Assignments
| Mon.-Thurs., January 5-8
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The Great Debates Competitions |
| Thursday, December 18
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Prepared statements for the The Great Debates Information |
| Tuesday, December 9
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In-class essay on the Vietnam War Era (1964-75): Review Information |
| Tuesday, December 2
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Read, Biography, Preface & Chapter 1, from When Hell Was In Session, Jeremiah Denton's story as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. |
| Monday, November 24
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Read, "Semper Fi: Senator James Webb, Mike 'Mac' McGarvey, and James Fallows", pp. 163-188, in Boom! |
| Thursday, November 20
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Read, "Oh, Canada: Jeffry House", pp. 155-62, in Brokow's Boom! |
| Tuesday, November 18
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Read the handout, "Prologue", from Philip Caputo's book, A Rumor of War. |
| Monday, November 17 | Read the handout,"The Tonkin Gulf Resolution: July 30 - August 7, 1964", from Robert McNamara's book, In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam.
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| November 10-13
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Reading & Journaling/Split-Noting Monday, 11/10: Gloria Steinem, pp. 203-08; Joan Growe, pp. 208-14 Tuesday, 11/11: Murial Kraszewski, pp. 214-18; Dr. Judith Rodin, pp. 218-23 Wednesday, 11/12: Carla Hills & Joan Didion, pp. 224-32 Thursday, 11/13: Lissa Muscatine, pp. 232-40 You have the option of doing a one-two paragraph journal entry or series of three split notes in response to each day's reading assignment. Bring your completed journal entry or split notes to class on the days that they are due.
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| Thursday, November 6
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Read pp. 189-203, in Boom!: "A Woman's Place" and "Nora Ephron". Prepare split notes, in which you identify at least 10 significant issues raised in the reading and interpretively comment on each. |
| Wednesday, October 29
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1) Research your historical personality, utilizing at least ten different literary sources. 2) Write a first-person account of your historical personality from the vantage point of the early 1960s (use your teacher's example of "I Am Muhammad Ali" as a model). 3) Cite your sources within the text of your first-person account, and include a bibliography. 4) Be prepared to read your first-person account to the class beginning on Wednesday, October 29. Your first-person account ought to be 6-8 minutes in length.
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| Tuesday, October 21 | Read pp. 218-23, Dr. Judith Rodin
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| Thursday, October 16
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JFK assignment: 1) Research and find something that you didn't know about JFK. 2) Utilize at least two different sources (and do not use Wikipedia) 3) Write a minimum two-paragraph journal entry in which you explain what you've learned about JFK and why you think it is historically significant. Cite your sources, too.
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| Tuesday, October 14
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Read handout, "The Torch is Passed to a New Generation" and "Why Couldn't This Have Happened to James Bond?", from Judie Mills' book, John F. Kennedy |
| Thursday to Thursday, October 2-9
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Reading & Journaling: Th., 10/2: Dr. David Smith, pp. 242-49 Mon., 10/6: Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, & Tim Russert; pp.249-59 Tues., 10/7: Jann Wenner & Kris Kristofferson; pp. 259-67 Wed., 10/8: Berry Gordy, pp. 267-74 Thurs., 19/9: Woody Miller, pp. 275-82 Journal a minimum two complete paragraphs in response to what you learn about each individual. In your journaling, ask questions, compare and contrast individuals with each other, and offer interpretive thoughts about what a given person's story reveals about the 60s and/or how that person's story is relevant to today's circumstances.
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| Tuesday, September 30
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Unit One Study Guide for Tuesday's in-class essay test |
| Monday, September 29
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Watch the YouTube clip in preparation for class: "The Tragedy of Emmett Till's Death" |
| Thursday, September 25
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Discover a Fifties Voice: 1) Select a personality from 1950s America. 2) Research this individual, utilizing at least five different literary sources. 3) Prepare a Power Point presentation that includes two parts: (a), a comprehensive biographical picture of this person; and, (b), your interpretive perspective on why this person is historically significant. 4) Cite your sources slide by slide as well as in the form of a bibliography. 5) Email your completed work to your teacher as an attachment prior to the start of class on September 25th.
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| Thursday, September 18
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Read handout, Chapter Twenty-Two, from David Halberstam's The Fifties, pp. 295-307 |
| Tuesday, September 16
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Read handout, "Cornucopia and Its Discontents", from Todd Gitlin's The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage, pp. 11-30 |
| Thursday, September 11
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Read "A Loss of Innocence", BOOM!, pp. 4-37 |
| Tuesday, September 9 | Read Introduction, "What Was That All About?", in Tom Brokaw's BOOM!
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