(25) Tues 4/20 The New Deal(s) – class cancelled – we will discuss these readings on Thursday
Reading: GML 21 (756-775) “The First New Deal,†“The Grassroots Revolt†and “The Second New Dealâ€
In-class link: FDR’s Inaugural Address 1932, “If FDR Had Done Nothing” (NPR Planet Money podcast – 11 minutes long), Huey Long in the 1930s, Remembering the Kingfish
(26) Thurs 4/22 Limits of the New Deal + Tuesday’s bumped readings
Reading: GML 21 (776-795) “A Reckoning with Liberty,†“The Limits of Change†and “A New Conception of Americaâ€
Mini-Lab #4 is due in class (“Listening In”)
Links for the Mini-Lab #4:
Option 1: Jazz
http://www.redhotjazz.com
Option 2: Radio’s Golden Age
One day on radio (21 Sept 1939) http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Radio/day/radio.html
Old Time Radio http://www.archive.org/details/oldtimeradio
OTR(dot)net http://www.otr.net
Mercury Theater of the Air http://www.mercurytheatre.info/