JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT
Chapter 12 Diversity: Approaching Differences
Write!
Directions: See Grading Rubric Below and Example Attached please use the attached file as reference along with the video below.Each chapter of this book will ask you to write reflectively about the material you have just read. What did I learn? Whats the most valuable thing(s) I learned? What doesnt work for me? Why doesnt it work and how can I make it work? This is another way to remember the content of the chapter so you might try it with your other classes as well.
Work in a Word Processor. Click on ‘Submit Assignment’and Copy/paste the questions into the text box. Answer all the questions. Save on your computer before submitting to your instructor.Or Attach your file to assignment.
Important! Be sure to use quotes/examples from the textbook and reference with page numbers for eachquestion. You may also use the PowerPoint for reference. Please state the slide number. Use PowerPoint reference only occasionally per week and when appropriate. Your main reference source is the textbook. Put your reference numbers in parenthesis. Example: (pg. 10 or slide 11)You may also use web or module video reference which must beunderlined.
VIDEOS TO WATCH:
1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyaEQEmt5ls
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp03wlYsE94
1.Many people today are pushing for diversity. Others say whatever will be will be. Do you think its right to go out of your way to intentionally make friends with someone from another culture? Explain your answer.
2. What role do colleges and universities play in promoting diversity? Give examples.
3. If you walked into a classroom and there were empty seats next to someone from an ethnic group different than your own would you sit by him or her? Would you initiate a conversation with that person? Explain your answers.
4. An older student arrives to class 10 minutes late each day and explains that she has to feed her child breakfast and drop him off at day care. How do you think the instructor should handle this?
5. A student in a wheelchair is taking notes but its a slow process. Should you offer to help or not? If you offer help what might be the result? What is the best way to handle this situation?
6. Have you ever had a negative experience with a member or members of a particular ethnic or cultural group? If so describe it and explain how it might have impacted your attitude toward all members of that group. Is it time to change your attitude? Why or why not?
7. Did you grow up in an environment where you witnessed bias or judgment of a particular group of people? Explain your experiences. Now imagine that you are defending that group of people to your friends and family. What would you say?
8. What did you learn from watching the videos for chapter 12?
9. Is there anything else on your mind this week that youd like to share with your instructor? If so add it to your journal entry.
Journal Grading Rubric
Journal Grading Rubric
Guidelines for Journal Chapters
Full Points Credit – 50
Thoroughly and Completely answers each question
Gives personal thought as to how chapter material applies to you
States examples from textbook and gives reference page numbers from textbook for each answer
Explains personal situations as related to the material
Half Points Credit – 49 – 25
Answers each question with one sentence
Shows little personal thought as to how chapter material applies to you
Gives some or no examples from textbook and some or no reference page numbers from textbook
Has no personal situations as related to the material
Under Half Points Credit -24 – 0
Does not answer each question
Use of yes/no answers with out explanation
Lacks any personal thought about the chapter material
Does not attempt the assignment