Information Literacy
Assignment for GHUM 200
Sandra Duvivier
Melissa S. Van Vuuren
GHUM 200: Great Works
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An interdisciplinary course with a focus on 20th
century African American literature
Cover novels, plays, and short stories
Students - primarily sophomores
Assignment
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In a six-page paper, analyze representations of
race and gender in either Toni Morrison’s Sula or
Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. Include
citations from a credible cultural/historical
source and critical literary article relevant to the
novel. Source lists will be provided by the
instructor.
Sample Cultural/Historical Sources
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Appiah, Kwame Anthony, and Henry Louis Gates, eds.
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African
American Experience. 2nd ed. 5 vols. Oxford; New York:
Oxford UP, 2005.
Tompkins, Vincent, ed. American Decades. 10 vols.
Detroit: Gale, 1994-1996.
Ostrom, Hans A., and J. David Macey, Jr., eds.
Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature. 5
vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005.
Objectives
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Students will develop a clear thesis statement.
Students will construct new knowledge from
their analysis of an article’s main concepts.
Students will organize their papers in a clear,
logical manner.
Students will adhere to stylistic, grammatical,
and spelling conventions.
Students will cite sources in proper MLA
format.
Assessment
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Will revise existing rubric into an analytic rubric
based on assignment objectives
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