ASSIGNMENT due SEPT 8

NO WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY SEPT 8

Just read the various tasks but do not turn in anything in writing.

For THU SEPT 10, hand in the assignment including the notes about The Black Hand and The Skyscrapers of New York

GOOGLE MEET AT 3.40 is OPTIONAL

TASK 0 required

Check your access to GOOGLE MEETS. We are going to use this hangout in the future (just remind me please to record with a screencast app.)

https://hangouts.google.com/call/B8ypCQEnTTt5Bjbs8sgJACEE

Examples of good note taking are on the homepage.

Task 1 required: on the homepage, find the link to the BLOG and leave a comment to the posting.
WARNING: I will delete late comments.

READ the prompts carefully before you post.

Task 2 required: Read the passage about LOMBROSO PHYSIOGNOMIC AND PHRENOLOGY and scientifc racism.

I added a short documentary on EUGENICS. Frightening but crucial for anyone who is seeking an understanding of the roots of the current political issues, most notably systemic racism, the cancer that could devour our society from inside.

Videos. Watch the videos I showed in the lecture last THURSDAY, CLICK THIS LINK:

The "FIRST COMEDY" in the history of film: there was something strange in the video I showed you. It wasn't the way I remembered it. So I checked and realized that there are two versions, the original, made in 1895, and a "sequel' in 1896.

NOT SURPRISINGLY, the sequel was much much worse. I replaced it with the original, so take a look at it now.

Please, watch the clips from The Birth of a Nation especially the final scenes. Here in a nutshell is the core of all the troubles in our country: VOTING SUPPRESSION.

Task 3 required: videos. Two short fiction videos about Italian Americans, shot in 1915:
The Black Hand and The Skyscrapers of New York.

Download the assignment TEMPLATE (CLICK THIS LINK) and answer using that file.