Name of the course: Self in a Multicultural Society
Course Description:
This course will focus on what it means for the individual to live in a multicultural, urban, and increasingly global society. Students will examine their own cultural identity, including values
and worldviews as well as assumptions and biases regarding others’ diversity. In addition, the course will focus on learning about different cultures and issues associated with urbanism,
globalization, cultural conflicts and social advocacy.

Course Student Learning Outcomes / Objectives Assessment(s) SOE Competencies and other Relevant
Standards*
1. Aware of own cultural heritage, values, and assumptions about human behavior
ANCH II: Culture and diversity; Human actions, values, and ethics Autobiographical narrative SoE 1a
2. Aware of differences between themselves and others in terms of race, gender, class, sexual orientation, and other socio-demographic variables
ANCH II: Culture and diversity; Human actions, values, and ethics Reflective narratives (3) SoE 1a
3. Aware of own racist, sexist, heterosexist, or other attitudes and beliefs that may affect encounters with others
ANCH II: Culture and diversity; Human actions, values, and ethics Reflective narratives (3) SoE 1a
4. Knowledge of sociopolitical systems’ operation in the USA with respect to the treatment of marginalized groups in our society
ANCH II: Culture and diversity; Human actions, values, and ethics Reflective narratives (3); attend a cultural event SoE 1a
5. Knowledge of contemporary urban issues and social advocacy
ANCH II: Culture and diversity; Human actions, values, and ethics Reflective narratives (3); attend a cultural event SoE 1a
6. Knowledge of globalization and cultural conflicts
ANCH II: Culture and diversity; Human actions, values, and ethics Reflective narratives (3); attend a cultural event SoE 1a

Details of the paper:

two self reflection papers (40 points)
In these self Reflection Papers (2 pages each, no more, no less), students will write about their feelings/thoughts/concerns/new learning/new insights regarding readings, class activities,
discussions, films, and guest speakers; rubrics provided. (20 points each/40 points).
4-5 Points 2-3 Points 1-2 Points

Class Material Reflection
Be able to identify 2 class materials (film and/or reading) that helped you understand multiculturalism.
Be able to identify 1 class material (film and/or reading) that helped you understand multiculturalism.
Vague statement about class material that helped you understand multiculturalism.

Class Participation Reflection
Identify 2 significant class events/activities that helped you understand multiculturalism.
Identify 1 significant class event/activity that helped you understand multiculturalism.

Vague statement about class event that helped you understand multiculturalism.

Emotion and Thought Reflection
Be able to state different emotions and thoughts related to multiculturalism.

Be able to state one emotion and thought related to multiculturalism.
Vague statement about your emotions and thoughts related to multiculturalism.
• Examples that would help you to follow the rubrics:

– Class Material :
1- Reading: Annette Lareau, “Unequal childhoods: Race, class, and family life” (pp. 180-189).
2- Video: Asian-Americans Respond | The New York Times (video in youtube)

3- Reading :Gregory Mantsios, “Class in America” (pp. 189-207)
4-Video: Joy DeGruy, A Trip to the Grocery Store. Joy DeGruy shares how her sister-in-law uses her white privilege to stand up to systemic racial inequity.

– Class Participation :

1- Janaya Khan, Pierson Auditorium, Activist, Founder of Black Lives Matter.
She will address two hot news topics – lack of social justice and equality in the LBGT community and Black Lives Matter.
2- We saw a video about white girl is talking about her Asian neighbors and laughing at them because they are meeting each other each weekends and other dusty stuff. After that most
of our class discussed and shared our stories about this matter so I learnt………………
3- One day we discussed that some parents inforce and direct their student children to study specific majors without consider their hoping, then our class shared their stories so I learnt
………..
4- One day we did Hw about writing a Poem of Where I’m From Poem. So each students wrote a poem about him self and what he like and where he from and from which land and descripted. So we
shared our paper so I learnt………..
Writing two spereate papers each papers 2 pages.
Same topic but use different material in each paper.
Writing it as non native English writer. simple words please

Thank you so much