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WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT (TO FINAL)
| Week 9: |
Reading Assignment: The Enduring Vision.
Ch.25 –American and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945 |
Chapter 25 Self Evaluation
Select one of following for your first
critique.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pha/
This web site is dedicated to eliminating "history by soundbite." The
emphasis here is on documents. Report on myths of Pearl Harbor.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/a_people_at_war/a_people_at_war.html
Back to NARA; A People At War. Look at the events starting with Prelude to
War. Then select any three links for your review and report.
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/doyourememberwhen/
Review the online exhibition: "Do you remember, when".
http://www.sfmuseum.org/war/evactxt.html
Discuss critically General DeWitt's Final Report on the Evacuation of the
Japanese.
| Week
10: |
The Enduring
Vision: Ch.26. The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1952. Annual
Editions: Baseball's Noble Experiment. |
Chapter 26 Self Evaluation
Select one of following for your second
critique.
http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/
This website was created for the twelve-part
CNN series on the Cold War in 1998-1999. For a glimpse into the covert
operations of the Cold War, click on Espionage and then read the The Man
Without a Face - An Interview with Markus Wolf. He was head of STASI – the
notorious East Germany Ministry For State Security. Discuss the methods of
this most effective espionage operation. Did he ever have any doubts about
use of these secret services?
http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/soviet.exhibit/entrance.html#tour
Library of Congress: Soviet Archives exhibit. Proceed to the second floor
for "The Soviet Union and the United States." Follow the footsteps for a
guided tour. Focus your analysis on the "Informal Workings of the
Soviet System."
| Week
11: |
Reading Assignment:
The Enduring Vision. Ch. 27. America at Midcentury, 1952-1960 |
Chapter 27 Self Evaluation
Select one of following for your third
critique.
http://www.mos.org/exhibits/ComputingRevolution/
The Computer Revolution (from Museum of Science - Boston).
Re-creation of milestones in the history of the computer. Review
these milestones - and - in this 21st century, what new ways
will computers shape our lives?
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/pop/info-family.htm
"Nifty Fifties." This "fun" site will provide some irreverent -and not
very analytical - insights into this decade. Under Pop History,
click on Families in the Fifties. Discuss the most important changes
in family life during the 1950s.
http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/humor.htm
Review the "lighter" side of this war hero.
| Week
12: |
Reading Assignment: The Enduring Vision. Ch. 28 - The Liberal Era,
1960 - 1968 |
Chapter 28 Self Evaluation
Select one of following for your fourth
critique.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/
Cold War International History Project. This is the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Go to Declassified Top
Secret. Check out the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Who would you blame
for this crisis?
http://www.nara.gov/research/jfk/index.html
This the President John F. Kennedy Records Collection.
Briefly describe the contents of this collection. Did Kennedy believe in
the Domino Theory? Why or why not?
http://vietnam.vassar.edu
From Vassar College. The Vietnam Wars. Discussion why the
Americans intervened and why did last so long?
| Week
13: |
Reading
Assignment. The Enduring Vision. Ch. 29 – A Time of Upheaval, 1968 -
1974. Annual Editions: The Spirit of '68 |
Chapter 29 Self Evaluation
Select one of following for your fifth
critique.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/when_nixon_met_elvis/index.html
Nixon-Elvis: The first time that all 28 photos are available of this
meeting on December 21, 1970. Review this three part analysis.
Historically, how important is this meeting?
http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/special/watergate/index.html
Watergate: 25th Anniversary special.
What are the lessons of Watergate?
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/sixties/index.html
Visit the exhibition on Psychedelic 60s: Literary Tradition and
Cultural Change. Were the sixties the best or the worst of times.
In your answer use examples from this site.
| Week
14: |
Reading Assignment:
The Enduring Vision. Ch. 30 – Society, Politics, and World Events
from Ford to Reagan, 1974-1989. |
Chapter 30 Self Evaluation
Select one of following for your sixth critique.
http://www.time.com/time/newsfiles/reagan/
TIME. Newsfile: Ronald Reagan. Why was Reagan
so popular? And do you agree with the textbook assessment of this 40th
U.S. President? Why or why not?
http://pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/
American Experience (PBS).
How has Jimmy Carter redefined the role of ex-president?
http://www.filmsite.org/70sintro.html
The Greatest Films of the 1970s. Which film would you consider
the best representative of the popular culture of the 1970s? Why?
| Week
15: |
Reading
Assignment: The Enduring Vision. Ch. 31 – Beyond the Cold War:
Charting the New Course, 1968-1995. |
Chapter 31 Self Evaluation
For seventh critique, select one site from
either Week 15 or Week 16.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/
Frontline (BBC): The Gulf War. Examine critically - An Oral History – the Gulf War
through the eyes and in the words of those who played major roles (The
Decision Makers).
http://www.wall-berlin.org/gb/berlin.htm
A concrete Curtain. The life and
Death of the Berlin Wall. Discuss the role or USSR in the opening of
the Berlin Wall
| Week
16: |
Reading Assignment:
The Enduring Vision. Ch. 32. New Century, New Challenges, 1996
to the present. Annual Editions.
Case Against Perfection (on genetic engineering). |
Chapter 32 Self Evaluation
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/impeachment/hearings.html
Clinton Impeachment
Trial. If you had been a member of the U.S. Senate, how would you have
voted? Why?
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/
Election 2000 (CNN).
Revisit the major events and development of the Election 2000. Would
you have change your vote? Why?
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/766/
Bush v. Gore (531 U.S. 98 (2000)).
Check your the Supreme Court decision on the Election 2000. Do you
agree with decision? Why? While you are there, do a Virtual Tour of the
Supreme Court building. You will need to install Quick Time 5 plugin.
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020909/index.html
September 11:A Nation Remembers.
Where were you on September 11? Did you feel that this was a turning point
in American history? Why?
| Reminder:
Due date for all seven final critiques will be one week before
the final examination. Seven final critiques turned in after due
date will receive one-half credit. |
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FINAL EXAM
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