Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Dec 2024 Open Access

Researching and Resisting: Incorporating Social Justice and Resistance in First-Year Writing Courses

Brande N. McCleese

Abstract

Students are often clamoring for assignments that connect to real-life situations. This paper will highlight various projects assigned in my classes, including the midterm and minor writing submissions, which cover both modern and historical cases, student responses, and student feedback regarding the assignments, along with how and why I continue to incorporate the importance of resistance in my first- year writing courses as well as the role that exploring social justice continues to play in my pedagogy.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2024-12-20
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10.59236/rjv24i1pp29-42
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  1. The cases that I choose now vary; I often include civil rights cases from the past
  2. Some cases listed above, such as Rosa Parks, The Greensboro Four, and Martin Luther King Jr
  3. However
    aware that there was a time in our country
  4. Reflections | Volume 24, Issue 1, Fall 2024
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