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Now and Then: Current Issues in Historical Context
Judith Stanford,
Rivier College
ISBN: 0072981210Copyright year: 2006
Table of Contents Preface: How to Use this Book PART I. On Reading and Writing
1. Critical Reading and Thinking Reading to Respond Tattoos Today, Andres MartinTattoos in Ancient Egypt, Judith IllesReading to Understand Reading to Understand Inferences Reading to Evaluate Reading Images Critically Images of Tattoos
2. The Processes and Aims of Writing Considering Your Own Writing Process Understanding the Writing Task Understanding the Processes of Writing Understanding the Aims of Writing PART II: Readings
3. Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience INTRODUCTION THEN Setting the Context: Coming to America Then Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing My People, Chief SeattleSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Ellis Island, Irving HoweSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Secrets, Maxine Hong KingstonSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Health Inspection at Ellis Island Advertisement: Freedom Foundation Topics for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis NOW What Happens to the Native Population When Immigrants Arrive? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Evaluating an Argument: Two Points of View Wheel of Misfortune, Donald L. Bartlett and James B. Steele, Time Indian Gaming: Why Is the Backlash Growing? Editorial, Native American Times Suggestions for Writing and Discussion Native American in Gambling Casino Topics for Writing and Discussion How Does America Welcome Immigrants? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing “Blaxicans” and Other Reinvented Americans, Richard RodriguezSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Evaluating an Argument: Two Points of View An Education in Citizenship, Editorial, Chicago Tribune Immigrant Students Seek Lower Tuition, Cara O’Connor (student newspaper)Suggestions for Writing and Discussion “Close the Borders!” Ted Rall (political cartoon)Warning Sign: United States and Mexican Border Topics for Writing and Discussion Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research
4. Finding Our Way: The American Dream after 9/11 INTRODUCTION THEN Setting the Context: The Dream Then Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King Jr.Suggestions for Writing and Discussion A New Sense of Responsibility, William Jefferson ClintonSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis NOW What Does the Flag Mean? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Photo Essay on the American Flag: Now and Then Topics for Writing and Discussion Seeing Stars and Stripes, Jennifer de PoyenSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Points of View The Fight about the Flag, Tara Tripaldi (student newspaper)Suggestions for Writing and Discussion Don’t Turn on the Flag, Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle Suggestions for Writing and Discussion A Silent Protest on the Basketball Court, Janet PaskinSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis How Do We Balance Freedom and Security? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Points of View Terrorist Attacks Prompt Changes in Americans’ Legal Rights, David KravetsSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Conservative Backlash, Editorial,Baltimore Sun Suggestions for Writing and Discussion Scientists Raise Concerns about Impact of the Patriot Act, Sandra GuySuggestions for Writing and Discussion General Electric Ad Topics for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research
5. Passing and Failing: Education, Formal and Informal INTRODUCTION THEN Setting the Context: Education Then Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Photograph (interior of an old school house) Topics for Writing and Discussion Learning to Read and Write, Frederick DouglassSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Clamorous to Learn, Eudora WeltySuggestions for Writing and Discussion Can Prison Be a School? Malcolm XSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis NOW Does Gender Affect the Way We Learn? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Girl and boy walking from school Topics for Writing and Discussion The Lost Boys, Elaine McArdleSuggestions for Writing and Discussion With Fewer Distractions, Students Will Do Better, Meg Milne Moulton and Whitney RansomeSuggestions for Writing and Discussion The New Gender Gap, Michelle ConlinSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis How Equal Are the Educational Opportunities in America Today? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Girl walking next to school buses Topics for Writing and Discussion Profoundly Multicultural Questions, Sonia M. NietoSuggestions for Writing and Discussion No Child (Even Native American) Left Behind, Richard B. WilliamsSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Charter Schools Blaze Trail to Real Racial Equality, Suzanne FieldsSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research.
6. Redefining Gender and Marriage: Men, Women, and Couples INTRODUCTION THEN Setting the Context: Gender and Marriage Then Suggestions for Pre-reading or Journal Writing Letters: The Place of Women in the New American Republic, Abigail and John Quincy AdamsSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Ain’t I a Woman? Sojourner TruthSuggestions for Writing and Discussion “Pantelets” and “Turkish Trousers”: Designing Freedom in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century United States, Gayle V. FischerSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis NOW How Do Gender and Society Influence How We Dress? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Evaluating an Argument: Two Points of View Taking Off the Abaya, Megan TwoheyIf You’re a Woman in Saudi Arabia, Just Cover Up. (For Now), Tish DurkinSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Principal Gives High Heels on Boys the Boot, Chicago Free PressSuggestions for Writing and Discussion (2 ½ pp) Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis For Better or for Worse: Defining “Marriage” Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives Gays Face Same Battle Interracial Couples Fought, Gail MathabaneSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Coming Out Ahead: Why Gay Marriage Is on the Way, Ramesh PonnuruSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Gay and Ready to Marry, Suneel KhannaSuggestions for Writing and Discussion A More Perfect Union: Reservations about Gay Marriage, Dennis O'BrienSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis Photo Essay on Same Sex Marriage Same Sex Marriage, John Fewings (cartoon)Help America Save Marriage! (website)Equal Marriage Rights Now! (photo and poster)We All Deserve the Freedom to Marry (photo and posters)Marriage Controversies: 1960 and 2000 (cartoon)Topics for Writing and Discussion Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research
7. Exploring Pop Culture: Media Messages INTRODUCTION THEN Setting the Context: Pop Culture Then Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Censorship, Robert AtkinsSuggestions for Writing and Discussion First Amendment Rocks Memphis, Phillip TaylorSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis NOW Whose Music Is It, Anyway? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives Piracy Suits: Shock and Awe, Bill HollandSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Recording Industry Goes after Students over Music Sharing, Amy HarmonSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Why the Record Companies Have to Play Hardball, Michael RogersSuggestions for Writing and Discussion File-Sharing Wars: Version 2.0, Ben Kupstas (student newspaper)Doonesbury Cartoon Sequence, G. B. TrudeauTopics for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis Is Harry Evil? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Harry and History, Elizabeth D. SchaferSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives “Potter” Book Burning Was Misguided, Robert SeltzerSuggestions for Writing and Discussion In Defense of Book Burning, Will ManleySuggestions for Writing and Discussion The Harry Potter Controversy: Dark Fantasy or Gateway to the Occult?, Steve EighingerSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research
8. Coping with Change: Technology and Work INTRODUCTION THEN Setting the Context: Technology Then Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Let Us Make You Fat Ad (October 1915) Topics for Writing and Discussion The Great Enigma of Our Times, Henry GeorgeSuggestions for Writing and Discussion The Nineteenth-Century Internet, Tom StandageSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Tips for Teens, Benjamin DarlingSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis NOW How Has the Internet Changed How We Relate to Each Other? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Maxidate: It’s Fun and Free (website) Topics for Writing and Discussion The Cyber Children Have Arrived, Dan JohnsonSuggestions for Writing and Discussion There’s a Bad Example on Every Desk, Peter CoffeeSuggestions for Writing and Discussion For Love of the PC, Reid GoldsboroughDeadly Chatter, Susan Horsburgh and Johnny DoddSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis Medical Technology: How Much Is Too Much? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing “CC” (Cloned cat, child of “Rainbow”)Topics for Writing and Discussion I, Clone, Michael ShermerSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Embracing Life, Accepting Limits, Peter A. SetnessSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Court: Removal of Brain-Damaged Woman’s Feeding Tube Can Proceed, Vickie ChachereSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research
9. Going to College: Race and Privilege in College Admissions INTRODUCTION THEN Setting the Context: College Then Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Graduation in Stamps, Maya AngelouSuggestions for Writing and Discussion "Race Mixing is Communism" (Arkansas, 1954) Topics for Writing and Discussion "I Just Wanna Be Average," Mike RoseSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Bakke and Beyond: A History and Timeline of Affirmative Action, Borgna BrunnerSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis NOW What Are the Benefits and Challenges of Race-based Affirmative Action? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives Pondering Condoleezza Rice’s Affirmative Action Problem—and Mine, Brent StaplesSuggestions for Writing and Discussion At the University of Michigan: Two Views from the Washington Post: At U-Michigan, Minority Students Find Access—and Sense of Isolation A Dream Denied Leads Woman to Center of Suit Suggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis How Do Class and Other Factors Influence Admissions? Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives The Great Unmentionable in American Society: Class, John R. MacArthurSuggestions for Writing and Discussion "Legacies" Are Affirmative Action, Todd GitlinSuggestions for Writing and Discussion It Pays to Play, Editorial The Christian Century Suggestions for Writing and Discussion Online Editors Scrutinize Admissions Essays of the Skittish—for a Fee, Michael ArnoneSuggestions for Writing and Discussion Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis Photo Essay Commentary on Affirmative Action (Cartoon Series) Topics for Writing and Discussion Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research PART III: Research and Documentation The Research Question Locating Sources Evaluating Internet Resources Taking Notes Integrating Quotations Documenting Sources Sample Research Paper Credits Index
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