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An American Studies: Media

A repository for the texts :: audio/video/photo :: we analyze in American Studies.

The Civil War Presentation

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The Quasi-War Presentation

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Perilous Groups

NOTE: Group leaders are italicized.

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The FIRST Amendment

Free Speech Opinion Survey from Spiro Bolos
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Texts

This is the list we generated in the classroom.

Download AS_Texts.docx

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"History Under Construction"

Please read in preparation for the final exam (download, print & annotate = highly recommended):

Download History_Under_Construction_in_Florida_-_New_York_Times.pdf

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TV Tokenism

Is it possible to use network television dramas to measure racial progress in America?

TV Tokenism from Spiro Bolos
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The PIC is...

The Prison Industrial Complex from Spiro Bolos
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The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow from Spiro Bolos
Download ACLU_Life_Without_Parole_Nonviolent_Offenses.pdf
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What is the Prison-Industrial Complex?

Start here with an annotated version/excerpt of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961):


From the film, Why We Fight.

And then watch Billy Dee's interpretation:

The Prison Industrial Complex from Spiro Bolos on Vimeo.

Zine illustrated and designed by Billy Dee. Music by Loscil. 

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An American Studies: MEDIA

The companion site to An American Studies, a weblog authored by two teachers from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois: Spiro Bolos (Social Studies) and John S. O'Connor (English).


NOTE: The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of New Trier High School as an institution.
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