Danica Savonick

Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Final project gallery, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 6 months ago

Congratulations on your fantastic work this semester! View all of the final projects here.
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Stumping Trump on Immigration, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 6 months ago

Damaris, Cassandra, and Vanessa debunk myths about immigrants.
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Historical Injustices in Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 6 months ago

Learn more about the actual historical events included in Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric. By Anastazia, Sharmin, Jasmina, and Frankie.
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Palette of the People, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 6 months ago

Learn about how Queens College students are redefining their American Dreams. By T’yana, SM, Breana, and Eric.
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Finding Dissent Through Found Poetry, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 6 months ago

Read found poems by Julie, Dana, Christian, and Emely inspired by texts we read this semester.
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Citizen: An Urban Collegiate Lyric, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 6 months ago

A project by Kate, Brittany, Angel, and Lissette inspired by Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Lesson Plan: Weeksville Heritage Center & Langston Hughes, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 6 months ago

View an original lesson plan by Rebecca and Julia that uses Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again” and a field trip to the Weeksville Heritage Center to teach high school students about African American history.
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Self-definition: a Lesson Plan, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 6 months ago

View a lesson plan by Brittany P. that asks students to critically reflect on notions of identity and self-definition.
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Course Redesign: Gradations in the Struggle of American Women, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 6 months ago

Read Christopher’s version of “The Text in its Historical Moment” on HASTAC.
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Internal Mirror Complex, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 6 months ago

View an original video by Nakia.
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Add your name to final project brainstorm, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 7 months ago

Based on your responses to yesterday’s questions about the final project I have put together a Google Doc with some project ideas. We are not locked into these options, but I would like you to read through them […]
Danica Savonick commented on the post, Who’s to say?, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 7 months ago

I just Googled those as well. It’s one thing to know that this is a problem, and another to be confronted with it in pictures in the Google search results. There’s something about the immediacy of images that makes my blood boil even more (like in Citizen). If you are mad about this and want to change it, maybe you can work with some other…[Read more]

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Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Blogging schedule, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 9 months ago

Please sign up to blog two times this semester, making sure both times are not in the same unit. Include your email in order to coordinate with the other bloggers. Make sure to consult your calendar — missed blog […]
Danica Savonick wrote a new post, Welcome, on the site The Arts of Dissent 1 year, 10 months ago

Welcome to our course! I am very much looking forward to meeting you all on Tuesday, January 31 @ 1:40 in Rathaus 106.

Please purchase the following texts for our course:

Abani, Chris. GraceLand. New […]
Danica Savonick created the group Race and Gender Theory in the Undergraduate Humanities Classroom 1 year, 11 months ago
Danica Savonick commented on the post, Mission Statement Extra Credit, on the site The Purpose of Education 2 years ago

Nice job, Allen. I’m curious, what does the “right track” look like? How does one know if they are on it? In addition to testing for what students are proficient in, how will you help guide them towards a […]
Danica Savonick commented on the post, Extra Credit, on the site The Purpose of Education 2 years ago

This is really interesting, Fina. I am especially struck by your suggestion that the first 1500 applicants would be accepted to this very competitive school! It seems like it would put some (say, those working […]
Danica Savonick commented on the post, Extra Credit, on the site The Purpose of Education 2 years ago

I love this, Jiewen! I am especially intrigued by this sentence: “the most important point is that students can ask, think and solve problems by themselves or with other people, not doing nothing or just […]
Danica Savonick commented on the post, Extra credit, on the site The Purpose of Education 2 years ago

This is beautiful, Ming. I want to hear more: what are the “new skills” that students “really need”? What classes would you take at this school? How would you help students find what they are interested in and […]
Danica Savonick commented on the post, Extra Credit, on the site The Purpose of Education 2 years ago

This is fantastic, Sumaiya! Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like your thesis for essay two is these last three sentences. Now I want to hear more about the specifics: just how are you going to recruit, […]
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