Code Switching

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Code Switching
Today we will learn about code switching.  Code switching is when we act differently around different groups of people.  We will look at this phenomenon in the novel and in our everyday life.

We will begin by reading this passage from chapter 12 of To Kill a Mockingbird.  Then we will read and annotate this passage from W.E.B. Dubois The Souls of Black Folk.  These will inform us on reasons why Calpurnia mist code switch and the issues facing African Americans in the early 20th century and their belonging to multiple worlds.

Then we will discuss more modern examples of code switching.  Please read the following article Learning to Code Switch by Eric Deggans.  Once you have completed please answer these response questions.  Your completed response questions will be due by next Wednesday (3/2).