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Moment One

Activity 2D: Concept Cards

There are six “concept cards” available to you. Each concept card focuses on a single word or phrase. These match the vocabulary word bank from Activity 1.D.
GO to CONCept CARDS
Have students read through one card to gain additional understanding of the meaning or background of the featured word or phrase. Instruct students to either:
  • Find four narratives that connect to the featured word or phrase, or
  • Engage with pre-selected narratives, for example, choosing among:
    • Criminal in|justice: Darby, Samantha, Dominick, Terrance, Nikki        
    • Discrimination: Joseph, Alia, Vicki, Terrance, Sylvia, Jamal                   
    • Identity: KC, Lisa, Jeremy, Andree, Mark, Lisa                  
    • Me Too: Jennifer, Andrew, April, Alice, Heather, KC
    • Immigration: Yousuf & Fauzia, Sandra, Maritza, Lisa, Juzlia, Jamal                              
    • Intersectionality: Amor, D-Skyy, Sylvia, Paola, Fauziz & Yousuf, Funmi                          
    • Microaggression: Audrey, Ed, Maryam, Funmi, Darby, Nikki                    
    • Stereotypes: Suzanne, Jamal, Mark, Yousuf & Fauzia, Ed
 
Note that the connections between concepts and narratives are sometimes made only in audio clips, not in the written narratives. This activity thus works best where you encourage students to listen to the audio clips associated with each narrative. Audio clips for the original concept cards are linked above. Visit the audio clip repository for In|Dignity for a wider selection. Note that audio clips are listed by participant number. Please email the Director of the Anthropology Museum for the complete number/name key.
 
Following the activity, ask students to engage in a thinking routine to reflect on the experience.[1] They can use the sentence stems:
  • I used to think …
  • But now, I think …
 
Students can share their responses, and explain how their thinking has changed or remained the same. If students are familiar with this sort of reflection, they may work in pairs or small groups. Encourage students to also consider how the individuals united through this word or phrase may seem to have little in common, on the surface, and yet their common experiences unite them together.

[1] Adapted from Ron Ritchheart’s “I used to think … But now I think …” available online at http://www.ronritchhart.com/ronritchhart.com/COT_Resources_files/VT%20Routines%20Intro%20Packet_2016.pdf

See Also:

Activity 2A
Chunking the Text
Activity 2B
Say-Mean-Matter
Activity 2C
Question Formulation Technique
Activity 2D
Concept Cards
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