History 1301

PLEASE CHECK THE ATTCHMENT FOR QUESTION FOR EACH ASSIGNMENTS DISCUSSION QUESTION!!! 

Assignment #11 - Herstory and the Cult of True Womanhood

STEP #1 - WATCH - Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women

Please watch the following film on women and image in the popular mind.  How far have we really come from the Cult of True Womanhood?

https://youtu.be/Uy8yLaoWybk

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STEP #2 - READ - The Intimately Oppressed

Please read the chapter "The Intimately Oppressed" from Howard Zinn's book A People's History of the United States.

Please be prepared to discuss at least five things from this chapter you thought were interesting in Discussion Board.

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Step #3 - READ - The Cult of True Womanhood

Please Click on the following link to READ 

https://dcccd.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-12706445-dt-content-rid-36071858_1/courses/2017SP-HIST-1301-83421/2014FA-HIST-1301-81019_ImportedContent_20141113084118%281%29%281%29/Welter.CultTrueWomanhood.pdf

Please read the attached article above entitled, "The Cult of True Womanhood," by Barbara Welter.  Do these ideas surrounding the "ideal woman" still find there way into our society today?

Is anyone left out of this article?

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STEP #4 - COMPLETE THE DISCUSSION BOARD ASSIGNMENT 

For this Step Please look at the Assignment folder 11 at the attachment I have Screenshoot the question please answer all question. 

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Assignment #12 - The Civil War 

STEP #1 - WATCH - Ken Burns - The Civil War

Please Click on the link to watch the video

https://youtu.be/eWSf2L7QYoI?list=PL706BA6BC60A82105

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STEP #2 - READ - The Case for Reparations

Please read The Atlantic article, "The Case for Reparations," by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Click the link below to read 

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

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STEP #3 - READ - John Brown and Abraham Lincoln

From the book Lies My Teacher Told Me,  please read Chapter 6, "John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: The Invisibility of Antiracism in American History Textbooks."

Link to the book is below

http://www.ier.edu.vn/upload/product/tai-lieu-tham-khao-dao-tao-giao-vien-lich-su-va-day-hoc-lich-su-tai-hoa-ky-149754535413.pdf

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STEP #4 - COMPLETE THE DISCUSSION BOARD ASSIGNMENT

For this Step Please look at the Assignment folder 12 at the attachment I have Screenshoot the question please answer all question. 

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Assignment #13 - Reconstruction 

STEP #1 - WATCH - Birth of a Nation by DW Griffith

Take a look at this clip from the film Birth of a Nation.  What do you notice about how the African American Congressmen are portrayed in the film?  

(Bear in mind, this film is not meant to be taken as a comedy.  It was meant to be taken as an historical reenactment of what actually happened.  It was advertised as such.  

In reality, it is full of half-truths, misrepresentations and ugly stereotypes.)

Please Click the link to watch the video

https://youtu.be/R4v_yRFf4-Y

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STEP #2 - READ - Gone With the Wind

From the book Lies My Teacher Told Me,  please read Chapter 5, "Gone With the Wind."

http://www.ier.edu.vn/upload/product/tai-lieu-tham-khao-dao-tao-giao-vien-lich-su-va-day-hoc-lich-su-tai-hoa-ky-149754535413.pdf

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STEP #3 - READ - Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom

Please read the chapter, "Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom," found in Howard Zinn's book A People's History.

When thinking about what you have been taught in previous classes, does it in any way match what these readings on slavery and race have revealed to you?

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4. COMPLETE THE DISCUSSION BOARD ASSIGNMENT (CLICK FOR LINK)

For this Step Please look at the Assignment folder 13 at the attachment I have Screenshoot the question please answer all question. 

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Assignment #14 - Final Reading Assignment - To Be Included in Your Final 

1. READ -- Lies My Teacher Told Me

Please read chapters 12, "Why is History Taught Like This?" and 13, "What is the Result of Teaching History Like This?" from Loewen's book, Lies My Teacher Told Me.

There is no discussion board associated with this assignment.  Instead, this information is to be included in your final.

http://www.ier.edu.vn/upload/product/tai-lieu-tham-khao-dao-tao-giao-vien-lich-su-va-day-hoc-lich-su-tai-hoa-ky-149754535413.pdf

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Final Written Exercise 

PART 1: Final Written Exercise. (Click for Discussion Board Link)

YOUR 3-5 PAGE PAPER MUST BE SUBMITTED TO BOTH SAFEASSIGN AND THE DISCUSSION BOARD: 

Please look at the example paper for FINAL WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT> CLICK ON THE LINK TO VIEW THE EXAMPLE.

https://dcccd.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-12706467-dt-content-rid-36071859_1/courses/2017SP-HIST-1301-83421/2014FA-HIST-1301-81019_ImportedContent_20141113084118%281%29%281%29/Example%20Paper%203_1301.pdf