on the topic of imagination)

Monday 11/4

Day nineteen 

  • Discuss readings

    • How is imagination controlled thought books? How can Afrofuturism address the imagination gap?

Homework

  • Read Children pages 136-272

Wednesday 11/6

Day twenty 

  • Discuss reading

    • What elements of imagination being controlled of freed are you noticing as you read? 

Homework

  • Read Children pages 272-408

  • Read (an article on imagination) 

  • Write thoughts on imagination gap and futurism 

Monday 11/11

  • Discuss reading

  • Work on imagination paper   

Homework

  • Finish Children of Blood and Bone

  • Finish imagination paper

Wednesday 11/13

  • Discuss imagination papers 

  • Introduce Things Fall Apart

  • Introduce addition to literary elements paper

Homework

Read Things fall apart 1-70

Monday 11/18

  • Discuss readings

    • Colonialism 

    • Historic elements 

    • Literary elements 


Homework

  • Read Things fall apart 71-140

Wednesday 11/20

  • Discuss reading

Homework

  • Finish Things fall apart

Monday 11/25

  • What is futurism- past, present, and future (colonization, invaders, traditions)

Homework

  • Finish Things Fall Apart

Wednesday 11/27

No class- Thanksgiving

Monday 12/2

  • Discuss reading

  • Discuss literary elements paper 

Homework

Work on final project

Wednesday 12/4

Bringing it all together- discuss class and final project

Monday 12/9

Final exam- bring final project to class and present your ideas

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