Category: Teach-ins

Teach-In 7

Teach In-Week 13 Powerpoint-Motherhood

Week 13 – Voice – Adam Lauver

You will have 15 minutes to complete the multiple choice Assessment, and you can use the articles and your own notes.

For Krolokke and Sorensen:

Get to know the three waves and feminism, and the characteristics that are associated with each wave.

For Hooks, Bell:

Get to know the main points of the women’s liberation, and the goals of the feminist movement.

Good Luck!

Teach-In 13-Assessment Questions (Adam and Moss)

 

By Thursday November 29, please read the four readings assigned for Week 13. There will be an open-note, in-class writing assessment (15 minutes)

 

For Wackwitz and Rakow’s chapter, be prepared to answer the following:

1. How do Wackwitz and Rakow define voice and how does this definition acknowledge the circumstances of marginalized groups such as women? (2-3 sentences)

 

For Edley’s article, be prepared to answer the following:

2. According to Edley, what are three reasons some mothers prefer to work at home? Define and explain each reason. (3-4 sentences)

 

For Foss and Domenici’s article, be prepared to answer the following:

3. What is marianismo and what were its effects, both positive and negative, on the Argentine government’s response to the mothers’ actions? (3-4 sentences)

 

For Nakamura’s article, be prepared to answer the following:

4. According to Nakamura, who are the “gatekeepers” of images of the pregnant female body and how do some pregnant women take control of these images for themselves? (3-4 sentences)

Teach in 6

Please read the 3 readings required for Week 9.

There will be an open note in class writing assessment.

For Frye’s article “The Necessity of Differences”

1. Find out her definition of a positive category of woman.

For Macdonald’s article “Muslim Woman and The Veil”, be prepared to answer next questions,

2. Why Muslim women veil themselves according to Qur’anic injunction?

3. How does the meaning of “veil” be reconstructed, especially in the wake of 9/11?

For Echchaibi’s article “Gendered Blueprints”, be prepared to answer the next question,

4. What is the author’s definition of “The modern Muslim man”?

You will have 15 minutes to complete your in class writing. Feel free to either bring in notes or write down your answers and bring them to class

Thank you !

Chenny

 

Greetings classmates,

Please read all 3 readings required for Week  8.

The assessment will start at the beginning of class. It is an open-note assessment. You will have 15 minutes to complete the in-class writing. You may hand in prepared notes.

2-3 short sentences per question.

 

For reading number one, Youna Kim (1.a)What does the author mean by becoming re-nationalized and re-essentialized?

For reading number two, Madianou & Miller (2) What are the positive and negative aspects of mobile phone parenting from the children’s perspective?

For reading number three, Wanning Sun (3) Please describe the politicized figure of the Chinese maid in America. (1.b) What is the dynamic between China and the U.S.?

 

Thank you,

Shirin and Alan.

 

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