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AMERICA IN CLASS
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PRIMARY SOURCES
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PRIMARY SOURCES IN HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS
The Age
Modernity
Machine
Prosperity
Divisions
BECOMING MODERN
Using Becoming Modern
Classroom Use
Contents by Theme (PDF)
Contents by Genre (PDF)
Discussing Art
Collection Developers
Image Credits (PDF)
Site Map
Using BECOMING MODERN
Navigate the
COLLECTION
by moving from
THEME
to
SECTION
to
RESOURCES
.
The
COLLECTION
is divided into five
THEMES
.
Each
THEME
contains six to eight numbered
SECTIONS
, structured around a set of Framing Questions.
Each
SECTION
presents a group of primary
RESOURCES
, as well as:
introductory notes,
classroom discussion questions, and
supplemental links.
RESOURCES
presented in this
SECTION
(two PDF documents) are shown at right.
Hundreds of
PRIMARY RESOURCES
are available in this
COLLECTION
, all with introductory notes and discussion questions.
periodical articles
newspaper editorials
syndicated columns
political cartoons
comic strips & cartoons
book selections
autobiography excerpts
novel excerpts
short stories
poetry
drama excerpts
visual art
posters & illustrations
films
newsreels
animated cartoons
sound recordings
radio broadcasts
theater commercials
print advertisements
The
RESOURCES
are thoroughly annotated in sidebars and footnotes
include illustrative images
are presented in PDF format for easy photocopying and classroom projection
include twenty collections of
CONTEMPORARY COMMENTARY
and nine collections of
POLITICAL CARTOONS
The
COLLECTION HOMEPAGE
offers:
A Guide for Classroom Use
Collection Developers
A Guide to Discussing Art
All-Texts Lists by Theme and Genre
1. "The Age" commentary
2.
Only Yesterday
year by year
3.
Chicago Tribune
political cartoons
4.
New Yorker
cartoons
5. Felix the Cat animated cartoons
6.
Detroit News
newsreels
7. New York City subway posters
1. Modern Youth
2. Modern Woman
3. Modern Democracy
4. Modern Faith
5. Modern City
6. Modern City in Art
7. Modern City in Film
1. "Machine Age"
2. Factory
3. Automobile
4. Airplane
5. Radio
6. Movies
1. "Age of Prosperity"
2. Business
3. Consumerism
4. Crash
5. Labor Union
6. Labor Strike
1. Ku Klux Klan
2. Black & White
3. City & Town
4. Wets & Drys
5. Religion & Science
6. Labor & Capital
7. Native & Foreign
8. "Reds" & "Americans"