Amcon 202 Syllabus (2001-2002)
FEBRUARY
8 "Off we go into the wild blue yonder"Lyrics
11 Wartime freedom. The Story of American Freedom 219-47.
13 Wartime ads.One page analysis of a magazine ad due.
Also check out this collection of posters WWII Posters
14 Dinner: Valhalla 5:30-7:00 pm. Interim presentations.
Thursday film: ?A Soldier?s Story? Holland 501 7:00pm 1 hr. 42 min.
15 African Americans & the war. A Different Mirror 378-99.
18 Farewell to Manzanar (1-94) Look at Internment
20 Farewell to Manzanar. 94-end.
Thursday film: ?Zoot Suit? Holland 501 7:00pm 1 hr. 44 min.
22 ?Atomic Cafe? (In class video) Fiftiesweb
25 ?Duck & Cover.? (short video) The Story of American Freedom 249-73.
27 Presentations: Elvis; Chuck Berry & Af-Am R&R; American Bandstand. Elvis
Thursday film: ?American Graffiti? Holland 501 7:00pm 1 hr. 42 min.
MARCH
1 Presentations: The black list; teen movies; sitcoms. 3 page paper due.
4 ?The Montgomery Bus Boycott? My Soul is Rested 37-74. Eyes on the Prize clips.
6 ?Birmingham? My Soul is Rested 139-85. Eyes on the Prize clips.
Thursday film: ?Malcolm X? Holland 501 7:00pm 3 hr. 20 min.
8 ?Freedom Summer? My Soul is Rested 273-290. Eyes on the Prize clips.
11 Loose Change 1-95. Berkeley in the 60?s. Free Speech Movement. Video clips. Some 60?s websites: Free Speech Movement ; Port Huron Statement l; The 60?s project
13 Loose Change 99-230. Vietnam Protests
14 Dinner: Valhalla 5:30-7:00 pm
Thursday film: ?The Graduate? Holland 501 7:00pm 1 hr. 46 min. A 90?s review of The Graduate
15 Loose Change 231-end
18 60?s multimedia presentations.
20 60?s multimedia presentations.
Thursday film: ?Woodstock? Holland 501 7:00pm 90 min.
22 60?s multimedia presentations.
Spring Break
APRIL
3 Black Power Movement. ?Black Panther Platform? Black Panther Platform ; The FBI & the Panthers
Thursday film: ?Do The Right Thing? Holland 501 7:00pm 2hrs. 5 min.
5 Alice Walker, ?Everyday Use?/ ?womanism? (photocopies). Nikki Giovanni.
8.The Things They Carried 1-123.
10 The Things They Carried 124-246.
Thursday film: ?The War at Home? Holland 501 7:00pm 2 hrs.
12 Adrienne Rich
15 Adrienne Rich
Tuesday lecture: Michael Kimmel, ?Masculinity in America? 7-9 pm.
17 Aldo Leopold, ?from A Sand County Almanac?; Wallace Stegner, ?Coda: Wilderness Letter?; William Cronon, ?The Trouble With Wilderness.? photocopies. 3 page paper due.
19 Monkey Wrench Gang. 1-139.
22 Monkey Wrench Gang, 139-311.
Earth Day Event
24 Monkey Wrench Gang, 311-421. Environmentalism Presentations: Earth First.
Thursday film: tba. Holland 501 7:00pm .
26 Rachel Carson; Sierra Club; Earth Day/Endangered Species Act/Wilderness Act
29 Exxon Valdez, Love Canal.
MAY
1 Learning From Las Vegas 3-83.
Thursday film: tba. Holland 501 7:00pm .
3 Learning From Las Vegas 83-end
6 Malls. Guest speaker Jim Farrell.
8 Yuppies. The Story of American Freedom 307-32.
9 Dinner: Valhalla 5:30-7:00 pm
Thursday film: ?Reality Bites? Holland 501 7:00pm 1 hr 39 min..
10 The American Conversations Museum presentations. One paragraph abstract due w/object.
13 The American Conversations Museum presentations. One paragraph abstract due w/object.
15 Goodbyes. American Conversations Museum. 5-7 page paper due.
Required Texts
Abbey, Edward. The Monkey Wrench Gang. Harper Perennial.
Davidson, Sara. Loose Change. University of California P.
Foner, Eric. The Story of American Freedom. Norton.
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki. Farewell to Manzanar. Bantam.
Raines, Howell. My Soul is Rested. Viking.
Rich, Adrienne. The Fact of a Doorframe. Norton.
Takaki, Ronald. A Different Mirror. Little, Brown.
Venturi, Robert. Learning from Las Vegas. MIT P.
Course Requirements
1. Attendance, preparation and participation. You are expected to attend every meeting of American Conversations 202 with the assigned reading completed. Please let us know in advance (if possible) if you will miss a class and arrange to make up the missed work, including in-class writing. We will work together and in small groups. Participation in small group discussion is important. Come prepared . We need every voice, every question, every unfolding thought!
2.Oral presentations and essays:
February 13: Magazine Assignment. Advertisement & one page commentary.
February 25-March 1: Group presentations on 1950s culture.
March 4: 1950s culture essay. Three pages.
March 18-22: Multimedia presentations on the 1960s.
April 17: Literature analysis essay. Three pages.
April 24-29: Environmentalism presentations.
May 1: Meditation on three environmental questions due. Two-Three pages.
May 10-13. American Conversations Museum object and one page abstract due.
May 15: American Conversations Museum Object Analysis essay due. Five-Seven pages.
3. Five informal film responses. Posted on WebCt.
4. Daily Class Recorder. Posted on WebCt.
5. You must complete all of the assigned work to pass the course.
Other Business
1. Beyond the Classroom postings on WebCt. continue for extra credit.
2. We will have fewer scheduled dinners; therefore, your attendance at and participation in dinner conversation or activities becomes more important.
Judy Kutulas, Professor of History Office: Holland 513C Hours: Tuesday 11-12; Thursday 9-10 x3236
Mary Titus, Associate Professor of English Office: Library 503 Hours: Monday to Thursday 2:00-3:00 & by appointment x3264
FEBRUARY
8 "Off we go into the wild blue yonder"Lyrics
11 Wartime freedom. The Story of American Freedom 219-47.
13 Wartime ads.One page analysis of a magazine ad due.
Also check out this collection of posters WWII Posters
14 Dinner: Valhalla 5:30-7:00 pm. Interim presentations.
Thursday film: ?A Soldier?s Story? Holland 501 7:00pm 1 hr. 42 min.
15 African Americans & the war. A Different Mirror 378-99.
18 Farewell to Manzanar (1-94) Look at Internment
20 Farewell to Manzanar. 94-end.
Thursday film: ?Zoot Suit? Holland 501 7:00pm 1 hr. 44 min.
22 ?Atomic Cafe? (In class video) Fiftiesweb
25 ?Duck & Cover.? (short video) The Story of American Freedom 249-73.
27 Presentations: Elvis; Chuck Berry & Af-Am R&R; American Bandstand. Elvis
Thursday film: ?American Graffiti? Holland 501 7:00pm 1 hr. 42 min.
MARCH
1 Presentations: The black list; teen movies; sitcoms. 3 page paper due.
4 ?The Montgomery Bus Boycott? My Soul is Rested 37-74. Eyes on the Prize clips.
6 ?Birmingham? My Soul is Rested 139-85. Eyes on the Prize clips.
Thursday film: ?Malcolm X? Holland 501 7:00pm 3 hr. 20 min.
8 ?Freedom Summer? My Soul is Rested 273-290. Eyes on the Prize clips.
11 Loose Change 1-95. Berkeley in the 60?s. Free Speech Movement. Video clips. Some 60?s websites: Free Speech Movement ; Port Huron Statement l; The 60?s project
13 Loose Change 99-230. Vietnam Protests
14 Dinner: Valhalla 5:30-7:00 pm
Thursday film: ?The Graduate? Holland 501 7:00pm 1 hr. 46 min. A 90?s review of The Graduate
15 Loose Change 231-end
18 60?s multimedia presentations.
20 60?s multimedia presentations.
Thursday film: ?Woodstock? Holland 501 7:00pm 90 min.
22 60?s multimedia presentations.
Spring Break
APRIL
3 Black Power Movement. ?Black Panther Platform? Black Panther Platform ; The FBI & the Panthers
Thursday film: ?Do The Right Thing? Holland 501 7:00pm 2hrs. 5 min.
5 Alice Walker, ?Everyday Use?/ ?womanism? (photocopies). Nikki Giovanni.
8.The Things They Carried 1-123.
10 The Things They Carried 124-246.
Thursday film: ?The War at Home? Holland 501 7:00pm 2 hrs.
12 Adrienne Rich
15 Adrienne Rich
Tuesday lecture: Michael Kimmel, ?Masculinity in America? 7-9 pm.
17 Aldo Leopold, ?from A Sand County Almanac?; Wallace Stegner, ?Coda: Wilderness Letter?; William Cronon, ?The Trouble With Wilderness.? photocopies. 3 page paper due.
19 Monkey Wrench Gang. 1-139.
22 Monkey Wrench Gang, 139-311.
Earth Day Event
24 Monkey Wrench Gang, 311-421. Environmentalism Presentations: Earth First.
Thursday film: tba. Holland 501 7:00pm .
26 Rachel Carson; Sierra Club; Earth Day/Endangered Species Act/Wilderness Act
29 Exxon Valdez, Love Canal.
MAY
1 Learning From Las Vegas 3-83.
Thursday film: tba. Holland 501 7:00pm .
3 Learning From Las Vegas 83-end
6 Malls. Guest speaker Jim Farrell.
8 Yuppies. The Story of American Freedom 307-32.
9 Dinner: Valhalla 5:30-7:00 pm
Thursday film: ?Reality Bites? Holland 501 7:00pm 1 hr 39 min..
10 The American Conversations Museum presentations. One paragraph abstract due w/object.
13 The American Conversations Museum presentations. One paragraph abstract due w/object.
15 Goodbyes. American Conversations Museum. 5-7 page paper due.
Required Texts
Abbey, Edward. The Monkey Wrench Gang. Harper Perennial.
Davidson, Sara. Loose Change. University of California P.
Foner, Eric. The Story of American Freedom. Norton.
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki. Farewell to Manzanar. Bantam.
Raines, Howell. My Soul is Rested. Viking.
Rich, Adrienne. The Fact of a Doorframe. Norton.
Takaki, Ronald. A Different Mirror. Little, Brown.
Venturi, Robert. Learning from Las Vegas. MIT P.
Course Requirements
1. Attendance, preparation and participation. You are expected to attend every meeting of American Conversations 202 with the assigned reading completed. Please let us know in advance (if possible) if you will miss a class and arrange to make up the missed work, including in-class writing. We will work together and in small groups. Participation in small group discussion is important. Come prepared . We need every voice, every question, every unfolding thought!
2.Oral presentations and essays:
February 13: Magazine Assignment. Advertisement & one page commentary.
February 25-March 1: Group presentations on 1950s culture.
March 4: 1950s culture essay. Three pages.
March 18-22: Multimedia presentations on the 1960s.
April 17: Literature analysis essay. Three pages.
April 24-29: Environmentalism presentations.
May 1: Meditation on three environmental questions due. Two-Three pages.
May 10-13. American Conversations Museum object and one page abstract due.
May 15: American Conversations Museum Object Analysis essay due. Five-Seven pages.
3. Five informal film responses. Posted on WebCt.
4. Daily Class Recorder. Posted on WebCt.
5. You must complete all of the assigned work to pass the course.
Other Business
1. Beyond the Classroom postings on WebCt. continue for extra credit.
2. We will have fewer scheduled dinners; therefore, your attendance at and participation in dinner conversation or activities becomes more important.
