Course Design Project-Aaron

Aaron Amirian Course Design Project- NCAA

“COURSE PROSPECTUS”

• The name of the course would be, “The Snake that is America”
• The learning goals would be to inform the kids about the truth about big business and how people are put at severe disadvantages in life based on their racial profile. This would be an Essay and Project based class where students must use the sources available to find examples where minority communities are underserved. They will write papers about how they think these factors contribute to what is happening in society today and solutions to these problems. They will also write about capitalism and how the white washed community we live in today treats people of different financial and social backgrounds. Also they will be able to discuss how society has made improvements in order to fix the lives of the minority groups.
• Books that we will read will include

1. “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism,”
2. “The souls of black folk” (1903) WEB Du Bois
3. “Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond in Black America, 1945‒2006,” (Third Edition 2007) by Manning Marable
4. “Covering: The Hidden Assault on our Civil Rights”
5. “Freedom is a constant struggle” Angela Y. Davis
6. “How capitalism underdeveloped black america” Manning Marable

This course will be unique because it will be discussion based and the teacher will discuss with students but not grade them based on their opinions, but rather their ability to add intellectuality to the discussion. The teacher will discuss their own political views and be part of the conversation because that will contribute, but will remain respectful with everyone when discussing. This course is extremely valuable because this is an extremely relevant topic that can be discussed abundantly often in today’s world. The undeserving of minority communities like the black community is one of the biggest arguments in society today and is something that everyone should be informed about. Also this will prepare people about the cold hard truth about a capitalist economy and the downside that is usually hidden. When people are arguing about black rights matter movements, and you overhear, it’s time to speak up, no matter which side you are on. It’s time to be informed so that you are not trusting news corporations( Fox, CNN, CBS- only ones that i know) that subdue the same segregation they are arguing about. It’s time to learn about the truth about the world. Take “The Snake that is America” so that
you don’t get strangled.