Welcome to Literature of Global Development: Telling the Malaria Story
A project of the Center for the Study of Intercultural Understanding at Bergen Community College, Paramus, New Jersey in conjunction with ONE/Malaria No More
Contact: Professor Ellen Rosner Feig, [email protected]
Blackboard Outline – Module 1: What is Malaria Topic 1: What is Malaria?
I. Goal
a. Instructions:
i. In this first topic, you will become familiar with the basic facts of Malaria, including its impact on the world’s most poor. Please make sure to read the articles (and do some of your own research!) and watch the videos before completing the final activity
II. Lesson
a. Malaria Focused – See readings
b. Advocacy and Communication Mini-Lesson
i. Chapter 1 of Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes: The Sorry State of the Art
III. Readings
a. See Readings page
i. Bury the Chains: Intro and Part I (pages 1-25)
Hochschild, Adam. Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in a Fight to Free and Empire's Slaves. NY: Mariner Books, 2006.
c. Intro and chapter 1 from "The Making of a Tropical Disease" (pages 1-19)
Packard, Randall M. The Making of a Tropical Disease. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2007
IV. Assignments – Include language that these assignments will be building off of one another and hopefully by the end of the course, you will have created pieces for your personalized tool kit.
a. Interview 15-20 individuals in your community, posing the question: "What Is Malaria?", as in the video included in this lesson. Record the answers (with permission) and report your findings in a "creative" way -- video, powerpoint, etc.
b. Create a one page fact sheet based on the readings and videos this week.
V. Videos : See Resources page
I. Goal
a. Instructions:
i. In this first topic, you will become familiar with the basic facts of Malaria, including its impact on the world’s most poor. Please make sure to read the articles (and do some of your own research!) and watch the videos before completing the final activity
II. Lesson
a. Malaria Focused – See readings
b. Advocacy and Communication Mini-Lesson
i. Chapter 1 of Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes: The Sorry State of the Art
III. Readings
a. See Readings page
i. Bury the Chains: Intro and Part I (pages 1-25)
Hochschild, Adam. Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in a Fight to Free and Empire's Slaves. NY: Mariner Books, 2006.
c. Intro and chapter 1 from "The Making of a Tropical Disease" (pages 1-19)
Packard, Randall M. The Making of a Tropical Disease. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2007
IV. Assignments – Include language that these assignments will be building off of one another and hopefully by the end of the course, you will have created pieces for your personalized tool kit.
a. Interview 15-20 individuals in your community, posing the question: "What Is Malaria?", as in the video included in this lesson. Record the answers (with permission) and report your findings in a "creative" way -- video, powerpoint, etc.
b. Create a one page fact sheet based on the readings and videos this week.
V. Videos : See Resources page
