WEEK 06: KENYA

"When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible 

and we had the land. They taught us to pray with our eyes 

closed. When we opened them, we had the Bible in our 

hand, and they had the land." 

—Jomo Kenyatta,
First president of Kenya

WEEK 06: KENYA

Read: eR—“Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We?” (AlterNet), “Young Americans Geographically Illiterate, Survey Suggests” (National Geographic), “Getting to Know the World Around Us” (Chicago Tribune), “How Dumb Are We?” (Daily Beast), “Afghan Troops Get a Lesson in American Cultural Ignorance” (Washington Post)

Tu 02.26
Reading discussion; Lecture—“The Most Common Grammatical Errors—And How to Avoid Them”

Th 02.28
CLOSE READ ESSAY
Due REFLECTION 03

UPCOMING:

WEEK 07: MALDIVES

Read: MEXICAN—“Legacies” – “The Coyote’s Wife” 

Tu 03.05 

Reading discussion; Presentations; Lecture—“How to Build a Solid Argument” 

Th 03.07 

Reading discussion; Presentations; Writers workshop 

Due EDITORIAL ESSAY (DRAFT 1; BRING 2 COPIES) and REFLECTION 04