Student or Group Info
Name(s): Katie Crocker
Term: Winter 2025
Credits: 4
Title of ILC or Group Project: The Overstory Chapter 10: Katie and the Cocoa Tree
Field Supervisor
Field supervisor: Rodje Malcolm
Organization: One Regeneration
Subcontractor
Name: Sarah Williams
Title: Faculty
Organization: The Evergreen State College
Program of Project Description
Narrative: During winter quarter, the student will read Richard Powers’ The Overstory and write an additional chapter based on their relationship with the cocoa tree, drawing upon experience from studying abroad in Jamaica. “There is a world alongside ours – vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.” The student will infuse themself into a chapter that would fit in with Powers’ book.
| Learning objective | Activity | Deliverable |
| How are trees intertwined with personal and familial stories? | I will read Richard Powers’ The Overstory. | I will write an additional chapter examining my relationship with the cocoa tree. |
| What is my personal relationship with the cocoa tree? | I will take time to interact with the cocoa tree and its ecosystem in Jamaica and will enter into conversation with locals about their own personal relationships with the cocoa tree. | I will write an additional chapter examining my relationship with the cocoa tree. |
| What is my familial connection with cocoa or other trees? | I will enter into discussion with family members on the interconnections of trees and our particular family. | I will write an additional chapter examining my relationship with the cocoa tree. |
Evaluation of Work
- WordPress ePortfolio
- Final week ten presentation
- Narrative evaluations from field supervisor and/or subcontractor
- Narrative mid-quarter and final self-evaluations