Instructionally Related Activities Funds Request Summary
| Project Sponsor | Frank Barajas |
|---|---|
| Activity Title | The 1960s: A Ventura County Perspective |
| Activity/Event Date | Course Guest Lecture |
| Date Funding Needed By | September 20, 2014 |
| Previously Funded? | Yes |
| Semester/Year | Spring/2011 |
| Proposal # | 235 |
| Report submitted for previously Funded Activity? | Yes |
| Report submitted for previously Funded Activity | ira-report-spring-2011.pdf (PDF) |
| Academic Program or Center Name | History |
| Estimated total Course Fee revenue | 0 |
| Amount Requested from IRA | $500.00 |
| Estimated Number of Students Participating | 30 |
| Conditions and Considerations | Artist/Performer/Speaker Fees & Honoraria |
| Brief Activity Description | I will invite a guest lecturer, now undetermined, to speak in my ENGL/HIST 430 Change & Transformation: The Sixties course. I will invite person who was active in the Chicana/o Movement in and out of Ventura County. For the past three years, I have invited different people of this generation to speak to the class. |
| Learning Outcomes and Relation to IRA to Course Offerings | To write explanations of the changes and conflicts in cultural and cross-cultural transformations of the sixties and seventies in America. The guest lecturer will discuss her/his experience with groups of varying class, race, and ethnic backgrounds. This will entail planning events, the protest of policies, and cross-cultural coalitions. • To master the major historical and literary themes of the sixties and seventies in America From the guest lecture, students will have the opportunity to compare the first-hand accounts of the guest speaker with the secondary literature they have been assigned. |
| Description of Assessment Process | An assessment survey will be distributed to the class. In addition, students will be required to post a reflection on CI learn/Blackboard. |
| Activity Budget | 13-14-gs-430-barajas.xlsx (MS Excel) |
| CIA Budget | — |
| CIA Proposal | — |
| Course Syllabus | — |
| CIA Certification | — |
| Other Sources of Funding | No other sources will support this activity. |
| Target Audience/Student Marketing | Students of my ENGL/HIST 430 course is the intended audience. The syllabus and CI learn/Blackboard announcements will detail that attendance for the quest lecture will be required. Students outside the course will be invited by email to attend as the classroom can accommodate. |
| Bring Benefit to Campus | The class will have a debriefing on the guest lecture by way of reflective posts on CI learn/Blackboard and an in-class discussion. The perspective of the guest lecture will also be a source to be considered for the mid-term exam |
| Sustainability | — |
| Program Chair/Director | james.meriwether |
| Academic Affairs AVP | karen.carey |
| Acknowledgement | I acknowledge that I have reviewed and accepted the Conditions and Considerations herein. Please check off boxes as appropriate. |
Program Chair/Director Approval
| Approval | I approve the IRA Funds Request described on this page |
|---|---|
| Name | James Meriwether |
| Date/Time | 2/28/2014 3:15:19 PM |
Academic Affairs AVP Approval
| Approval | I approve the IRA Funds Request described on this page |
|---|---|
| Name | Karen Carey |
| Date/Time | 2/28/2014 3:40:12 PM |