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Entering the Conversation: "And Yet it Moves"
How do we define reality? Read these articles and view the video before proceeding to "Allegory of the Cave."
Galileo's Conflict with the Church
www.biography.com/people/galileo-9305220#controversial-findings
"And Yet it Moves"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_yet_it_moves
"Safe Smallpox Inoculations
"
www.doctorsreview.com/history/feb05-history/
Basketball Game
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfA3ivLK_tE
Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea
archive.thedali.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=152;type=101#
Entering the Conversation: Materialism
"Why the Americans are so Restless in the Midst of their Prosperity"
xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/ch2_13.htm?fbclid=IwAR1VxeOSZjJo3MyLfsBteFAwyjSDHyexz5ewXSIy33vcdhuYD7lYwPcW6eI
"Is the Modern American Dream Attainable?"
www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/01/01/is-the-modern-american-dream-attainable?fbclid=IwAR0iBbBBU9gjds0HTixOBtoJsvPjuKY9AhvDKEZ1oDUblDXMgYaf_UKe1Vo
Entering the Conversation: Finding Common Ground
Central Texts: George Washington's Farewell Address, "The Gettysburg Address," George Orwell's
Nineteen Eighty Four
, and Thomas Snyder's
On Tyranny
.
"America's Next Civil War"
thewalrus.ca/americas-next-civil-war/?fbclid=IwAR1QmwYrVO5K0_eZsr6fG_H3jh67EhcCFCqARJPO89ntZv81AZ3abnoruk8
"We're Not on the Brink of a Civil War. Here's Why"
www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/country-not-on-brink-of-civil-war-alexander-hamilton/?fbclid=IwAR1slyNlZWJgfASyxoqxsf0GdSOmOkONpSsL2A-m8hjWINI7xWv-k96ZjwU
"The Simple Psychological Trick to Political Persuasion"
www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-simple-psychological-trick-to-political-persuasion/515181/
"Up in Arms" (11 Americas)
emerald.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/fall2013/features/up-in-arms.html
"What the Founding Era Meant by 'Bear Arms'"
boston1775.blogspot.com/2018/06/what-founding-era-meant-by-bear-arms.html
"Recovering the Lost Art Of Civility"
www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/opinion/recovering-the-lost-art-of-civility.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR2fJl8vfMhObpcttaECY6PsKxAMu7nNTJw3C1D24yfxbfv-0iJipp1b5KQ
"Farmer Refuted"
genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-farmer-refuted-lyrics
"You'll Be Back"
genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-youll-be-back-lyrics
"One Last Time"-Obama's Farewell
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV4UpCq2azs
"One Last Time"
genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-one-last-time-lyrics
"Yorktown"
vimeo.com/188449566
Non-Stop"
genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-non-stop-lyrics
Hamilton and Poetry
graphics.wsj.com/hamilton/?fbclid=IwAR2T_-_WN0Aak-m3fNsFOfKEaW7OpMiwintQKGduv_l0zSJkiB68d5GTxQU
On Tyranny
by Thomas Snyder - Source for the discussion assignment for
Nineteen Eighty-Four
This article contains the abbreviated points made in argument.
"20 Lessons from the 20th Century
inthesetimes.com/article/19658/20-lessons-from-the-20th-century-on-how-to-survive-in-trumps-america
If you wish to read the book in its entirety, use these links:
Amazon
www.amazon.com/Tyranny-Twenty-Lessons-Twentieth-Century/dp/0804190119
Barnes and Noble
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/on-tyranny-timothy-snyder/1125454355#/
Supplemental reading for
1984
.
"What 'Orwellian' really means."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe64p-QzhNE
"George Orwell and 1984"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=37N0aFmO19o
"Nationalism as a Cause of World War 1"
alphahistory.com/worldwar1/nationalism/?fbclid=IwAR05VTPhQ308u7sIuYdIeVLVa0iZRG_pVZQtabIYhXvyFiEjFDl0Ee35544
"Nazism"
www.britannica.com/event/Nazism
Logic and Fallacies
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
bookofbadarguments.com/?fbclid=IwAR1CwM9YiTxe_8OlrSMzMGYzCKVN5jNQYGCUsMq1xiur6KTxnf-i1cjtVLk
Entering the Conversation: Language, Gender and Culture
"Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc
"The Danger of a Single Story"
www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story#t-15940
The Map of Native American Tribes You've Never Seen Before"
www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/06/24/323665644/the-map-of-native-american-tribes-youve-never-seen-before
Entering the Conversation: Social Justice
"Travelling While Black"
www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/01/26/feature/traveling-while-black-why-some-americans-are-afraid-to-explore-their-own-country/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.73c0b756694c
The ‘Forgotten History’ of How the US Segregated America”
www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america
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Frankenstein
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The Great Gatsby