EDUC 202 DIG Day 6
Bloop
sit with your group IN A NEW PLACE...in the "circle of trust"
Agenda
- Housekeeping Stuff (10)
- Stress & Midterms (5)
- Vocab (15)
- Go/Stop/Start Check-In (10)
- Political Math (10)
- Great American Melting Pot (10)
- The Chief (50)
1. Housekeeping Stuff... (10 min)
Themes/Norms to Keep in Mind Today as We Move Forward...
- Brave Space
- Education vs. Schooling
- Intersectionality
- Social Justice
- How People Experience Schooling
- Politics of Schooling
- Race & Racialization
Important Dates
- Oct 12: Presentations
- Oct 19: Presentations
- Oct 19: Midterm Review with Dr. G 3:30-5pm, location TBD
- Oct 23: Midterm: (Essay Release + Vocab Group Exam in LAUNCH) NO MAKEUP, MANDATORY ATTENDANCE
- Oct 30: Midterm Essay DUE
- Nov 20/23: Fall Break
- Dec 7: last DIG session (I can meet with you the following week if necessary)
- Dec 11: SOCIAL JUSTICE PRESENTATIONS (11AM TO 12:30)
- Dec 13: Social Justice Project Due (Reading Day)
Oct 12 Presentations
Seeing White Podcasts: Alyssa Logan Che
Talking Not Talking About Racism: Emily Ellen Jay
Discussion Questions from Moodle Posts Brave Space Convo: Sukanya Rayanne
2. Stress and Midterms (5 min)
3. Vocab (15 min)
- See link here
- Work with your Midterm group to add to the glossary
- I will NOT give credit to definitions that are word for word the same as someone else's on the midterm, so your examples need to be your own.
GROUP 1: Che, Alyssa, Logan: Misknowledge/Partial Knowledge/Unknowability
GROUP 2: Jess, David, Maggie: Social Construction
GROUP 3: Ellen, Emily, Jay: Social Justice
GROUP 4: Anna, Tammy, Beth: The Stories We Tell
GROUP 5: Lucille, Catherine, Renee: The Three I's of Racism
GROUP 6: Henry, Maddie: Moving Walkway
GROUP 7: Ifeoma, Cherese, Ashley: White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy
GROUP 8: Rayanne, Bridget, Sukanya: Undocumented Immigrant vs. Illegal
4. The Stop/Go/Start Responses (5-10 min)
- Why do we do what we do? Why are we studying social justice? Why do we ask questions in LAUNCH? Why does Dr. G push for more? Why does she cover so much? Why the vocab terms?
- What do you want in DIG?
- Go: What's working?
- Stop: What's definitely not working?
- Start: What would you like to try/start doing in DIG?
5. Political Math (5-10 min)
6. Single Story of America's History (5-10 min)
7. Single Story of the Chief (remainder of class)
- https://archives.library.illinois.edu/features/illini.php
- https://archives.library.illinois.edu/features/illini/
- https://archives.library.illinois.edu/features/illini/index.bak
- https://archives.library.illinois.edu/features/illini/illini.pdf
None of this information is hidden.
- The story often told is that the Fighting Illini were a band of soldiers who died in WWI.
- WWI ended in 1918
- The term "Fighting Illini" wasn't officially used until 1921. Let's start there.
In 1921, the University decided to build Memorial Stadium...
What do you see? Who is this? What is the purpose of this image?
Let's go back 40 years...
Why do you think people still hold onto the story of "Illini" Indians so fiercely, when information is out and available showing it's clearly a made up word?
Fast forwarding back to 1921...
How were the "Illini" Indians described? Who did the University compare them to in the Story of the Stadium? What was their motivation to do so?
- Physical characteristics?
- Moral characteristics?
- University motivations?
Why was this book written? Why were the "Illini" Indians invoked in it? How and why were the soldiers mentioned?
"The Chief itself was imagined as a fictitious leader for all of the Illini tribes..." (in 1926)
From Waziyatawin: the other side of the story
...we are still denied access to sacred sites, lands, and waters, that are central to our spiritual traditions.
Consequently, we grieve the losses we have suffered and continue to suffer. Loss of culture is tied to feelings of shame and guilt (for not practicing our culture), as well as pain. Most of us do not have the privilege of learning or practicing Dakota ways of being because we are so busy trying to survive any way we can.
Many of us have low expectations for our lives and for our future.
Most of our communities were also heavily Christianized. Missionaries and government workers were so successful at eradicating our spirituality that throughout much of the 20th century, most of our ceremonies ceased to be practiced in Minnesota. At Upper Sioux, where I come from, we have had no traditional spiritual leadership since 1862. Even today, we do not have a spiritual leader in our community. We do not have a sundance.
Our spirituality remains inaccessible to most of our community members because our people do not know where or how to begin practicing the traditions that were stripped from us. Further, many of our people feel unworthy to practice them.”
Why do many people hold onto the idea of the Chief? Why do many people want the University to move on?
U of I Indigenous People’s Day Celebration
- Click here for News-Gazette article
- http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-10-02/ui-planning-campuswide-celebration-indigenous-peoples-day.html
Monday, Oct 8, 2018, 11:00 AM
1101 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL, USA
Moodle Forum: Due Sunday by 11:55pm
Using evidence from the readings, the test, and the podcasts, provide a response to the following questions and post to Moodle:
- INTERSECTIONS: What, if anything, surprised you about the intersection of race and dis/ability? What other kinds of intersections do you see that might have been missed by the reading/podcast/video or implicit association test this week?
- Read and respond to AT LEAST ONE other member of your family on this week's Moodle post. In order to promote greater dialogue, choose to EITHER challenge a comment they made or extend their idea further PLUS pose one question. No word count is absolutely required, but a minimum of 4-5 sentences is probably necessary when responding to another member. To be clear, you will EITHER Challenge & Pose a Question OR Extend and Pose a Question. After your response, offer at least one ACTION ITEM that the average person (e.g., parent, teacher, neighbor) could do to address your concerns for the theme of this week.
Original post should be ~500-750 words.