Unit 1 Beauty
“What is Beauty (8.1.1)” (5-10 min.),
“Capturing the Beauty of Everyday Life in the Bronx” (10-15 min.),
“A Darwinian theory of beauty” (15 min.),
Nehemas “Beauty and Judgement,” and
Hostos CAP handout “What is Beauty?”
Please note: If you cannot open “Capturing the Beauty of Everyday Life in the Bronx,” please sign up for a FREE New York Times subscription. Click on the “Resources” tab and go to “Library.”
In Class: The Danger of a Single Story, Chimananda Adiche
Unit 2 Urban Development and Planning
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro, Ch. 37 “One Mile”
Supplemental Materials: Photo of Professor Gerald Meyer at City Hall, letter from
Professor Peter Roman to NY Governor Carey
“The Changing Landscape,” in The Bronx by Evelyn Gonzalez
“Hostos Community College: Battle of the Seventies” by Ramón J. Jiménez,
“Save Hostos: Politics and Community Mobilization to Save a College in the Bronx–1973-1978”, and
Unit 3 Arts and Culture
From Mambo to Hip Hop, Directed by Henry Chalfont (50 min.)
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop by Jeff Chang
Chapter 4 :”Making a Name: How DJ Kool Hero Lost His Accent and Started Hip-Hop”
Chapter 5 “Soul Salvation: The Mystery and Faith of Africa Bambaataa”
“The Story of Marvel’s First Queer Latina Superhero” (19 min.),
“The Next Big Thing is Coming from the Bronx, Again” (19 min.), and
Unit 4 Environment and Health
“A Teacher Growing Green in the South Bronx” (19 min.),
Majora Carter’s “Greening the Ghetto” (19 min.),
The Bronx: Dying from Lack of Nutritious Foods | HuffPost Voices,
How the Bronx is Fighting Food Insecurity During a Pandemic – NY City Lens,
The South Bronx, Plagued by Obesity, Tops a Hunger Survey – The New York Times (nytimes.com) (Hostos students can get a free subscription to The New York Times),
“Gentrification and the South Bronx: Demographic and Socioeconomic Tran” by Lawrence Cappello (cuny.edu) (download the article)
Unit 5 Education and Activism
11/14 (in class): “How Students of Color Confront Imposter Syndrome”
11/21: South Bronx Battles Ch. 8 “The Bronx Was the Last Place”
11/28 (in class): Decade of Fire
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