Southernization

Your group will be assigned one topic from the article Southernization.
The goal is to read and comprehend the article and be able to engage in an intelligent discussion about it with others in order to evaluate its thesis. You must come to class with:

A) The printed article heavily annotated and highlighted
B) The question and mapping exercise that accompanied the article
C) Three quality questions about the topic. These cannot be simple fact-based questions.

Some Resources for question writing:
1) Basic Guide to Harkness Discussions
2) Bloom's Taxonomy
3) Question writing guide (note: not all stems are relevant)

How will you be graded?

You will be graded on the quality of your contributions.

Unacceptable-not contributing or showing no evidence of your knowledge of the author's argument
Better-Bringing in evidence from the article or having knowledge of the author's argument
Excellent-Bringing relevant outside information from class, readings, or podcasts into the discussion
Outstanding-Linking the author's argument or historical processes from the article to other time periods we have studied