Class Materials for March 27, 2014 The Patriot Movement

Today we'll be looking at how this

became this

and this

became this

and this

became this.

Some stops along the way include this guy, Sen. Joseph McCarthy,

 this group

and how to live after the bomb.

A few moments before the country changed forever.

Did the bullet do this?

Or this?

Also questions, like did this

lead to this

There's also books, like this guide on how to overthrow a government.

Or this odd book,

Is responsible for this TV show.

and what do you make of this?

Here are the notes for this lesson.

And a friendly reminder

Class for March 20, 2014 Patriotism

This is a patriotic landscape

This is not.

Here are some more patriotic landscapes

And a couple more non-patriotic landscapes.

Some more symbols of patriotism.

The flag.

An eagle.

The Declaration of Independence.

The Constitution.

The Liberty Bell.

The Capitol Building

The White House

The Lincoln Memorial

 The Statue of Liberty

Columbia

and of course, Uncle Sam

For most children every school day begins with the pledge of allegiance.

Here are some videos of the pledge in action.

In elementary school.

In middle school.

In high school (not lack of enthusiasm).

A tv comedian explains (1969)

America also has more patriotic songs than most countries. Here's a small selection.

The Star Spangled Banner

My Country Tis Of Thee

Hail To The Chief

Hail Columbia

America the Beautiful

God Bless America

God Bless the USA

Here's a link with notes.

Here's a link with lyrics to the songs.

I'm exhausted.....

Class for March 13, 2014 - American Indians, then and (especially) today

Thousands of years ago, people migrated across the Bering land bridge

And eventually settled all across both Americas, divided into various 'culture areas'

 speaking many languages

Then Europeans arrived 

and things didn't go to well

but they worse for the Indians.

This is a map of the atrocities committed against Indians in one town

(the atrocities are in blue)

Nowadays many people think of this when they here the words Native American

or this

But the modern reality is more like this

or this.

or this.

Now many tribes make income from selling tax free cigarettes

or gambling.

Here are the notes.

And here are some interesting links:

An article on migration from Asia to the Americas.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/07/11/one-big-migration-spawned-most-but-not-all-indigenous-americans/

Some music.

Zuni Rain Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEtwKC_Pnkg

Lakota Flute Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rmg7RIYho0

Lakota Lullaby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pg-11hPWT0

Apache Mountain Spirit Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3EQcKzw8Mc

Athapaskan fiddle music (might be from Ireland)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4kTKS7Brbc

Inuit Throat Singing (trust me, you haven't heard anything like this before)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnGM0BlA95I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbg6BltCr-g

Documentaries

On the trail of tears (Cherokee perspective)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LSkfmCj8Jg

Seminole wars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dQvqlC3EuA

Florida Seminoles (from 1949)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hInu4W_uD5M

Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wg1tdFiXho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOHLEH-nRN8

Expelling members from tribes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVe3i6kte0

Radio show on the same topic (very good)

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/491/tribes?act=1#play

A movie (unfortunately dubbed into English - the original was in French)

Black Robe (best movie on early contact yet made)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns-lEr116z0

Class for March 06, 2014

Wednesday morning, I'm going somewhere*

And so no class this week.

Back to normal next week....

*extra credit to anyone who can identify any of the pop references in the photos

Office hours for the week of February 17-21, 2014

My office hours this week are as follows (nb either be in 209 or there will be a note there saying where I am)

Tuesday, February 18, 12.00-13.00

Thurday, February 20, 12.00-13.00

or by appointment (write me an email and we'll figure something out).

See you in class next week!

Office hours for the week of February 10-14, 2014

My office hours this week are as follows (nb either be in 209 or there will be a note there saying where I am)

Tuesday, February 11, 11.00-14.00

Wednesday, February 12, 11.00-13.00

or by appointment (write me an email and we'll figure something out).

Office hours for February 03-07, 2014

Sorry for not getting this onto the blog sooner, but I had very important business to attend to.

Anyhoo, my office hours this week are as follows (nb either be in 209 or there will be a note there saying where I am)

Tuesday, February 4, 12.30-13.30
Thursday, February 6, 14.00-15.00

or by appointment (write me an email and we'll figure something out).

Office hours next week will be announced by Sunday on this very blog.