Unit 3 Materials: Ethnography of a Discourse Community
- Unit 3 DC Ethnography Essay Assignment (Handout)
- Unit 3 Feeder Assignments (Handout)
- Ethnographic Research Overview (Handout): This handout gives students the basics of ethnographic research including the ethics of research, types of participation, data collection & analysis.
- Teaching Observational Skills: Teaching students how to "do" ethnography is an important part of this unit. This will introduce them to some of the basic skills needed to conduct ethnographic research.
- Synthesizing Raw Data (Handout): An exercise that has students organize their raw data and then create a short piece of writing from it.
- From Raw Data to Draft (Handout): This advanced exercise has students both synthesizing raw data into a written format with special concern for their audience.
- Discourse Community Charts and Questions (Handouts)
- Principles of Good Interviewing (Handout)
- Mid-Semester Jeopardy Game: The game is a fun way to both review for the students and to discover how much the students have learned.
- Sample Ethnography Essays (Strong and Weak)