Carly, zach, and James Present this thursday!

february 22
Welcome to week seven!

I. Announcements​
March 3 is the LAST CALL for RR1-7, Project #1, Project #2​​​

II.  Reminders about Presentations

• Name your sources/readings
• Have a bibliography page--- include the URL for your images
• Title must be in academic format  (catchy phrase: description)

sample
​titles

Word is Bond: An Introduction to Black Rhetoric and Language (course title)
“And If You Don’t Know, Now You Know”: Black Language and Rhetoric as the Comeback from My Educational Withholding

A Typical Week

• Tuesdays are workshop days
• Thursdays are panels for the Hype Presentations &  homework days​

Things You Might Need Again

• The Syllabus
• The Hype Presentation Guidelines
• Hype Sign-up Sheet & Angel's Example
• Overview of the Reading Responses (RRs)
• ​Project #1 |  Project #2
• Black Language HandOut

III. Midterm Review... Kinda (click here for your worksheet)
IV. Show N Tell

• In groups of four, share your project #1 or project #2.  Be prepared to hold it up and walk your colleagues through it. 
• Take notes if you need to. Be prepared to answer this question: what insight did you gain from a colleague (know their name) that was different from your own?

V. From the Spirituals to the Blues: Hearing the Connection

1. Why this repeating theme?
2. What are the Blues? What does this have to do with Black rhetoric? 
3. What does this tell us about Black women's lives?  Why the Blues? 

"Trouble of the World" by Mahalia Jackson (1959)

"I Be Troubled" by Muddy Waters (1942)

Blues Form: The 12 bar structure used with an AAB lyric pattern

VI. From the Spirituals ​to the Blues (CA8)
What sounds/feels similar? What is different?  How? Why?  
​How might these Blueswomen connect to Maria Stewart ?

Note: These are all historical re-enactments