2nd Semester Texts

The Great Gatsby

Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

People Like Us

“The Golden Shovel”

“TV Tokenism” (lect)

“TV Tokenism” (student-led)

“Social Class Stations” (film)

Kenilworth student video

Suburban Comparisons

“The Big Ditch”

Virginia & Kentucky (PPT)

Citizen Kane

Kenilworth Water Dept (PPT)

Jamestowne Muster of 1624/25

The New Jim Crow (PPT) + excerpt

Prison-Industrial Complex

Reconstruction Proposals

BLOGs

Alabama Literacy Test

Norman Rockwell paintings (CRM): “Moving Day” + 1

Kaluna in Frogtown

Factors Influencing Family Wealth (inventory)

Junior Theme (and enclosing texts)

Glory by Ed Zwick?

The Kentucky Cycle

Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty!

8 Factors Correlated with Test Scores

“Down & Out in Orange County”

Reconstruction Primary Source Packet

“The Soiling of Old Glory” by Stanley Forman

The Soiling of Old Glory by Louis Masur

Obama Ancestry article

Gordon Park, “Segregation Series” (photos)

“Enlightenment” by Natasha Trethaway

CNN & Wolf Blitzer, “Cannibalism in Jamestown”

Google Street View of Unincorporated DuPage County (Wheaton Ridge subdivision)

Emily Garcia & Oscar Wao

“Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement” - PPT & VT

Eyes on the Prize

The Great Gatsby IMAGE SEARCH

Code-switching essay

Gatsby ads

Google Map of Jamestown, Va.

...AND MORE!!

On the Clock: A (Brief) History of (American) Time

A kind of mini- Junior Theme. Click HERE to listen.

Lithograph, 1918. (Library of Congress)

Lithograph, 1918. (Library of Congress)

In 1883, the a coalition of railroad officials carved the continental U.S. into five time zones, introducing Americans to the idea of “standard time.” Twenty five years later, the revolutionary idea was codified into law, with the 1918 Standard Time Act.

In this episode, we’ll look at the changing ways Americans have experienced the 24-hour day — from pre-industrial times right on up through today’s era of time-shifted media. We’ll explore the impact of those powerful Gilded Age railroads, and look the role of economic forces in shaping America’s relationship with the clock.  We’ll also explore how people have experienced the rhythm of night and day — and why the advent of electric lighting changed that rhythm forever. Finally, is unlimited time always a good thing?  We take a loving look at basketball’s shot clock.

 

 

Guests Include: 

  • Roger Ekirch, Virginia Tech, on 19th century Americans’ changing relationship with night
  • Michael O’Malley, George Mason University, on how Gilded Age railroad officials standardized time across the country

Further Exploration

Have a look at our list of outside sources, and check out a rundown of the works we consulted while making this show. If you have enough time, that is.

Even More

Read the listener discussion that helped to shape the show.

Check out the music used in this show. [Available Monday.]

 

     

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