LOCAL WORKSHOP ACTIVITY 1

Introduction to the Case Study:

The Course: Approaches to American Studies/Selected Topics in American Literature: Work in Youngstown

• Serves majors and minors in American Studies, English Education and Professional Writing & Editing

Focus on methods and strategies for interdisciplinary study of culture

Read Sherry's syllabus

Learning Goals for the Overall Course

• Understand how work shapes identity, place and social relations

• Understand the relationship between Youngstown's past and its present

• Analyze texts as both evidence and elements of cultural conflict and negotiation

• Integrate multiple kinds of resources to develop complex analyses

Watch the video of
Sherry reflecting on the exercise.

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Challenges of this Course:

• How to make good use of student's prior knowledge

• How to encourage student to focus on learning rather than performing

• How to help students develop effective interedisciplinary practice