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The First Year SeminarExploring Instruction Outside of Library Science
Kellie Tilton – Alaska Library Association – Valdez, AlaskaMarch 22, 2013
“I VOLUNTEER!”
The Application
- Purpose of the program- Faculty members
- Help students navigate the University
- Studies have been done that FYE programs keep
students enrolled- Give them vegetables
with their chicken nuggets
But why The Hunger Games?
“Our tributes: Peeta Mellark and Katniss
Everdeen”The course proposal, to my surprise, was
acceptedThere was feedback, including the following
suggestions: Perhaps have the students read the entire
trilogy If only reading the first book, maybe have them
read Battle Royale as a comparison novel
The Training Center
Over the summer, accepted faculty members had to:
- Develop the course in full- Promote the course to incoming freshmen
“Here's some advice. Stay alive.”
Success!
Course was approved with 10 students, picked up 2 more when the courses they signed up for didn’t go
2 males, 10 females2 students hadn’t read a single page of the
books/seen the movie2 additional students had not read other
books in the trilogy
The Syllabus:- Read The Hunger
Games- Read articles relevant
to The Hunger Games- Watch the movie
- Read “The Lottery”- Pick another dystopian
novel and read that- Hunger Games Trivia!
- Presentation comparing and contrasting the two
books- LOTS OF DISCUSSION- Shadow Curriculum
“Peeta Mellark just saved my life.”
Shadow Curriculum, not that Shadow-ySurviving on campusTalk. Think. Talk some more.Reading! It’s really, really hard to wait 15 weeks to talk
about all three books.
The Aftermath
Advertise, advertise, advertiseTalk about more campus events and services Bring in guest speakers Go for an 1 ½ hour, instead of 1 hourMore interactive activities (like trivia) to
encourage discussion and thinking out of the box
How can this help?
Get out of the same old, same oldBetter understanding of the freshman
mindsetCreated new ideas for classesStudents like to see we’re INTERESTED in
SOMETHING
“May the odds be ever in your favor.”Questions? Comments? Book Recs?