Watch the entire video below. It might help you with first assessment...[sound UP]
And make sure you mind these:
America in our Time: The Consensus
What are the consensus assumptions of your parents' generation ("GenX")? Try to frame this list in the most positive way possible. What ideas about America did your parents grow up believing were true, even if more recently they have started to doubt some of those assumptions? Both you and they should practice empathy: even if your parents no longer support a particular assumption strongly, perhaps the majority of Americans (in power) still do? For example, what were your parents told regarding the practice of recycling?
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Featured Theme Song: "We Belong Together" by Vampire Weekend
Lyrics
We go together like sound and sight
Black and white, day and night
We go together like left and right
Oh, we go together
We go together like give and take
Pains and aches, real and fake
We go together, don't be opaque
It's clear we go together
Black and white, day and night
We go together like left and right
Oh, we go together
We go together like give and take
Pains and aches, real and fake
We go together, don't be opaque
It's clear we go together
We belong together
We belong together
Baby, there's no use in being clever
Baby, it don't mean we'll stay together
We belong together
Baby, there's no use in being clever
Baby, it don't mean we'll stay together
We go together like pots and pans
Surf and sand, bottles and cans
We go together like lions and lambs
Oh, we go together
We go together like Keats and Yeats
Bowls and plates, days and dates
We stay united like these old states
It's how we go together
Surf and sand, bottles and cans
We go together like lions and lambs
Oh, we go together
We go together like Keats and Yeats
Bowls and plates, days and dates
We stay united like these old states
It's how we go together
We belong together
We belong together
Baby, there's no use in being clever
Baby, it don't mean we'll stay together
We belong together
Baby, there's no use in being clever
Baby, it don't mean we'll stay together
Hallelujah, you're still mine
All I did was waste your time
If there is not some grand design
How'd this pair of stars align?
All I did was waste your time
If there is not some grand design
How'd this pair of stars align?
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Rostam Batmanglij / Ezra Koenig
Submissions: 4th Quarter Project
Please make sure you turn in your script (essay with citations) and bibliography on paper. Now click the appropriate link below to upload your video presentation (only if you are NOT using VoiceThread):
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Period 2 = "Just America"
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Period 5 = "Real America"
The images above are adapted from George Packer’s most recent book, Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal. His essay version is called, "The Four Americas" and originally appeared in The Atlantic.
From Blitzkrieg to the Bomb
What parallels do you notice between the current conflict in Ukraine and the start of WW II?
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Study guide:
Today's film:
Finally, have you ever heard of Stanislav Petrov? He is sometimes called "The Man Who Saved the World", but for some reason, his story has been neglected by both US and Russian historians. Read more about him here.
