SWK 113, Fall 2011
| Course No | Course Title | CL | LB | CLINIC | CR |
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| SWK 113 | Working with Diversity | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| This course examines and promotes understanding, sensitivity, awareness, and knowledge of human diversity. Emphasis is placed on professional responsibilities, duties, and skills critical to multicultural human services practice. Upon completion, students should be able to integrate and expand knowledge, skills, and cultural awareness relevant to diverse populations. | |||||
Required Textbooks:
Diller, J.V. (2011). Cultural diversity: A primer for human services, 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. ISBN: 978-0-8400-3225-6.
Plous, S. (Ed.). Understanding prejudice and discrimination. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education. ISBN: 0-07-255443-6 (this will be loaned to you from the LRC because it is no longer published, but it is a great resource to have and you can probably find it pretty inexpensively so you may want to get your own copy).
| Class Date | Class Activities | Additional Notes |
| Class One: Thursday, August 25, 2011 | Introductory exercise with golden rule, Syllabus review, small group discussion of questions, definitions of racism, sexism, classism, ageism, disibiliphobia, homophobia/heterosexism, sizism, colorism. | |
| Class Two: Thursday, September 1, 2011 | Green-haired people exercise (groups: 1- Lisa N., Donna, Lavern, 2 - Linda, Shakira, Frida, Rubi, 3 - Lisa C., Misty, Bobbi. Acting out rental apartment scenario - Lisa, Shakira (couple), Rubi (rental agent), Lavern and Frida (apartment owners). Discussion. | |
| Class Three: Thursday, September 8, 2011 |
Momma, Where are you from ? reading and activity. Reference: Bradley, M. (2000). Momma, where are you from? New York: Orchard Books. (ISBN: 0-531-30105-2) Discussion of one drop rule. |
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| Class Four: Thursday, September 15, 2011 | Discussion of Geneology project and pretest. Speaker Jennifer Rudinger attendance and write-up. Click here for the announcement. Click here for write -up instructions. | |
| Class Five: Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
Family name video and worksheet. Reference: Alston, M. (1997). Family name [Videotape]. New York: First Run/Icarus Films. |
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| Class Six: Thursday, September 29, 2011 | Completed watching Family Name and discussion. Vanessa Bass gave presentation on genealogy resources. | |
| Class Seven: Thursday, October 6, 2011 | Shodop Island with Shakira, Lisa C., Bobbi and Linda as island employees. Discussion of subtle biases and Diller chapter interview with Dr. Thompson. | |
| Class Eight: Thursday, October 13, 2011 | Continued discussion from last week, with focus on how
subtle bias impacts victim who may not understand source of bias -
self-esteem, etc. Discussion of field trip to Race exhibit,
tentatively scheduled for November 17, 2011. Exercise on segregation
with coins (in small groups) and then as a class with exercise at:
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/segregation/. Ref: Understandingprejudice.org. (2011). Can you avoid segregation? Retrieved from: http://www.understandingprejudice.org/segregation/. |
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| Class Nine: Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
Discussion of A Girl Like Me and Good Hair. Also discussion of new sitcom, Between the Lines. Small group activity (will do number 5 in next class). Small group activity - groups: Lisa N., Lavern, Linda, Rubi and Shakira, Frida, Bobbi, Lisa C. |
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| Class Ten: Thursday, October 27, 2011 | # 5 from small group activity. Review of tale of Atalanta and then version on Free to Be You and Me. Discussion of fairy tales and their messages and beginning of rewrite of Cinderella in small groups (Lisa, Lisa, Lavern, Misty and Shakira, Bobbi, Frida, Linda). Will continue with rewrite next week. | |
| Class Eleven: Thursday, November 3, 2011 | Continuation and completion of Cinderella rewrite - groups: Rubi, Linda, Shakira and Lavern, Misty and Lisa C. Discussion of influence of fairy tails. Discussion of dolls, skin tone, and particularly Barbie dolls. | |
| Class Twelve: Thursday, November 10, 2011 |
Discussion of power as a basis for prejudice and discrimination including several examples. Reading Thanks giving book (Swamp, C.J. & Printup, Jr., E. (1995). Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. New York: Lee & Low Books, Inc. and discussion of history of Thanksgiving. Small group activities, p. 198, activity one in Diller book - groups: Rubi, Frida, Lisa C., Shakira and Linda, Lisa N., Bobbi, Misty and discussion of trauma and forgiveness. |
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| Class Thirteen: Thursday, November 17, 2011 | Field trip to Race exhibit at Museum of Life and Science in Durham. | |
| Class Fourteen: Thursday, December 1, 2011 | Exploration of article for small
group and in-class discussion:
Straight Talk About The N-Word Reference: Price, S. & Lester, A. (2011, Fall). Straight talk about the n-word. Teaching Tolerance [online version], 40, pp. 46-48. Retrieved from: Teaching Tolerance: A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center: http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/TT40_0.pdf Groups: Lisa C., Misty, Bobbi and Rubi, Frida, Lavern, Lisa N. |
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| Class Fifteen: Thursday, December 8, 2011 | Discussion about:
Getting The Civil War Right.
Ref: Loewen, J.W. (2011, Fall). Getting the Civil War right: Too many people – including teachers – get it wrong. Teaching Tolerance [online version], 40, pp. 22-28. Retrieved from: Teaching Tolerance: A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center: http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/TT40_0.pdf |
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| Class Sixteen: Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Discussion of genealogy reports. |