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PART I: FROM CIVIL WAR TO WORLD WAR, 1877-1950
September 27: Course Introduction
• Course Syllabus (PDF)
• The Maple Leaf Rag, by Scott Joplin (mp3)
• Gold Digger, by Kanye West (mp3)
September 29: "The Shame of the Cities" - The Gilded Age
• Handout (PDF)
• The Entertainer, by Scott Joplin (mp3)
• The Ghost Dance, by Cusco (mp3)
October 5: "Wizards of Oz" - The Progressives and The Populists
• Handout (PDF)
• The Farmer is the Man, by Pete Seeger (mp3)
• Cross of Gold, by William Jennings Bryan (mp3)
• The Wizard of Oz (Flash Video)
October 7: "The White Man's Burden" - America Becomes an Empire
• Handout (PDF)
• The Marine Corps Hymn, by John Phillip Sousa (mp3)
• Stars and Stripes Forever, by John Phillip Sousa (mp3)
• The Washington Post, by John Phillip Sousa (mp3)
October 12: "The War to End All Wars" - World War I
• Handout (PDF)
• It's a Long Way to Tipperary, by Mitch Miller (mp3)
• Johnny Comes Marching Home, by Mitch Miller (mp3)
• Verdun Soldiers (Flash Video)
• Verdun Dead (Flash Video)
October 14: "We Have Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself" - The Great Depression and the New Deal
• Handout (PDF)
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, by Al Jolson (mp3)
• Happy Days are Here Again, by Mitch Miller (mp3)
• The Jews & the Depression, by Charles Coughlin (mp3)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Flash Video)
October 19: "The Good War" - World War II from the Rise of Hitler to Operation TORCH
• Handout (PDF)
• This Is the Army, Mr. Jones, by Various Artists (mp3)
• Speech to the German People, by Adolf Hitler (mp3)
• Declaration of War, by Franklin D. Roosevelt (mp3)
October 21: "Rosie the Riveter" - World War II on the Homefront, and from TORCH to V-J Day
• Handout (PDF)
• Rosie the Riveter, by the U.S. Government (mp3)
• The Ballad of Ira Hayes, by Johnny Cash (mp3)
• Hitler is Dead, by the BBC (mp3)
• The Home Front (Flash Video)
October 26: "An Iron Curtain Has Fallen" - The Politics of the Cold War
• Handout (PDF)
• Commie Lies, by Janet Greene (mp3)
• Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb, by the Pilgrim
Travelers (mp3)
• Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop the Atom Bomb
on Me, by Charles Mingus (mp3)
• Duck and Cover (Flash Video)
October 28: "Invasion USA" - The Culture of the Cold War
• Handout (PDF)
• 99 Luftballoons, by Nena (mp3)
• We Didn't Start the Fire, by Billy Joel (mp3)
• South Park Duck and Cover (Flash Video)
• Dr. Strangelove (Flash Video)
PART II: MODERN AMERICA, 1950-2009
November 2: "Do You Believe in Miracles?" - Sports in America
• Handout (PDF)
• We Will Rock You, by Queen (mp3)
• US Hockey Wins the Gold (Flash Video)
• Women's Soccet Wins the World Cup (Flash Video)
• Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Line (Flash Video)
November 4: "The Boob Tube" - America in the Television Age
• Handout (PDF)
• Video Killed the Radio Star, by the Buggles (mp3)
• John Lennon Is Dead, by Howard Cosell (mp3)
• 1984 (Flash Video)
• Wassup! (Flash Video)
• Where's the Beef? (Flash Video)
• Daisy (Flash Video)
• Willie Horton (Flash Video)
• Bush Parody (Flash Video)
• McCarthy Trials (Flash Video)
• Barack Obama at the 2004 DNC (Flash Video)
November 9: "Swords into Frisbees" - The Rise of Consumer Culture
• Handout (PDF)
• The Chiquita Banana Song (mp3)
• The Dog Kids Love to Eat (mp3)
• Things Go Better with Coke (mp3)
• The San Francisco Treat (mp3)
• Parody Commercials (Flash Video)
November 11: No Class. Veterans' Day Holiday.
November 16: "The Devil's Music" - Rock and Roll
• Handout (PDF)
• Rock and Roll Music, by Chuck Berry (mp3)
• Rocket 88, by Jackie Brenston & the Delta Cats (mp3)
• Rock Around the Clock, by Bill Haley & His Comets
(mp3)
• Tutti Frutti, by Little Richard (mp3)
• Tutti Frutti, by Pat Boone (mp3)
• Shake, Rattle, and Roll, by Big Joe Turner (mp3)
• Shake, Rattle, and Roll, by Elvis Presley (mp3)
• Jailhouse Rock, by Elvis Presley (mp3)
• I Want to Hold Your Hand, by the Beatles (mp3)
• Satisfaction, by the Rolling Stones (mp3)
• California Girls, by the Beach Boys (mp3)
• Rainy Day Women #12 and #35, by Bob Dylan (mp3)
• Superstition, by Stevie Wonder (mp3)
• The Beatles on Ed Sullivan (Flash Video)
November 18: "We Shall Overcome" - The Civil Rights Movement (and beyond)
• Handout (PDF)
• We Shall Overcome, by Mahalia Jackson (mp3)
• Bring the Noise, by Public Enemy (mp3)
• I Have a Dream, by Martin Luther King, Jr. (mp3)
• White Man's Laws, by Malcolm X (mp3)
• Rapper's Delight, by the Sugar Hill Gang (mp3)
• Fuck tha Police, by N.W.A. (mp3)
• Word Association (Flash Video)
November 23: "Good-bye My Sweetheart, Hello Vietnam" - Vietnam and the Counterculture
• Handout (PDF)
• Aquarius, by the cast of Hair (mp3)
• Fortunate Son, by Creedence Clearwater Revival
(mp3)
• Unknown Soldier, by the Doors (mp3)
• For What It's Worth, by Buffalo Springfield (mp3)
• A Day in the Life (Flash Video)
• Full Metal Jacket (Flash Video)
November 25: No Class. Enjoy your Thanksgiving.
November 30: "I Am Not a Crook" - Watergate and Modern Politics
• Handout (PDF)
• Born in the U.S.A., by Bruce Springsteen (mp3)
• President Ford Falls (Flash Video)
• SNL Mocks Ford (Flash Video)
December 2: "True Lies" - America and the Middle East
• Handout (PDF)
• My City of Ruins, by Bruce Springsteen (mp3)
• New York State of Mind, by Billy Joel (mp3)
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