The final component of your common assignment is to write an introduction to all four narratives.

Make a new page on your blog titled "Introduction." Re-read all four narratives, then introduce them to a new reader. Write a short (2-3 sentences) description of each. Then write a paragraph that integrates the lessons one can draw from all of them.

Go back to our questions!

The common questions for this course are:

1. How does group membership affect identity? 
2. What are the causes and effects of inequality between and within groups? 
3. What does it mean to live in a diverse community?

Our additional questions are:

1. What do travelers, outsiders, see in the communities that they visit that an insider might miss?
2. What do travelers learn about themselves and their home communities by traveling to other places?
3. Ultimately - how does one's own identity change by seeing how others construct their identities?

What answers do your narratives reveal?