Rosewood

Here are the questions to respond to for Rosewood.

1. What were 2-3 economic causes for the violence in Rosewood and the South in general during Jim Crow? (Explain)

2. What were 2-3 political causes for the violence in Rosewood and the South in general during the Jim Crow Era?(Explain)

3. What were 2-3 social causes for the violence in Rosewood and the South in general during the Jim Crow Era?

4. Why do you think stories like Rosewood remain(ed) hidden in our study and discussion of US History for most people???


Respond to all 4 questions. 15 points.

Red Dawn

AP US History: RED DAWN Assignment

1. You are to choose 3 topics/themes you find portrayed in the movie and write a long paragraph (or multiple paragraphs) about the topic. For each topic do the following:
A. Identify the topic/theme and describe how it is portrayed in the movie.
B. Explain what perspective/point of view/ideology the director is trying to portray of the topic/theme and explain how they are doing it in the film.
C. Explain what type of impact the portrayal of this topic/theme might have on the average movie-goer in the mid-1980’s (not on you today, you are too sophisticated and analytical to be manipulated I hope!!!).

15 pts.

Dr. Strangelove

Here is your 15 Test Point SATIRE assignment.

Satire: Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity.

Dr. Strangelove is considered one of the finest satirical movies ever made. As you have seen it is a satire about some elements of the cold war and the US/Soviet response to different strategic realities of the nuclear age and 1950's circumstances.

Please identify 3 different topics that are satirized by Stanley Kubrick (director) in the movie. Please identify a scene and how it utilizes sarcasm, irony, or caustic wit to expose a specific real issue of the 1950/60's, in conclusion please explain the message that Kubrick is attempting to make about each topic.

Some possible topics you could look at; nuclear deterrence, MAD, pre-emption national security via nuclear arms build-up, cold war paranoia, civilian-military relations/control. (*You can use other topics if you prefer.)

This will be due the day after the movie is finished in class.

Scottsboro Cases

SCOTTSBORO Cases NAME: ________________________

1. What is required to make an event historically significant from a Historians point of view?

2. What were 3 aspects of the Scottsboro cases that make them historically significant? For each one explain why based on your answer to the first question.

3. How would you use these cases with a regular US History 11th grade class?

Review for Prez Test

Not a bad little review guide for the Prez Test that I found here. See if you like it! PREZ REVIEW