This teaching material was developed by Victoria Stratis, Baruch College. The assignment invites students to explore the Five Demands campaign at CUNY, anti-war protests across the country, and the fight for broader equality across higher education during this time.
Category: Final project
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.
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.
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.
(Re)Mapping Monuments: Memory, Identity, and History
This teaching material was developed by Dr. Keisha Allan, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to create one or more visual social media posts to use monuments as the vehicle through which they create their own narratives about CUNY’s history of student activism.
Reimagining the Archive
This teaching material was developed by Dasharah Green, Baruch College & Lehman College. The assignment asks students to develop a critical framework for how to reimagine, rediscover, and engage with storytelling and build their own interpretations of history and archival material.
Sample Assignment Sequence for English 2150
This teaching material was developed by Mary Gryctko, PhD, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to engage in a series of individual and group activities leading up to building a final ‘call to action’ artifact.
Anti-racism and You
This teaching material was developed by Sharifa Hampton, Department of Black and Latino Studies, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to create their own manifestos, inspired by the Five Demands.