ASSIGNMENT: Mapping Atlanta Project

ASSIGNMENT: Mapping Atlanta Project

Description Your second assignment will be to use Google Maps to create a digital map of our two historical novels: Thomas Mullen’s Darktown and Tayari Jones’s Leaving Atlanta. After you make these maps, which you will embed with materials related to both the novels...
SYLLABUS: Digitizing Atlanta

SYLLABUS: Digitizing Atlanta

Description This introductory undergraduate English course introduces students to the principles and practices of communication they need in their academic and professional lives. The goal of classes in the Writing and Communication Program is for students to develop...
ASSIGNMENT: Centennial & Sweet Auburn Field Trip

ASSIGNMENT: Centennial & Sweet Auburn Field Trip

Description While on a field trip to Sweet Auburn Market, students interview locals to discover the location’s underexposed narratives. They search for “missing plaques,” or histories that could be told but were excluded for some reason. After the...
ASSIGNMENT: Book Mapping Atlanta

ASSIGNMENT: Book Mapping Atlanta

Description Students work in groups to create a digital map, based upon a book about Atlanta. (The resources needed for this assignment, as written by this teacher, include: Google Earth; access to primary and secondary sources pertaining to the area of study.)...
ASSIGNMENT: Narrative Techniques

ASSIGNMENT: Narrative Techniques

Description Students choose an artifact from the Unpacking Manuel’s Tavern online project, and compose a short piece of flash fiction inspired by that artifact. After peer review, students submit their work to the curators of Unpacking Manuel’s for possible inclusion...