Barbara mellix biography

We all have varied lived experiences, cultures, traditions, and beliefs. In our course (and others in your college career), you will encounter many topics and therefore, varied perspectives. This assignment is designed to center your voice and personal history as valuable so as to create a supportive and collaborative online learning environment. This will aid in fostering productive and lively discussion of various topics while honoring and celebrating each of our unique worldviews.

Step 1: Design your autobiography
TASK:
For this assignment, I would like you to write an autobiography using written words and pictures. This means that you will share with us some details about your personal, ancestral, and cultural history. You may format this in any way that is authentic to you: you can number your responses to the questions below and include images, or you can compile your words and images into a presentation using Google Slides, PowerPoint, Prezi, Sway, Adobe Spark, YouTube, Canvas Studio, etc.

In your submission, please include textual descriptions and pictures to address the following:

Choose at least 8 of the following 12 questions to address in your autobiography:

Who are you? Do you know who you are?
What is your name? What is your preferred name (if different from your given name)? What does your name mean? Who named you? What do you know about your family’s cultural naming practices?
What are your cultural identities? (Think about how cultural identities typically have beliefs, languages that are used, literature read and written, power structure/social organization, rites of passages, rituals, traditions, celebrations, practices and a history)
How would you describe yourself to someone who didn’t know you?
What would your other teachers say about you?
What would your family say about you?