Past Curriculum Examples

Past Curriculum Examples

These methods and materials were contributed by faculty who have incorporated Books of the Year into their curriculum. These are offered as examples of how the books and the themes they represent can be used as powerful tools to engage students in meaningful, thought provoking reflection and discussion. Topic areas include: Syllabus, Essay, Discussion, Presentation, Readers' Guides, and More Ideas. Please contact Libby Roderick, Director, at eroderick@alaska.edu if you would like to contribute.

• Syllabus
  PRPE 108: Introduction to College Writing
  (linked with AKNS 290)
  Shannon Gramse, Fall 2010, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being
  
  SOC 405: Social Change
  Anne Jache, Spring 2010, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: Shopping for Porcupine by Seth Kantner
  
  LSSS 312: Individuals, Groups, and Institution
  Anne Jache, Fall 2009, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: The Whale and Supercomputer by Charles Wohlforth
  
  ANTH 200: Natives of Alaska
  Phyllis Fast, Spring 2009, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: Growing Up Native in Alaska edited by A.J McClanahan
  
  PRPE 108: Introduction to College Writing
  (linked with AKNS 290)
  Shannon Gramse, Fall 2008, University of Alaska
  Books: Do Alaska Native People Get Free Medical Care? edited by Libby Roderick; Growing Up Native in Alaska edited by A.J McClanahan; Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon

  SOC 310: Sociology of Aging
  Anne Jache, Spring 2010, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: Shopping for Porcupine by Seth Kantner
  
  SOC 101: Introduction to Gerontology
  Anne Jache, Fall 2009, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: The Whale and Supercomputer by Charles Wohlforth
  
  SOC 110: Introduction to Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Approach
  Anne Jache, Fall 2009, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon
  
  ENGL 211: Academic Writing About Literature
  Erika Veth, Spring 2009, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon
• Essay
  PRPE 108: Introduction to College Writing
  Shannon Gramse, Fall 2010, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Books:Yuuyaraq:The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon;Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

  English 211: Academic Writing About Literature
  Erika Veth, Spring 2009, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon
• Discussion
  SWK 342: Human Behavior in the Social Environment
  Mary Dallas Allen, Fall 2011, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David Shipler
  
  ENGL 211: Academic Writing About Literature
  Erika Veth, Spring 2009, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon

  PRPE 108: Introduction to College Writing
  (linked with AKNS 290)
  Shannon Gramse, Fall 2010, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon
• Presentation
  ESL 109: Vocabulary Enhancement II
  Christina Gheen, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Book: Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
• Reader's Guides

  Books	Themes
  The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman	Immigration and Otherness 06/07
  The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood	Religion and Politics 07/08
  The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra	Religion and Politics 07/08
  Yuuyaraq:The Way of the Human Being By Harold Napoleon	Alaska Natives: A Call to Understanding 08/09
  Growing Up Native in Alaska edited by A.J. McClanahan	Alaska Natives: A Call to Understanding 08/09
  The Whale and the Supercomputer by Charles Wohlforth	Responding to Climate Change in Alaska 09/10
  Shopping for Porcupine by Seth Kantner	Responding to Climate Change in Alaska 09/10
  This is Not Civilization: A Novel by Robert Rosenberg	Service in a Foreign Land 10/11
  Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder	Service in a Foreign Land 10/11
  The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis	Money & Morality 11-13
  The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David Shipler	Money & Morality 11-13
  The Influencing Machine By Brooke Gladstone	Information, Ideas, Ideology: Shaping Your Reality 13-15
  Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden	Information, Ideas, Ideology: Shaping Your Reality13-15

• More Ideas
  • Interdisciplinary Book Club. Encourages critical thinking from various perspectives. Different faculty teaching same book in different disciplines bring students together for facilitated discussion.
    
    
  • Class Wiki. Provides opportunity for reflection through collaboration.
    
    
  • Ideas from Difficult Dialogues Faculty. Curriculum ideas created and complied by Difficult Dialogues faculty.