Focusing specifically on Claude M. Steele’s conversation about stereotype threat, to what extent is stereotype threat costly, or dangerous for students in the classroom and college environment?

My name is Binh Gia Long
Course: Eng-1A

Questions for follow up (you don’t have to answer all of these, but you can use them to help you get ideas):
What are the different types of spaces in the college environment?
How do different spaces on a college campus impact students differently?
How does a student’s identity influence the way they’re treated in a specific space/environment?
Why do student’s change their behaviors in a space or environment?
How can we combat stereotype threats on college campuses?
Sources: You must use Claude M. Steele’s article, “Whistling Vivaldi and Beating Stereotypes.” AND 2-3 other sources from our class texts so far.

Overview
In this essay, I want you to use what we’ve read in class to help you critically analyze and reflect on how our environments and the ways we shape societies can impact our identities. Often, we think that we form our own identity, but we fail to see or critically think about how our identity has already been shaped by the way our surroundings impact us whether we agree or allow it. In your essay, you will apply key ideas/concepts from the unit two course material to help guide your analysis.
Steele, Claude M. “Whistling Vivaldi and Beating Stereotypes”
Rose, Mike. “I Just Want to Be Average”
Price, Devon. “Laziness Does Not Exist.”
Lahiri, Jhumpa “Rhode Island”
Mengestu, Dinaw “Home at Last”
Baratunde, Thurston. “How to Be Black”

Incorporating Sources
We’re going to practice our key critical skills in this essay: creating strong controlling ideas, focusing on body paragraph development and organization, and strong reasoning. As you prepare to put together your writing project: focus on incorporating at least 3 texts from our unit list (see criteria above).
To do this you’ll draw from a number of techniques, including quotes, paraphrases, and summaries (Please see the MLA In-Text Citations Download MLA In-Text Citations handout regarding quotes).

Requirements for the Writing Project
Write at minimum 1,500 words
Break up your writing into several paragraphs
Proofread for grammatical errors and spelling issues
introductory paragraph should include a clear thesis statement
Paragraphs should include claim-based topic sentences
Textual evidence (direct and indirect quotes) from at least 3 class texts
Works Cited page at the end
Use MLA Formatting for in-text citations

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