Course Description and Learning Outcomes
Course Requirements and Grading
Week 1-2
Topic: My Favorite Place
Learning Objectives:
- state what people and places in a chosen location are like with some details
- exchange information about main attractions and popular activities
- extend an invitation and accept or reject an invitation to visit a specific place
- share opinion and preferences about a specific location
Resources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP_QvmPTemU
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grTUa9CfX10&t=41s
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_BBhxnYXJc
Week 3-4
Topic: Story-Telling
Learning Outcomes:
- narrate childhood stories
- identify how they affected their personality
- rewrite a bed time story for today’s tech savvy child
- explain at least three benefits of reading a bed time story vs playing a video game
Resources:
Week 5-6
Topic: Child Labor
Learning Outcomes:
- identify and describe situations (social and family) leading to child labor
- suggest strategies how the problem can be solved
- explain what the main issues in the movie are (society, culture and tradition)
- contrast and compare plot, characters, themes
Resources:
- https://wp.nyu.edu/virtualurdu/child-labor/
- https://wp.nyu.edu/virtualurdu/child-labor-stories/
- https://wp.nyu.edu/virtualhindi/paper-boy-tasks/
Week 7-8
Topic: Partition (film)
Learning Outcomes:
- discuss reasons for the Partition 1947
- narrate events from the Partition based on film or short story
- debate pros and cons about the Partition and minority rights
Resources:
- https://wp.nyu.edu/virtualurdu/film-on-partition/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipOanTil1pE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccw0yb9gYxE
Week 9-11
Topic: Partition (3 short stories by Manto)
Learning Outcomes:
- understand the gist of a short story and narrate the events described in it
- describe the main issue, the plot and the characters of a story (“ThanDa Gosht”)
- compare and contrast how two stories approach the partition (“Akhiri Salute” vs. “Toba Tek Singh”)
Resources:
- https://www.rekhta.org/authors/saadat-hasan-manto/stories
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLfwvQc8R-A
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHAsGsb5d6U
- https://www.rekhta.org
Week 12-14 Story and Film Project (Garam Hawa film and “JaReN” by Ismat Chughtai)