Take it step by step...
1. Find an Icon or Artifact
2. Gather Background Information.
Use this Guide's Topics in Southern Culture page to browse for library materials related to your icon or artifact.
Then check out this guide's section on background research to get help.
3. Analyze and Synthesize.
Answer the questions posed in your assignment. Write an outline of your paper to make sure you address each question. Think about how the artifact or icon you've chosen fits in to Southern Culture as a whole. Perform a Summon search to find scholarly writing related to your icon or artifact to help you answer these questions.
Take it step by step...
1. Choose your Film
2. Gather Background Information.
Search for movie reviews in Summon. And check out this guide's section on background research to get help.
3. Engage Critically.
After learning more about your film, go back and watch it again, this time with a critical eye. Ask and answer questions about the piece's cultural impact and the themes you've learned about in class as you engage with it.
This slide show from a teacher at the Columbus Academy will help explain how to watch a movie with a critical eye.
Even if an American Indian, Native American, and/or indigenous community is not "officially recognized," we still acknowledge the dignity of that community, its history, and the past, present, and future lives of the community members.
Check out the video below to learn more about what land acknowledgement is and why it is important...
Take it step by step...
1. Identify the location you would like to learn more about.
2. Gather background information about the location and tribe.
Try using the library databases NCpedia to search for your selected location and/or tribe. This resource can help you to identify keywords (or big concepts) that you can use to find even more information. You can also use the links below to learn more about each tribe in North Carolina and throughout the South.
3. Analyze and Synthesize.
Answer the questions posed in your assignment. Write an outline of your paper to make sure you address each question. Think about how land acknowledgement fits in to Southern Culture as a whole. Perform a Summon search to find scholarly writing related to the selected location and/or tribe.