African-American Literature: Survey
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  1. One major intention of mine is for the texts we study in this short class to be both literary/historical AND relevant to our modern current events. To that extent, how would you rate our readings?
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  1. One intention of the course is to emphasize the importance of African-American literature as necessary to understanding American literature, to understand that they are one in the same. Rate the level of success you think the course has achieved in this goal.
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  1. One major goal that I have as a teacher of literature is to make sure literature is relevant enough that students of many backgrounds find it engaging and interesting. To what extent to you think I achieve this?
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  1. One way I judge a course's impact is whether or not students find themselves thinking or talking about the content outside of class. How would you rate this course's ability to give you something more to consider outside of class?
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  1. Okay. This one gets a little personal, but I need to know: How do you rate your teacher's level of engagement with you, the students, when it comes to bringing the content to life?
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  1. There are probably things you would like to see added to this class if you were to do it all over again. What would you like added?


  1. I think you've all been a pretty great group to work with. Thank you for your attention, your willingness to engage the material and topics, and for just being pretty darned great. Feel free to use this space for whatever you think I ought to know.





Mr. Snider
Language Artist and Zen Master
Jefferson City High School