Annotated Bibliography (organized by sections referenced above)
General
Blij, Harm J., Erin Hogan Fouberg, Charles Fuller, and Alexander B. Murphy. Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture.. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010.
I highly recommend the identity chapter in this book. It focuses on race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality from a geographer's perspective that asks why are people where they are?
"Facing History and Ourselves." Facing History and Ourselves. www.facinghistory.org (accessed July 18, 2011).
This website is a wealth of materials related to identity as it relates to religion, race/ethnicity, and culture. The units created by Facing History are organized to move students from connecting to self to taking action in the world. I highly recommend their materials and professional development programs.
Frankl, Viktor E.. Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy. 3rd ed New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984
This book was given to me in college by my mentor and coach. It isn't directly related to the content of the unit but tangentially it applies in terms of the human ability to make choices. As we grow older and begin to dig into the misconceptions (accidental and purposeful) that we adopted in our childhood, it is important to understand our responsibility and our efficacy in choosing what we continue to believe.
Lane, H. Chad. Metacognition and the Development of Cultural Competence. Workshop on Metacognition and SRL. AIED 2007 http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/iroll/aied07-metacognition/Metacognition%20and%20SRL%3A%20Program%20and%20Proceedings.html (Accessed on July 16, 2011)
Culture Readings/Video Clips
Butler, Lynnika. "Living on Tokyo Time." In Short Takes Model Essays for Composition. New York: Longman, 2010. 133-135.
This essay works really well in connection with the chapter from Codrescu's book. The book is organized by types of writing to better help students understand through model essays.
Codrescu, Andrei. "The Muse is Always Half-dressed in New Orleans" New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.
Menzel, Peter, and Charles C. Mann. Material World: A Global Family Portrait. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1994.
This is book is really cool.
Strom, Margot Stern, and William S. Parsons. "The Bear that Wasn't" Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior. Watertown, Mass. (51 Spring St., Watertown 02172): Intentional Educations, Inc., 1982.
I have used this story in class for many years. High school students enjoy the momentary slide into grammar school that such a story affords but they also refer to the story again and again throughout the unit and year. There is something powerful about the simplicity of it.
Wallace, Linda. "What tints your cultural lens on racial issues?" Christian Science Monitor. September 16, 2005
In looking for articles or essays on cultural lenses, I found this piece by Linda Wallace. It is clearly written and concisely explains the idea of cultural lenses and the impact of them on our society. It serves as a great discussion starter as well as a way to begin the examination of our own cultural lenses.
Religion Readings
Elliott, Justin. "How the "ground zero mosque" fear mongering began - War Room" Salon Magazine Salon.com. http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/08/16/ground_zero_mosque_origins (accessed August 1, 2011).
Pew Research Center. "Religion in the New: 2010 - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life." Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. http://pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Religion-in-the-News—Islam-Was-No—1-Topic-in-2010.aspx (accessed July 20, 2011).
Strom, Margot Stern, and William S. Parsons. "Effects of Religious Stereotyping" Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior. Watertown, Mass. (51 Spring St., Watertown 02172): Intentional Educations, Inc., 1982.
"After Death." Taboo - The Complete First Season (National Geographic). DVD. Directed by Morris Abraham. U.S. and Canada: National Geographic Video, 2005.
Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Readings
Strom, Margot Stern, and William S. Parsons. "Little Boxes" Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior. Watertown, Mass. (51 Spring St., Watertown 02172): Intentional Educations, Inc., 1982.
Strom, Margot Stern, and William S. Parsons. "Stereotyping" Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior. Watertown, Mass. (51 Spring St., Watertown 02172): Intentional Educations, Inc., 1982.
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts (Documentary). DVD. Directed by Spike Lee. null: HBO Home Video, 2006.
Lowry, Rich. "Rich Lowry on Hurricane Katrina on National Review Online." National Review Calls Home - National Review Online. http://old.nationalreview.com/lowry/lowry200509021258.asp (accessed July 18, 2011).
ARC. "Youth Say Race Still Matters So What Are They Doing About It?" COLORLINES. http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/06/youth_say_race_still_matters—so_what_are_they_doing_about_it.html (accessed July 20, 2011).
American Anthropological Association. "RACE - A Girl Like Me." RACE - Are We So Different?" A Project of the American Anthropological Association. http://www.understandingrace.org/lived/video/index.html (accessed August 5, 2011).
Eggers, Dave. Zeitoun. New York: Vintage Books, 2009.
Prentice Hall. "Gender Stereotypes in Advertising." Gender Stereotypes in Advertising. cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/morris2/chapter15/medialib/demo/4.html (accessed July 30, 2011).
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