Update: Thu-Fri 23 Oct
Link coming: Instructions for Individual Papers (Stage 1)
Note: There is reading for Week 9 (27-29 October)
WEEK 8
Tue 20 Oct: MIDTERM TEST
Thu 22 Oct: SECOND HALF BEGINS
WEEK 9
Tue 27 Oct: Great Depression
Thu 29 Oct: World War II
Reading: American Yawp, chs. 21-23
WEEK 10
Tue 3 Nov: Last Day of the War
Thu 5 Nov: 1950s
Reading: Print Pack “Last Day of the War”
Group A: “The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter” (Film)
-> Diana Ayala, Oleh Kostura, Sidney Ly, Joseph Rendon, Damira Smith (One student must switch to different group)
-> Deadline: presentation to prof by Fri 30 Oct
WEEK 11
Tue 10 Nov: Fifties into Sixties
Thu 12 Nov: 1968-1973
Group B: “Medium Cool” (Film – May change if group decides)
-> Mark Yee
Group F: “Selma” (Film. May change. This group will present at Final Exam. Subject will be civil rights or other movements of 1950s-1960s)
-> Open
WEEK 12
Tue 17 Nov: 1970s
Thu 19 Nov: 1980s
Group C: “Network” (Film – May change if group decides)
-> Ashraful Islam, Andres Mendoza, Robert Veras, Vincent Zheng
WEEK 13: No class on Thanksgiving, Thu 26 Nov
Tue 24 Nov: 1980s (Presentation on Nuclear Weapons)
WEEK 14
Tue 1 Dec: 1990s
Thu 3 Dec: 2000s
Group D: (Open, but I want to say Starship Troopers)
-> Axel Cardenas, Victor Reyes, Riyana Uddin
WEEK 15
Tue 8 Dec: 2001-2010
Thu 10 Dec: Current Events
Group E: OPEN
FINAL EXAM
Tue 17 Dec?
Times will be announced when listed by CCNY
Most likely scenario: Group presentations & a one-hour essay