This document provides information about a free online course titled "American Workers, Communities and Economy" offered from September 8 to December 7, 2014. The 13-week course requires the text "The Mis-Education of the Negro" and is provided by the nonprofit organization A Time To Learn Academy. The week of September 22nd will include a lecture on chapter 1 of the text, questions about the importance of education, its influence on work and communities, and job opportunities with and without education. Vocabulary words to be discussed are also listed.

1. Free Online Course:
American Workers,
Communities and Economy
Required Text: The Mis-Education of the Negro
13-Week Course (9/8 – 12/7, 2014)
Provided by the H.E.L.P. Forward Program of A Time To
Learn Academy, a non-profit organization.

2. Lecture and Activities:
Week of September 22, 2014
Lecture: Introduction of Chapter 1
1. Have you ever taken a course in Greek,
Latin, or German? Any foreign
language?
2. Name the instructor who was asked to
teach a course on African studies.
3. What was the instructor’s point of view of
such a course?

3. Activities
Questions: Week of September 22, 2014.
1. Why do you believe education is important?
2. How does education influence work and social
activities in your community?
3. G&T student audience: How many citizens in
your community have participated in college?
(See population research or census)
4. Ferguson, MO: What type of job opportunities are
offered with and without high school and college
participations.

4. Vocabulary
Week of September 22, 2014
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