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SAMPLE IO HL PROPOSAL

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Language A: language and literature Internal Assessment
Student outline form
Field of Inquiry: Beliefs, Values and Education
Narrowed Down Field of Inquiry: Education
Global Issue: Fighting Racism through Education
Narrowed Down Global issue: How gaining historical perspective, as achieved through education, can become a
means of countering racism
Texts chosen:
Literary Work: Vintage Hughes, The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Bibliographical Reference: Hughes, L. (2004). The Negro Speaks of Rivers. In L. Hughes, Vintage Hughes (p. ).
New York: Random House.
Non-literary body of work: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Between the Scenes, South African vs. American
Culture - Between the Scenes | The Daily Show
Bibliographical Reference: “South African vs. American Culture - Between the Scenes | The Daily
Show.” YouTube, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, 13 Jan. 2020,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBaaRSTrbso.
Notes for the oral (maximum of 10 bullet points):
1. Gaining historical perspective through education works as a means to fight racism.
2. Negro speaks of rivers  symbol of the river (L.1,2,4,11,12,13) to educate his readers on his race always
being present in history.
3. Personal pronoun “I” (L.1,2,5,6,7,8,11) he has embodied his race’s history, establishing strong bonds
with an AA reader, and educating those who are not aware of his history.
4. Historical allusions rivers associated with important historical milestones, such as Euphrates (L.5), Nile
(L.7), Mississippi (L.8-10).
5. I, Too extended symbolism (kitchen  ghetto, table  American society) perspective must be gained
by both sides (6,7,11-13,16). He uses the personal pronoun “I” to emphasize on their collective historic
identity (1,2,5,9). Mother To Son religious allusion (L.2,20) Jacob’s ladder in Genesis (AA vs WA).
6. SA vs. A Culture:  emotive diction (0:14-0:35,1:27-1:37)  importance of learning about our past
without tension or placing blame.
7. Comic relief moments (0:35-0:50,1:03-1:10)shift in tone; connection to the GI  ridicules those who
lack perspective.
8. Camera angles shift: during impressions there is a front view (screenshot 1) (captures his expressions),
then a side view when addressing the audience (screenshot 2) (conversational tone  GI: prime example
of a conversation about race).
9. Black Friend Defense: emotive diction (1:11-1:40) stresses the detrimental effect of having a one-sided
view of a conflict which may incite racism. Blackface Punishment: comic relief moments (1:02-1:21) by
(shift in tone). Camera zooms abruptly; ¾ shots  conversational tone.
10. Both works demonstrate the extent to which racism can be fought by gaining historical perspective and
learning about one’s past, not, however, through a one-sided prism.
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