COURSE+MODULES


 * COURSE MODULES**

Modules for **POLI 300 Fall 2010**

Chapter References are from Halberstam's //The Fifties//.

Concentrate on people, places, and events

Reactions following each class: Take one specific chapter of Halberstam and the associated weblinks

Overview material:

a. David Halberstam (Wikipedia) []

b. 1948 Presidential Election []


 * COLD WAR MODULE**

28 September Tuesday 30 September Thursday
 * Week #4**

Yalta Conference (Wikipedia) [] Dean Acheson []
 * Chapter 1** (3-19) Franklin D. Roosevelt; Yalta

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 * Chapter 2** (20-48) From A-Bomb to H-Bomb


 * Chapter 24** (330-358) H-Bomb: Oppenheimer, Teller

J. Robert Oppenheimer (Wikipedia) [] Edward Teller (Wikipedia) [] Race for the Superbomb [] Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer []


 * Chapter 6** (87-100) H-Bomb


 * Chapter 3** (49-61) Senator Joseph McCarthy

McCarthyism (Wikipedia) [] Joseph McCarthy (Wikipedia) [] Whittaker Chambers (Wikipedia) [] Alger Hiss (Wikipedia) [] Army-McCarthy hearings (Wikipedia) [] Hollywood blacklist (Wikipedia) [] House Un-American Activities Committee (Wikipedia) [] J.Edgar Hoover [] Mickey Spillane (Wikipedia) [] John S. Service (Wikipedia) [] Klaus Fuchs (Wikipedia( [] Elia Kazan (Wikipedia) []


 * KOREAN WAR MODULE**

5 October Tuesday 7 October Thursday
 * Week #5**



Korean War (Wikipedia) [] Syngman Rhee (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 4** (62-77) Korean War: initial stages


 * Chapter 5** (78-86) General Douglas MacArthur

MacArthur (General Douglas MacArthur) [] Douglas MacArthur (Wikipedia) []


 * Chapter 7** (101-115) Korean War: Chinese entry; MacArthur replaced

1) Korea: 25 June 1950 attack; why was North Korea initially so successful? Could they do it again? Kim Il-Sung (Wikipedia) [] T-34 (Wikipedia) [] Task Force Smith (Wikipedia) []

2) Pusan perimeter: What does it mean to compare this situation to an "Asian Dunkirk"/ Battle of Pusan Perimeter (Wikipedia) []

3) Inchon invasion: How would you have felt to be on it, or have a relative on it? Incheon (Wikipedia)

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4) U.S. push to the Yalu River and consequences of that decision. How would you have felt being there? Battle of Chosin Reservoir (Wikipedia) []

5) Clashes between President Truman and General MacArthur. Was Truman right to relieve MacArthur of command? [] Matthew Ridgway (Wikipedia) []


 * AUTOMOBILE CULTURE MODULE**

12 October Tuesday Chapter 8
 * Week #6**

14 October Thursday Chapter 32 Chapter 42

Let's take a look at your reactions on the Korean War from our class last Thursday.

A. Great blog post about writing: []

B. Who are the key people in the General Motors story told by Halberstam?

What is the national and international context?

What can we learn about being an executive in a large corporation.

The notion of "corporate culture" is a key to the analysis of General Motors.

C. David Halberstam wrote an important book about the auto industry: //The Reckoning//. []


 * Chapter 8** (116-130) General Motors; automobile craze


 * Chapter 32** (487-495) General Motors: Chevrolet, Ed Cole


 * Chapter 42** (629-642) Competitors to General Motors


 * SUBURBIA MODULE**

19 October Tuesday Chapter 9: Levittown Chapter 10: Korvette's
 * Week #7**

21 October Thursday Chapter 11: McDonald's Chapter 12: Holiday Inn


 * Chapter 9** (131-143) Levittown; suburbia

William Levitt (Wikipedia) [] Suburb (Wikipedia) [] Levittown An Ideal American Suburb [|http://tigger.uic.edu/~pbhales/Levittown/] Pete Seeger song makes fun of these suburbs YouTube - Little Boxes []

E. J. Korvette (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 10** (144-154) Korvette's; discount stores

Dick and Mac McDonald (Wikipedia) [] Ray Kroc (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 11** (155-172) McDonald's; Ray Kroc; drive-in culture

Holiday Inn (Wikipedia) []. Kemmons Wilson (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 12** (173-179) Holiday Inns; motels


 * TELEVISION IN POLITICS MODULE**

26 October Tuesday Chapter 14: Estes Kefauver Chapter 16: 1952 presidential election Chapter 17: Use of Television in 1952 election
 * Week #8**

28 October Thursday Chapter 18: Eisenhower Chapter 23: Nixon

Help students understand big tent aspect of political parties Wings of parties: domestic and foreign policy

Estes Kefauver (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 14** (188-194) Television in politics; Estes Kefauver


 * Chapter 16** (203-223) 1952 presidential election: candidates

1952 Presidential Election [] Thomas E. Dewey (Wikipedia) [] Robert R. McCormick (Wikipedia) [] Robert Taft (Wikipedia) [] Henry Luce (Wikipedia) [] Life (magazine) (Wikipedia) [] Adlai Stevenson []

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 * Chapter 17** (224-242) Use of television in 1952 election

Go to the following website and click on the thumbnails at the bottom to watch the commercials from the 1952 U.S. presidential election. []

1956 presidential election []

Go to this website and click on the thumbnails at the bottom to watch the commercials from both the Republican and Democratic candidates for the 1956 U.S. presidential election: Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. []

Rosser Reeves (Wikipedia) [] The 30 Second Candidate (Rosser Reeves collection)

[] Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 18** (243-253) Dwight D. Eisenhower's background

Richard Nixon (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 23** (311-329) Richard Nixon's background


 * SOCIAL TRENDS MODULE**

2 November Tuesday Billy Graham Chapter 39: Betty Friedan Chapter 35: Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
 * Week #9**

4 November Thursday Chapter 20: Kinsey Chapter 21: Sanger Chapter 37: Monroe~Hefner Chapter 38: Grace Metalious

Halberstam does not cover religious revivals, but we will. 1. Billy Graham (Wikipedia) []

2. Billy Graham's 1957 New York City Crusade website Home page has 20 sections to choose from. Each section has several exhibits. []

Betty Friedan (Wikipedia) [] The Feminine Mystique (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 39** (587-598) Women's Roles; Betty Friedan

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 35** (521-536) Social critics; Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

[] Alfred Kinsey (Wikipedia) [] Kinsey Reports (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 20** (272-281) Kinsey Reports

Margaret Sanger (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 21** (282-294) Birth control; Margaret Sanger

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 * Chapter 40** (599-606) The "Pill"

Marilyn Monroe (Wikipedia) [] Marilyn Monroe obit NYT [] Hugh Hefner (Wikipedia) [] Barbie (Wikipedia) [] Happy Birthday, Barbie NYT []
 * Chapter 37** (564-576) Marilyn Monroe; Hugh Hefner

Grace Metalious (Wikipedia) [] Peyton Place (novel) (Wikipedia) [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Place_(novel]
 * Chapter 38** (577-586) Peyton Place: Grace Metalious


 * TELEVISION SITCOMS MODULE**

9 November Tuesday Chapter 31: Elvis Presley
 * Week #10**

11 November Thursday Chapter 15: Lucille Ball Chapter 34: Ozzie and Harriet Chapter 43: Quiz shows

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 * Chapter 31** (456-486) Rock and Roll: Elvis Presley; James Dean

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Elvis Presley (Wikipedia) [] Elvis Presley obit NYT [] Elvis Presley []

Dewey Phillips (Wikipedia) [] Sam Phillips (Wikipedia) []

Ed Sullivan (Wikipedia) [] Ed Sullivan obit NYT []

Steve Allen (Wikipedia) []

James Dean (Wikipedia) [] Rebel Without a Cause (Wikipedia) [] East of Eden (film) (Wikipedia) [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_of_Eden_(1955_film])

Marlon Brando (Wikipedia) []

Beat Generation (Wikipedia) []

Milton Berle (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 13** (180-187) Decline of radio; rise of television; Milton Berle

Lucille Ball (Wikipedia) [] Desi Arnaz [] YouTube - I Love Lucy episodes []
 * Chapter 15** (195-202) Television: Lucille Ball

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (Wikipedia) [] Ozzie Nelson (Wikipedia) [] Harriet Nelson (Wikipedia) [] Ricky Nelson (Wikipedia) [] Leave It to Beaver (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 34** (508-520) TV sitcoms: Ozzie and Harriet

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 * Chapter 43** (643-666) Quiz shows: Charles Van Doren

Charles Van Doren (Wikipedia) [] Charles Van Doren Publicly Confesses to Deceiving (GMU) [] Twenty One (game show) (Wikipedia) [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_One_(game_show])

Herb Stempel (Wikipedia) [] Stempel Exposes 1950s Television Quiz Show (GMU) []

Remembering the 50s. This website has all of the hit songs from the 1950s [] a. Those Fabulous Fifties Movies b. Those Fabulous Fifties TV Shows c. Songs. Plus your own choices from []

The Fifties Web: Check out the following in particular 1. Slang. Four different pages: A-B, C-F, G-M, N-Z [] 2. Women's Fashion: Various subheadings on the left sidebar []

Disneyland in the 1950s Disneyland [] yesterland Disneyland in 1955 []


 * CIVIL RIGHTS MODULE**

16 November Tuesday Chapter 28: Brown v. Board of Education Chapter 29: Emmet Till
 * Week #11**

18 November Thursday Chapter 36: Montgomery Bus Boycott Chapter 44: Little Rock High School

Earl Warren (Wikipedia) [] Brown v Board of Education (NA) []
 * Chapter 28** (411-428) Sup. Ct: Earl Warren; Brown v. Bd. of Education

Emmett Till (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 29** (429-441) Emmett Till: death in Mississippi

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Cotton picker (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 30** (442-455) Black migration to North; mechanical cotton picker

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 * Chapter 36** (539-563) Montgomery: Rosa Parks; Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Eyes on the Prize []

Citizen Martin Luther King []

Little Rock Nine (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 44** (667-698) Little Rock High School


 * RESEARCH AND WRITING MODULE**


 * Week #12**

23 November Tuesday (virtual class) Work your way through the material on both of these wiki pages.

Do your reaction based on what key items you learned and what you intend to do with what you learned.

http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Research http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Blog+Posts+for+Writers


 * 25 November Thursday (Thanksgiving)**


 * FOREIGN POLICY MODULE**

30 November Tuesday Chapter 25: Iran
 * Week #13**

2 December Thursday Chapter 26: Guatemala Chapter 27: French Indochina

1953 Iranian coup d'état (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 25** (359-369) Iran: role of CIA

Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. (Wikipedia) []. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Wikipedia) [] Mohammed Mosaddeq (Wikipedia) []

YouTube - Operation Ajax - Iran and the CIA coup (1-2) [] YouTube - Operation Ajax - Iran and the CIA coup (2-2) []

1954 Guatemalan coup d'état (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 26** (370-388) Guatemala: CIA; United Fruit; Dulles brothers

Persons mentioned in the chapter: [] [] [] [] [] []

First Indochina War (Wikipedia) [] Battle of Dien Bien Phu (Wikipedia) [] John Foster Dulles (Wikipedia) []
 * Chapter 27** (389-410) French Indochina: events leading up to Dienbienphu


 * FOREIGN POLICY MODULE**

7 December Tuesday Chapter 41: Space program; Sputnik Chapter 45: U-2; Francis Gary Powers
 * Week #14**

9 December Thursday Chapter 46: Cuba

Sputnik [] YouTube - Sputnik, 1st Space Satellite Launched by Soviets 1957-10-7 []
 * Chapter 41** (607-628) Space program; Von Braun; Sputnik

YouTube - Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun [] Wernher von Braun (Wikipedia) []

1960 U-2 incident (Wikipedia) [] Francis Gary Powers (Wikipedia) [] YouTube - U-2 Spy Trial, Ike Hits Powers Case Exploitation By Reds 1960-8-18 [] YouTube - Khrushchev on Gary Powers Spy Incident 1960-5-9 []
 * Chapter 45** (699-712) Ike's problems; U-2 shot down; Francis Gary Powers

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 * Chapter 46** (713-733) Cuba: Castro takes power; U.S. response

Fidel Castro (Wikipedia) [] Fulgencio Batista (Wikipedia) [] Cuban Revolution (Wikipedia) []