1) Read Foner, Chapter 27 2) Begin reviewing the chapters of Foner covered during this semester 3) Choose three events in U.S. history that are covered by Foner, each from a different chapter, which you believe are interconnected. One of … Continue reading
1) Read Foner, chapter 26 2) Listen to at least two of the songs posted by your classmates for today’s assignment and read their post. 3) Leave at least two comments with further thoughts about the role of music in … Continue reading
1) Listen to at least one song posted on the blog by a classmate and write at least one comment giving your opinion about the song’s effectiveness in communicating freedom. 2) Write a new post including a video of a … Continue reading
1) Read Foner, Chapter 25 2) Post a song (embed a clip from YouTube or include a link) that was written between 1960 and 1970 and includes some message about freedom or social protest 3) Categorize and tag your post! … Continue reading
Respond to two of your classmates with a comment on their post. Explain how the type of freedom displayed in the post relates to present-day American society? Have things stayed the same or changed on this front since the 1950s?
1) Read Foner, Chapter 24 2) Finish commenting on Dr. Strangelove now that you have watched the whole movie. 3) Based on the themes in the reading, post two videos, images, or documents (or some combination of these) that capture … Continue reading
1) Read the wikipedia entry about Dr. Strangelove: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove (skip past paragraphs discussing the ending if you don’t want to know how it ends) 2) Respond to this post about Dr. Strangelove with at least two comments. The questions in … Continue reading
1) Read Foner, Chapter 23 2) Post a video, image, or quote from a document that details a person, place, event, or idea covered in the chapter. Pick something that hasn’t been posted yet. Write 1-2 paragraphs explaining how history … Continue reading
1) Choose two posts to read and comment on. 2) For each, add a 2-3 sentence post. In your opinion, how effective is the document referred to in the post in portraying World War II as a war worth fighting … Continue reading
1) Read Foner, chapter 22 2a) Show or describe one primary document produced during World War II that characterized the war as a “Good War” for Americans (i.e. fighting for a good cause). This can be a song, video, poster … Continue reading
1) If you haven’t already, read Foner, Chapter 21. 2) Post an image of a political cartoon published between 1932 and 1941 on topic of the New Deal, which has not yet been posted to the blog. Include a caption … Continue reading
The midterm, a take-home exam distributed in class on October 19, is due to my email box by midnight on October 26. Email me with any questions.
1) Choose one video that was posted for Tuesday’s assignment. 2) Watch the video and respond with a one-paragraph comment answering the following: a) How effective is the video in capturing the essence of the historical change depicted? b) What … Continue reading
1) Read Foner, Chapter 20. 2) Choose one person, place, or event discussed by Foner in Chapter 20 that has not yet been covered on the blog. 3) Embed a video from YouTube into your post that represents the subject. … Continue reading
Choose two posts from this week. Read each post and write one comment on each, in which you do the following: In 2-3 sentences, answer at least one of the questions that the person asked about their topic. If the … Continue reading
1) Read Foner, Chapter 19 2) Identify one important change that occurred (or began to occur) in the U.S. during World War I and has not yet been written about on the blog for this assignment. 3) Include an image … Continue reading
1) Choose one post under “KM24” or “TV24” that has not yet been commented on and includes two images. If you can’t find one, write an additional comment but make a unique interpretation. 2) Carefully view the two images and … Continue reading
1) Read Foner, Chapter 18 2) Locate and insert into your post two photographs originally produced between 1890 and 1916 depicting some aspect of the immigrant experience. Both images should be new to the blog (check both the TV24 and … Continue reading
Read and comment on at least three of your classmate’s posts from the assignment due 9/28. Each comment should be a a full paragraph (at least three sentences) and make an argument about why this person was motivated to do … Continue reading
1) Read chapter 17 in your textbook. 2) Pick one person discussed in the chapter who has not yet been written about for this assignment on the blog. 3) Write a blog post that includes these elements: a) 1 image … Continue reading