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 "Medicine and the Arts of Healing."
- "Designing a Successful Assignment Sequence," an essay for teachers new to the NHR on how to put together a sequence that makes room for the students to work productively on a challenging, open-ended question.
- 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. Culture, Evolution, and the Problem of a Global Morality
de Waal, Guinier, Nussbaum
Kurt Spellmeyer, Rutgers University, Fall 2002
2. Tradition, Modernity, and Change: Assessing the Value of Re-thinking in an Evolving World
de Waal, Guinier, Kaldor, Gladwell, Schlosser
Piper Kendrix Williams, Rutgers University, Spring 2002
3. Learning, Altruism, and Violence
de Waal, Guinier, Nussbaum, Faludi, Tannen
Megan Heller, Rutgers University, Summer 2002
4. Re-Vision, Tradition, and Public Life
de Waal, Guinier, Kaldor, Faludi, Scott, Gladwell
Carrie Preston, Rutgers University, Spring 2003
5. War and Global Change
Kaldor, Nussbaum, Gladwell
Barclay Barrios, Rutgers University, Fall 2002
6. Issues of Difference
de Waal, Guinier, Kaldor, Nussbaum
Ameer Sohrawardy, Rutgers University, Spring 2005
7. Globalization and Global Realization
Kaldor, Schlosser, Chua, Tannen, Gladwell
Sanja Bahun, Rutgers University, Spring 2005
8. Behavior: Power and Context
Scott, Gladwell, Tannen
Stephanie André, Rutgers University, Spring 2005
9. Identity and Agency
Scott, Faludi, Gladwell, Schlosser, Pollan
Molly Burke, Rutgers University, Spring 2005
10. Tradition and the Rights of the Individual
Kaldor, Chua, Nussbaum
Molly Burke, Rutgers University, Spring 2005
11. The Public and the Private Self
Tannen, Faludi, Abu-Lughod, Scott
Carl Nelson, Rutgers University, Spring 2005
12. “Identity” Lies in the Eye of the Beholder
Pollan, Boyarin, Sacks, Thurman
Monika Krishan, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
13. Literature, Aesthetics, and the Politics of Meaning
O'Brien, Postrel, Nafisi, Scott, Loffreda, Tannen
Michael Leong, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
14. Happiness, Wisdom, and Work
Gertner, Thurman, Greider
Alla Gaydukova, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
15. Something Mysterious and Inexplicable
Gladwell, Scott, O'Brien
Carrie Hyde, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
16. Power, Civilization, and the Self
Boyarin, Gould, Stille, Gladwell, de Waal, Scott
Anthony Alms, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
17. The Ideal of Happiness in American Society
Gertner, Greider, Armstrong
Jennifer Garrison, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
18. Defining Truth
Krakauer, O'Brien, Faludi, Tannen
Mary J. Oltarzewski, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
19. Tensions between the Public, the Private, and the Personal
Greider, Chua, Scott, Faludi, Gladwell, Loffreda
Laura Smith, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
20. The Master-Servant Divide and Forecasting Errors in Faith
Pollan, Greider, Schlosser, Chua, Armstrong, Gertner
Danis Banks, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
21. Reconciliation
Thurman, Tannnen, Lofredda, Nafisi, O'Brien, Armstrong
Karen Kalteissen, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
22. The Impact Bias, Altruism, and Human Intelligence
Gertner, de Waal, Johnson
Jeff Glick, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
23. The Pursuit of Happiness: Perception and Definition
Gertner, Krakauer, Dillard
Judith E. Glass, Rutgers University, Fall 2005
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