Wednesday, March 25, 2009

WWII

Use the following questions to guide your response to the Looney Toons and Walt Disney cartoons posted below (you should watch at least 2 cartoons):

How is WWII portrayed in these cartoons? What can you glean about America's view of war, peace, Hitler, the NAZI party, and the Japanese? What symbols, analogies, and/or metaphors did you notice? What do these cartoon tell you about American popular culture of the time?

Please include specific, relevant, and factual information in your response.

Your post is due Sunday, March 30 by 9:00pm.





Wednesday, March 18, 2009

FDR and the New Deal

Analyze the ways in which the Great Depression changed the American social fabric in the 1930s. Be sure to cite specific examples from your reading and notes.

Your post is due by 9:00pm Sunday, March 22.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Politics of Boom and Bust

Historians have not looked too kindly on the presidents of the 1920s, usually judging them as mediocre. Do you agree with this evaluation of their performance? Explain using specific, factual examples from your readings and notes.

Post is due by 9:00pm Sunday, March 15.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

1920s Clash of Cultures

For this post, you will be discussing the juxtaposition of traditional America with the new, liberal ideas of the 1920s. Looking at your assigned topic (topics listed below), examine the photographs, cartoons, diagrams, and documents on the following site:

Clash of Cultures Homepage

What do these photographs, cartoons, diagrams and documents reveal about your topic? How are traditional ideas changing? How are these changes manifested in your topic? What resistance/opposition was there to these changes? Please cite specific documents in your response.

Topics:

1- Prohibition
2- The Scopes Trial
3- The New Woman
4- Anti-Immigration and the KKK

Your post is due by 9:00pm Sunday, March 8.