Unit 3 Materials: Ethnography of a Discourse Community

1. Unit 3 DC Ethnography Essay Assignment (Handout)
2. Unit 3 Feeder Assignments (Handout)
3. Ethnographic Research Overview (Handout): This handout gives students the basics of ethnographic research including the ethics of research, types of participation, data collection & analysis.
4. 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.
5. Synthesizing Raw Data (Handout): An exercise that has students organize their raw data and then create a short piece of writing from it.
6. 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.
7. Discourse Community Charts and Questions (Handouts)
8. Principles of Good Interviewing (Handout)
9. 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.
10. Sample Ethnography Essays (Strong and Weak)