Update: Thu-Fri 23 Oct
Link coming: Instructions for Individual Papers (Stage 1)
Note: There is reading for Week 9!
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)
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-> 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)
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Group F: “Selma” (for later presentation)
-> 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
Special Presentation: “The Nuclear War of 1945-1991”
WEEK 14
Tue 1 Dec: 1990s
Thu 3 Dec: 2000s
Group D: (Open, but I want to say Starship Troopers so you’d better decide!)
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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