The final examination will be given 8:00-10:00am on Monday, December 13, 2010, in Key 0103. The two-hour minute examination represents 20% of the total course grade.
You will define five terms drawn from key vocabulary from Modules I-IV. Each definition should be at least two complete sentences in length. To receive full credit, each identification should reference a specific course element (e.g., an assigned reading; a screened video; a podcast; a primary source; an online discussion) that is relevant to defining the term.
There will be a handful of bonus IDs.
In an essay that draws explicitly and specifically from the assigned materials and the important analytical concepts from each of the course's four modules (e.g., Caste, Race, and Color; Religion, Faith, and Belief Systems; Gender and Sexuality; Patterns and Problems of Migration), you will develop an essay that offers a critical understanding of the lives of the Mamanis, a real-life Aymara family from Bolivia who is featured in Winn's Americas textbook and the video Mirrors of the Heart, and the Xuncaxes, the fictional K'iche' family from Guatemala who are the main protagonists of the feature-length motion picture El Norte (1983).
A review session will be held on Friday, December 10, 3:30-5:30pm, in KEY 0103. The review session will begin with a screening of the first part of Mirrors of the Heart.
In order to attend the review session, you must make a contribution to the final examination discussion board on the LASC 234 ELMS site. You are strongly encouraged to also use this as the occasion the complete the University course evaluation, also available through ELMS.
Mirrors of the Heart is available at Hornbake Nonprint Media [Call Number: F1408.A64 1993 pt.4].
El Norte is officially scheduled to be available via the Course Reserves Media link on the LASC 234 ELMS through Saturday, December 11. A request has been placed to extend availability through the morning of December 13. The VHS [PN1997.N668 1984b] and DVD [PN1997.N668 2008] versions of El Norte are available at Hornbake Nonprint Media.