This teaching material was developed by Tania Nicolaou, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to engage with the CUNY 1969 Project, specifically using the CUNY Digital History Archive to explore storytelling, the implicit writing in everything we do, and the process of where writing happens.
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Illustrating the CUNY 1969 Archive Through Poster Making
This teaching material was developed by Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to interpret the archive and reflect on its relevance to contemporary social and political issues through the creation of both digital and physical posters.
A Media Studies Analysis of CUNY 1969 Project
This teaching material was developed by Rianne Subijanto, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to critically analyze CUNY 1969 from a media studies perspective exploring the centrality of media and communication in social movements.
Unveiling Intersectional Histories: Exploring the CUNY 1969 Archive
This teaching material was developed by Benjamin Gillespie, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to create brief presentations on the intersectional nature of identity through an historical lens while actively improving their public speaking and presentation skills.
Each One, Teach One: A Contemporary Perspective of the CUNY 1969 Protests
This teaching material was developed by Valerie Biwa, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to use the resources from the CUNY Digital History Archive, the CUNY 1969 Project, and the Five Demands documentary to create a video or vlog of their experience.
Social Annotation and Close-Reading with the SEEK Matters Literary Magazine
This teaching material was developed by Nicholas Devlin, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to use materials from the CUNY 1969 project to develop confidence with the conventions of close-reading (or rhetorical analysis) and annotation.
Creating a Blackout Poem Using Primary Documents from the “CUNY 1969” Website
This teaching material was developed by Dr. Rojo Robles, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to engage with historical primary documents of CUNY 1969 creatively by crafting a blackout poem that highlights themes, emotions, or significant moments related to the emergence of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at City College and beyond.
Advocating For My Five Demands
This teaching material was developed by Judith Konamah, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to update the 5 demands to include what is relevant to their communities today and create a presentation on how they would go about advocating for these demands with the help of past advocates.
Corridos Digital Album: Latina Stories Told Through Song
This teaching material was developed by Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to research and tell the story of a Latina figure, a conflict, or an event that involves social struggles affecting Latinas, draw from archives such as the CUNY 1969 project, and link the message of the corrido to present-day issues.
The Five Demands and Literacy Sponsorship
This teaching material was developed by L Torres, Queens College. The assignment asks students to learn about and critically reflect on The 5 Demands, the student-led takeover of CUNY in 1969 by taking personal inventory of movements that may have shaped their life, researching and analyzing specific goals of the 1969 movement and creating solid arguments/talking points for a revolutionary, in-class conversation in favor of equitable literacy sponsorship and educational spaces.