Friday, April 11 and HW for Tuesday and Wednesday

Today in class we discussed the ways in which the United States was being tested on the homefront and whether it passed or failed those tests.

• To do so, we watched from 0:00-18:42 of The Century;The Homefront and filled out this notetaking guide as we watched.
• We then examined these war posters and these (make sure you scroll through both sets).  Then respond to these questions: Overall impressions-What are the messages of the posters (what are they trying to get Americans do do or think)?  How is the enemy being portrayed (what words, phrases, and images are being used to describe them)?
• Choose one that you are particularly struck by to examine in more detail.  Why did you pick this one?  What is its message?  What symbols are being used?  What is it saying about America or American values?  What connection does it have to the notion of the testing of America?

HW for Tuesday (Monday is Passover so for those of you celebrating the holiday, don't wait until Monday night to complete this)-do the first three sections (immigration, removal, internment) of this web activity.  Follow the instructions carefully.  We will finish the activity in class on Tuesday.

HW for Wednesday is to read and annotate this article (note, you need to be logged in with your dist113 account to view).  Make sure that you can identify who each of the following people were and what they did: FDR, Henry Morgenthau, Stephen Wise, John Pehle, Breckenridge Long, Cordell Hull, John McCloy.

(The assignment sheet and the tab above have been updated as well)