{"id":114,"date":"2013-11-08T13:10:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T13:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/hi460\/?p=114"},"modified":"2015-12-31T18:35:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T18:35:58","slug":"unit-4-focus-on-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/hi460\/unit-4-focus-on-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 4: Focus on Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

This unit is all about scholarly argument, storytelling, and polishing your writing – which is appropriate given you are now in revision mode. Remember you have 25 days<\/strong> from handing in your final draft to handing in a revised draft. As we turn to some of the scholarship and sources around McCarthyism – a key part of the 1950s, and one that (as it turns out) no one is directly addressing in their research – pay particular attention to technique, method and writing style.<\/p>\n

\"\"Our first major reading is an entire monograph* written by Thomas Doherty<\/a>, a media and cultural historian at Brandeis University with whom I worked closely during my graduate studies. His book, Cold War, Cool Medium<\/em> looks at television during the McCarthy era. Read not just for the content<\/span> but for how Doherty constructs his argument, how he uses evidence, and what writerly techniques he uses to tell this compelling story.<\/p>\n

Mon 11\/11<\/strong> – No classes, Veteran’s Day
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\nWed 11\/13<\/strong> Read up to page 160 (chapters 1-7). Bring discussion questions and mark some passages you think are particularly good examples of a) ARGUMENT and b) NARRATIVE<\/p>\n

Mon 11\/18<\/strong> Read through the end of the book and bring discussion questions and relevant marked passages. Revised CV is due<\/strong> back in class.<\/p>\n

Video links:<\/strong>
\nPoint of Order<\/a> (full documentary)
\nMurrow’s soliloquy at the end of March 9, 1954 See it Now<\/a>
\nFull transcript of the 3\/9\/1954 episode<\/a>
\nThe entire episode of McCarthy’s filmed reply, April 6, 1954 See it Now<\/a> (note CBS has mis-labeled this as the March 9 telecast, which it’s obviously not)
\nAudio & transcript of Murrow’s part of the April 13, 1954 See it Now<\/a>
\nPS – not video, but here’s an online exhibit about Murrow and McCarthy<\/a> with some pertinent primary documents from Tufts<\/p>\n

We will have individual writing conferences during the week of 11\/18, alongside our regular class meetings.<\/p>\n

Wed 11\/20<\/strong> “A Conspiracy So Immense…” – we’ll take a closer look at McCarthy himself with a dive into his declassified & redacted FBI file<\/a> (it’s long, so read selectively). J7 is due<\/strong> = a book review of Cold War, Cool Medium<\/em> in 750 words (use Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History<\/em> pp. 36-37 and Storey, Writing History<\/em> pp. 6-7 as your guides for how to write a book review).<\/p>\n

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Mon 11\/25 <\/strong>HUAC and the Hollywood Ten. Reading: Waldorf Statement<\/a> + Eckstein, “Hollywood Ten”<\/a> (PDF). By this point you should have read up through Storey’s Chapter 9, incorporating his advice into your writing and revision.<\/p>\n

Wed 11\/27<\/strong> – No class, Thanksgiving holiday<\/em><\/p>\n

Mon 12\/2 Revised Draft is due<\/strong> back by classtime, sent electronically as a Word or PDF document<\/strong><\/span>. Film Day: screening of On the Waterfront<\/em>, which deals indirectly with McCarthyism and blacklisting and which won 8 Oscars in 1954 (including Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, and Screenplay).<\/p>\n

Wed 12\/4<\/strong> – by mutual agreement this will be a History Portfolio workshop in class, please bring laptops with you. <\/p>\n

Mon 12\/9<\/strong> Last day of class. Course wrap-up. Reading: Eisenhower’s “Farewell Address” 1961 (read it here<\/a>; watch it here<\/a>). Due by classtime: Proposal abstract for the Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity AND re-take the Research self-test<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

All parts of the portfolio are due by Friday, Dec 13th.<\/strong><\/p>\n

*a monograph is a book-length work of narrative scholarship published (usually) by a university press. Monographs are the lingua franca<\/em> of historical publishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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