Seminar 3 – Depression, New Deal, WWII (2/23 – 3/13)
by Dr. H - March 3rd, 2017
In our last seminar, we explored cultural and intellectual tensions in the 1920s (“who belongs as an American?” “is modern life making society better or worse?” “what does ‘modernity’ mean?”). By the end of the 1920s, a deep economic depression had profoundly altered life for everyday Americans and led to permanent changes in the relationship of the government to the economy and to its citizens. In this unit, we examine the period from the Great Depression through the 1930s and ending with the Second World War.
A family of Dust Bowl migrants making their way West in the 1930s
Monday, Feb 27: Reading is GML pp. 631-655 i.e. the Depression and New Deal, i.e. the economic and political crisis of the late 1920s/early 1930s.
Wednesday, Mar 1: Reading is the remainder of GML Ch 21, i.e. diverse cultural and intellectual and artistic expressions of the 1930s. (See the post below for links we used in class). Seminar 3 question will be handed out.
Monday, Mar 6: The US gets drawn into another World War, declaring itself the champion of “four freedoms.” Reading is GML Ch 22. Exam 2 Study Guide will be handed out.
Wednesday, Mar 8: Seminar #3, on the documents in WWL 10-11 and the Voices of Freedom from GML Chapters 21-22. Seminar 3 paper is due as your entrance ticket to the discussion.
Link: “It’s Everybody’s War (1945)”
Monday, Mar 13: Exam #2. As before, please bring pens/pencils of your choice. You may bring 1 sheet of 8.5×11″ paper with anything on it, front and/or back. No other devices, books or notes may be used during the exam. Also, complete the second Constitutions module by midnight (remember, it has 2 parts: Quiz and Response on Blackboard’s Constitutions Learning Journal)
