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Here is a few examples of such crowdsourced online syllabi:
**#FERGUSONSYLLABUS**
In August 2014, Michael Brown, an 18 year old boy living in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot to death by police officer Darren Wilson. Soon after this episode, as the civil protests denouncing police brutality and institutional racism begun to mount across the US, Dr. Marcia Chatelain, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University, launched an online call urging other academics and teachers 'to devote the first day of class to hold a conversation about Ferguson' and 'to recommend texts, collaborate on conversation starters, and inspire dialogue about some aspect of the Ferguson crisis’ (Chatelain, 2014). Chatelain did so using the hashtag #FergusonSyllabus.
* Chatelain, M. (2014). [“Teaching the #FergusonSyllabus.”](https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/teaching-ferguson-syllabus) Dissent Magazine, November 28.
* Chatelain, M. (2014b). [“How to Teach Kids About What’s Happening in Ferguson.”]( https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/08/how-to-teach-kids-about-whats-happening-in-ferguson/379049/) The Atlantic, August 25.
- #FERGUSONSYLLABUS
- In August 2014, Michael Brown, an 18 year old boy living in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot to death by police officer Darren Wilson. Soon after this episode, as the civil protests denouncing police brutality and institutional racism begun to mount across the US, Dr. Marcia Chatelain, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University, launched an online call urging other academics and teachers 'to devote the first day of class to hold a conversation about Ferguson' and 'to recommend texts, collaborate on conversation starters, and inspire dialogue about some aspect of the Ferguson crisis’ (Chatelain, 2014). Chatelain did so using the hashtag #FergusonSyllabus.
- Chatelain, M. (2014). [“Teaching the #FergusonSyllabus.”](https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/teaching-ferguson-syllabus) Dissent Magazine, November 28.
- Chatelain, M. (2014b). [“How to Teach Kids About What’s Happening in Ferguson.”]( https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/08/how-to-teach-kids-about-whats-happening-in-ferguson/379049/) The Atlantic, August 25.
**GAMING AND FEMINISM SYLLABUS**