Lectures

None at this point.

Assignments

Due 4/10 - Worksheet on American Isolationism

Due 4/11 - Sergeant York film response

Due 4/14 - Write 2 paragraph responses to the modern Manchurian Candidate articles, one for each topic.
Topic 1:
Is Obama a Muslim manchurian candidate?
Help! We Are Falling and We Can’t Get Up!
Do not write on, but read:
Obama: not a Manchurian candidate
Topic 2:
Is George Bush “The Manchurian Candidate?”

Due 4/16 - The Manchurian Candidate film response

Due 4/17 - Quick plot sketch of the beging of the Obama as Manchurian Candidate film.

Due 4/21 - Pick ten lines from Allen Ginsburg's "America" and explain what they mean and how they mesh with what you have learned in the past couple of days.

Due Monday 4/25 - Band of Brothers (Episode 2) film response

Due Monday 5/5 - Unit Essay: Given the movies that we have watched in this unit, has America really changed all that much in the way that we view war? Are we still essentially the same people who found meaning in All Quiet on the Western Front and Sergeant York? Defend your response with examples from the films we have watched.

Films

All Quiet on the Western Front - 1930

Sergeant York - 1941

The Manchurian Candidate - 1962

Note: At this juncture, I showed about 25 disconnected minutes of Apocalypse Now and the first ten minutes of Three Kings

Band of Brothers (Episode 2) - 2001
Note: This is an HBO TV-MA mini-series. There is a decent amount of swearing and a good deal of violence. However, this mini-series is completely documentary and non-sensationalistic.

Letters from Iwo Jima - 2006

Additional Suggested Films
(or non-R-rated Replacements)

Apocalypse Now - 1979
Note: This movie is a hard R. It's an interesting film, but not exactly a good one. It is one of those movies that runs through the culture however.

Three Kings - 1999
Note: This movie is R-rated. It's not exactly a war movie, but it is an interesting picture of what America thought of war before 9/11/2001.

Readings

None so far.

Unit Links (not required)

None so far.