This paper documents a half-semester service-learning teaching activity for engaging students to think critically about intercultural communication theory. In collaboration with a community partner, students in my intercultural communication class researched the influence of the Great Migration on U.S. society, producing five books summarizing academic research and interviews students conducted with community members who had migrated to the Kansas City area during this time period. The students presented their work to the community at the end of the semester. Variations of this assignment are also proposed for instructors who might want to do something similar in their classes.

Courses

Intercultural Communication.

Objectives: (1) Apply, analyze, and evaluate cultural transition and collective memory theory. (2) Produce an original work on a topic of interest to a community partner.

中文翻译：

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通过服务学习检查跨文化过渡和历史

本文记录了一个半学期的服务学习教学活动，旨在让学生对跨文化交际理论进行批判性思考。与社区合作伙伴合作，我的跨文化交流班的学生研究了大迁徙对美国社会的影响，制作了五本总结学术研究的书，并采访了在此期间迁移到堪萨斯城地区的社区成员的学生。学生们在学期末向社区展示了他们的作品。还为可能想在课堂上做类似事情的教师提出了这项作业的变体。

培训班

跨文化交际。

目标：（1）应用、分析和评估文化转型和集体记忆理论。(2) 就社区合作伙伴感兴趣的主题制作原创作品。