Weekly Schedule
| Week | Monday | Wednesday |
| Week 1: Aug 22/24
Who are we? What is this class? Intro to Juvenile Justice |
Introductions
Calendars Telling Stories |
Due: listen to or read:http://www.onbeing.org/program/dave-isay-the-everyday-art-of-listening/6268
Explore stories on the StoryCorps Web site Ashley Williams visits
NT: Erika R: Maria |
| Week 2: Aug 29/31/
How to remember…How do stories work? What difference does listening make? |
Due:
discuss StoryCorps http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-firelight-conversations-20140922-story.html NT: Abigail R: Ally |
http://chronicle.com/article/MemoryIdentity/147287/?cid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en NT: Sarah R: Trevor |
| Week 3: Sept 7/9 what will our project be and how does it work | Due: Alice Walker“Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”
NT: Kristin R: Robynne
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Roadside Theater’s play about incarceration, “A Thousand Kites”(http://www.roadside.org/asset/videothousand-kites-performance-unc-asheville-2007?unit=120
NT: Tracy R: Crystal
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| Week 4: Sept 12/14 Research
Stories about Our Selves
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Due: Persepolis
NT: Maddy R: Luke |
Persepolis discussions
(Post in blog about readings to prepare for discussion)
NT: Lena R: Tilley |
| Week 5: Sept 19/21
How stories interact
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“The Good times Are Killing Me”
NT: Lexi R: Justin |
Good Times–continued NT: Maria R:Abigail (Before class next week, write on blog and read others posts about Juvenile Injustice (Library Reserve) |
| Week 6: Sept 26/28
What is the truth About stories? CBL PREP:Who are the incarcerated youth? |
Beverly Tackett Visits to do orientation
(last 15 minutes for conversation on texts: 1000 Kites and Juvenile injustice) NT: Ally R: Sarah |
DUE: re-do papers
Ashley Williams visits to do Orientation II READ: handouts on neuroscience of trauma and effects of trauma and Bon Air tab on blog) NT: Trevor R: Kristin |
| Week 7: Oct 3/5
How are stories mediated and how does that affect the impact they have? Meta-narratives CBL Week 1: |
READ: Story as a Way of Knowing Intro and Chapter 1
READ: “The Truth About Stories” ch 1-2 NT: Robynne R: Tracy |
workshop of Story Analysis
(preview: story assignment) NT: Crystal R: Maddy |
| Week 8: Oct 10/12
Finding old stories (no BON AIR this week) |
FALL BREAK |
DUE: Midterm Class Self-Assessment DUE before class: post about the story you want to tell, and a source you have found on stories for telling. Use Library resources to help you.
Truth About Stories Ch 3-4 NT: Luke R: Lena |
| Week 9: Oct 17/19
Research: Origin Stories CBL Week 2: Memory and stories |
DUE: Story Analysis paper final for grade
What is your story? discussions about Truth About Stories NT: Tilley R: Lexi |
DUE: draft of Annotated Bibliography
NT: Justin R: Erika |
| Week 10: Oct 24/26
How are stories mediated and how does that affect the impact they have? Meta-narratives vs. myths CBL Week 3: |
DUE: Final Annotated Bibliography
How to tell an old tale Discuss Zipes: The Cultural Evolution of Fairy Tales, ch 1
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DUE:
Story History and Performance Plan workshop: practice telling (pairs) |
| Week 11: Oct 31/Nov 2
What difference does it make to hear a story with a group? CBL Week 4: Who are WE?:get stories to type up |
CLASS meets in usual place
(discuss readings from last week) review Doodle and set campfire night(s)
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CLASS MEETS in usual place
Read Noa Baum, Performing Oral History: The Creation of ‘A Land Twice Promised’ PDF posted here: baum |
| Week 12: Nov 7/Nov 9
What is truth? Back to the personal narrative? CBL Week 5: Preparing our project: bring typed stories back for review |
Storytelling Day 1: MEET in Whitehurst Living Room Tellers: Tracy, Sarah, Luke, Abby, Lexi, Robynn, Lena, Justin
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Storytelling Day 2:
Meet in Whitehurst Living Room Tellers: Crystal, Erika, Trevor, Maria, Maddy, Tilley, Kristen, Ally |
| Week 13: Nov 14/16
What gives stories their power? |
Story as a Way of Knowing | Bon air Project |
| Week 14: Nov 21/23 | Project–group day: Post a summary of the work your group did, and your own personal thoughts about the work, on the blog by Tuesday morning.(I will read these and respond where needed.) |
Thanksgiving Break |
| Week 15: Nov 28/30 | Workshop DRAFT of Analysis 2: SAAWOK +Bon Air; project day (students decide what they most need for this day | Final Self Citizenship Assessment DUE (*this will be due the day AFTER the project goes to the printer–whatever day that is) Students decide what they most need to do during class time |
- Your final exam will be a take home exam due during our Final Story Circle: Dec 9, 2-5
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