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The Way We Were (Or Not)<\/h2>\n

Readings and reminders for our first unit:<\/p>\n

Mon 9\/11 Roots of Change – Before the Fifties (Dunar Ch 1)<\/p>\n

Wed 9\/13 Fair Deal and “News of the Fifties (Dunar Ch 2) – see the Newspaper<\/a> tab<\/p>\n

Fri 9\/15 The Luckiest Generation (Hine, “Luckiest Generation” PDF on Blackbo<\/a>ard)<\/p>\n

Links from today’s class:
\n“Family Date” instructional film<\/a> (1950)
\n“Two Ford Family”<\/a> commercial
\nBetty Crocker cake mix<\/a> commercial
\nOpening scene of “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit”<\/a> (1955) – fantastic movie, by the way
\n“I Love Lucy” Season 2, Episode 4<\/a> (job switching episode)
\nA look at some exceptional 1950s recipes<\/a> <\/p>\n

Mon 9\/18 Wikipedia Workshop. Bring your laptops, and ahead of time take a look at this Wikipedia entry<\/a> on the US in the 1950s<\/p>\n

Wed 9\/20 The Nostalgia Trap (Coontz, “What We Miss” PDF on Blackboard)<\/p>\n

Fri 9\/22 The Postwar War (Dunar Ch 3). H-Lab #1 on the Wikipedia entry is due in class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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