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America in the Nuclear Age, Fall 2000
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Abstract: American experience at home and abroad from Pearl Harbor to the end of the Cold War. Topics include: America's role as global superpower, foreign and domestic anticommunism, social movements of left and right, suburbanization, and popular culture.
Introduction to Asian American Studies: Literature, Culture, and Historical Experience, Fall 2005
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Abstract: An interdisciplinary subject that draws on literature, history, anthropology, film, and cultural studies to examine the experiences of Asian Americans in U.S. society. Covers the first wave of Asian immigration in the 19th century, the rise of anti-Asian movements, the experiences of Asian Americans ... More »
Presidential Transition
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Abstract: For nearly half a century, Paul Nitze was one of the chief architects of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Nitze assistant secretary of defense for International Security Affairs. In this video segment, Nitze describes key issues confronting the incoming ... More »
Reading Seminar in Social Science: Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law, Spring 2007
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Abstract: This course surveys the relationship between race and crime in the United States, with a special emphasis on the role this relationship has played in the development of American ideas about citizenship and nationhood.
Refugee: Revisiting the Killing Fields
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Abstract: The film "Refugee" follows three young Cambodian American men on their journey to Cambodia to find family members. Students are invited to investigate individual experiences and develop critical thinking skills to analyze the choices individuals have during wartime. Students will also evaluate the sacrifices ... More »
Resettlement to Redress: Interior Monologues
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Abstract: "Resettlement to Redress" recounts the history and experience of Japanese Americans after they were released from the internment camps when World War II ended. This lesson includes an interior monologue activity that asks students to put themselves in the shoes of Japanese Americans and try to connect ... More »
Resettlement to Redress: Role-Playing
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Abstract: "Resettlement to Redress" recounts the history and experience of Japanese Americans after they were released from the internment camps when World War II ended. This lesson involves role-playing around the redress movement. It presents a different perspective on the redress movement and the issue of redress/reparations.
Resettlement to Redress: Socratic Seminar
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Abstract: "Resettlement to Redress" recounts the history and experience of Japanese Americans after they were released from the internment camps when World War II ended. This lesson requires students to read and understand a document that explains the reparations movement in detail, and it also requires them to ... More »
Resettlement to Redress: Tea Party
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Abstract: "Resettlement to Redress" recounts the history and experience of Japanese Americans after they were released from the internment camps when World War II ended. This lesson allows students to become familiar with the main characters of the video in an interactive and engaging way.
Resettlement to Redress: Viewer's Guide
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Abstract: "Resettlement to Redress" recounts the history and experience of Japanese Americans after they were released from the internment camps when World War II ended. In this lesson, it is expected that students will be able to develop and share their own opinions on the issue of redress/reparations to Japanese ... More »
Superior Threat
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Abstract: Dr. Randall Forsberg is executive director of the think tank she founded in 1980, the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies. In this video segment, she recalls the moment during arms negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union when she determined that the arms race is not driven ... More »
The Other Side of the Table
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Abstract: Andrei Gromyko served as Soviet foreign minister from 1957 to 1985. Beginning in 1943, when Soviet premier Joseph Stalin appointed the 34-year-old ambassador to Washington, Gromyko was an indispensable formulator of Kremlin policy toward the United States. Ultimately, he dealt with nine U.S. presidents. ... More »
To Make Deserts Bloom
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Abstract: From 1988 to 1993 nuclear physicist Mambillkalathil Govind Kumar Menon was president of the International Council of Scientific Unions, a non-governmental organization long involved in environmental and development issues. He was also India's minister of state for science and technology from 1986 to ... More »
Veterans History Project
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Abstract: The Veterans History Project is collecting oral histories, letters, diaries, and photos of America's war veterans and those supported them. The project includes participants in World War I, World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf wars. Students, citizens, and organizations are invited ... More »
Visual Histories: German Cinema 1945 to Present, Fall 2003
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Abstract: This course is an invitation to German film-making since the end of the Second World War. We investigate how German cinema captured the atmosphere of the immediate post-war years and discuss extensively major works of the "New German Cinema" of the Sixties and Seventies. We also look at examples of East ... More »
Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During WWII
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Abstract: spotlights 8 out of over 100 American women who secured official military accreditation as war correspondents, if not actual front-line assignments during World War II.
World War II Military Situation Maps, 1944-1945
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Abstract: The World War II Military Situation Maps contains maps showing troop positions beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western Europe, showing the progress of the Allied Forces as they push towards Germany. ... More »
World War Two - Holocaust and Rebuilding Fall 2007
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Abstract: World War Two - Holocaust and Rebuilding. From History 5: European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present - Fall 07. A survey of Europe from the Renaissance to the present. An introduction to European history from around 1500 to the present. The central questions that it addresses are how and ... More »