Knowledge Topics and Discussion Topic Days

Colonial/World Literature

Assignment Sheet

The purpose of the knowledge topic is to give each of you a different "stake" and area of expertise in a specific area of juvenile literature. The idea is that you will prepare a two page document (for me) and a brief (2-3 minute) report (for the class) that you think will bring interesting, novel, and engaging material to our discussions. Both the paper and the presentation can be relatively informal, although you should have a structured approach to the presentation. You can draw rather loosely on personal insights and reflections for both portions of the assignment. For example, if you embarked on the topic with one set of expectations and discovered (to your delight or dismay) that you find the topic taking you in another direction, that's worth knowing in this context. In order to prepare the assignment you should go to the library (virtually or physically) and explore materials that are available which may have bearing on your topic. (If you can't find anything, or seem not to be able to find anything, please come and talk to me.) Using the materials that you have found, prepare a two page (double-spaced) document that explores the topic and explains it in a way that might be informative to your fellow classmates. Provide at least two references that are not from encyclopedias or from the web.

Your sources should adhere to a standard citation format such as the following:

Bryan G. Norton. Why Preserve Natural Variety? Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987.

J. H. Prescott. "Clever Hans: Training the trainers, or the potential for misinterpreting the results of dolphin research." Annals of the New York Academy of Science, Vol. 364 (1981):137-144.

STUDENT	TOPIC	K-Topic Date	Discussion	Dates
Bartosch, Benjamin	East India Company	9-Feb	Feb. 7	Apr. 20
Bell, Elisha	Queen Victoria (& empire)	14-Feb	Feb. 9	Apr. 25
Caplan, Blake	Zulu Nation (Shaka Zulu)	28-Mar	Feb. 14	Apr. 27
Clement, Victor	Suez Canal	20-Apr	Feb. 16	May. 2
Eaker, Mia	The Boer War	16-Mar	Feb. 21	Feb. 7
Harkins, Amy	India (as colony)	7-Feb	Feb. 23	Feb. 9
Hillman, Luke	Joseph Conrad	14-Mar	Feb. 28	Feb. 14
Johnson, Angela	Ottoman Empire	20-Apr	Mar. 2	Feb. 16
Lawrence, Cyndy	Hudson's Bay Company	2-Feb	Mar. 14	Feb. 21
McKillion, Kirsten	Henry Ridley	28-Mar	Mar. 2	Feb. 23
Michael, Patrick	Arundhati Roy	16-Feb	Mar. 14.	Feb. 28
Ohlhaut, Max	The Sudan	25-Apr	Mar. 16	Mar. 2
Perry, Jacqui	South Africa	9-Mar	Mar. 21	Apr. 16
Preble, David	Abolition of the Slave Trade (ca. 1807)	6-Apr	Mar. 23	Feb. 9
Roland, Brittany	Colonial Nigeria	11-Apr	Mar. 28	Mar. 14
Shaw, Stephanie	Wole Soyinka	21-Mar	Mar. 30	Mar. 16
Sim, Eric	Pakistan (region & country)	14-Feb	Apr. 4	Mar. 21
Simmons, Alicia	Chinua Achebe.	4-Apr	Apr. 6	Mar. 23
Smith, Christopher	Zimbabwe	14th- Mar	Apr. 11	Mar. 28
Uemura, Harumi	Nadine Gordimer	2-Mar	Apr. 13	Mar. 30
Willett, Patrick	Thomas Stamford Raffles	23-Feb	Apr. 18	Feb. 7

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