Teacher Resources: Sample Sequences

We encourage teachers to sequence their assignments, with each successive assignment building upon prior assignments. There are many ways to go about this process: you might want to start with a reading that you found particularly engaging and then work out from there or you might want to begin with a theme that interests you and select the readings accordingly. By arranging the essays in the NHR alphabetically, we have meant to provide you with the greatest flexibility in designing your sequences, so that you can start with a reading or theme that seems promising and then construct your own connections to other readings in the book as you see fit.

To help you get started, we offer you the following resources:

• A thematically-organized table of contents, which suggests readings in the NHR on topics ranging from "Making Sense of Violence" to "The Environment" to "Health and Healing."
• Examples, listed below, of different ways of sequencing assignments (linear, dialectical, exploratory) and different ways of providing students with the guidance required to generate compelling prose about compelling problems.

We invite you to submit your own assignment sequences to be considered for publication on this site. If you're interested in sharing yours, please send it as an attachment to us at NHR Sample Sequences.

1. Sequence # 1
Gladwell, Faludi, Loffreda
Brendon Votipka, Rutgers University, Fall 2010

2. Sequence # 2
Gladwell, Nafisi, Krakauer
Caolan Madden, Rutgers University, Fall 2010

3. Sequence # 3
Gladwell, Loffreda, Faludi
Tasia Milton, Rutgers University, Fall 2010