History in Popular Media
Hi! How are you? I am working on a history project. I already started it and I completed part 1. I just need the remaining parts done. Here is access to my google site! https://sites.google.com/d/1ySMGOu0va55_pVcrNJOHIM…
I will bold description of the part I need finished. The remaining directions are on the PDF.
Introduction:
History in the twentieth century cannot be understood without taking into account the ways
technological progress has affected the very media through which history is created and recorded. It
also risks misunderstanding if one ignores the forms of pop culture – widely understood – that shaped
individual and communal experiences with the wider world.
With that in mind, this project will have two components. The first will be a three-entry Google Sites
website showing, describing and analyzing songs, poems, photographs, relevant video clips, paintings,
artworks, artifacts and other bits of popular media that speak to a single theme of international
significance and penetrated popular consciousness. The second will be a 400-word reflective essay
explaining your site’s theme in more depth and addressing how your array of media helps us better
understand your chosen theme. This will be the fourth entry on your website and will not require
additional media.
NB: Only two entries can be about and from the same country. At least one piece of media must come
from outside of the West.
Platform:
The exhibition will be hosted by Google Sites. Each student, therefore, must have a Google account.
Themes:
The overall theme is not to be a basic history of a country. Instead, it must deal with some more
penetrating issue that crosses political boundaries. For example, 20th Century India would not be a good
theme as it is too basic and restricted to a single state. Popular Song and World War II, however, could
be. So could Pan-Africanism in Music or Communism in Visual Culture. Think along those more pointed
lines and run your theme by me before you embark on it.
Entries:
I. The first entry will consist of a popular media artifact, a description of the media artifact and the
historical issue/event/process that it helps us understand. All three media posts require at least 250
words. They also require a moderate amount of research and references. Be sure to quote, closely
paraphrase and cite at least one source assigned for class OR at least one reputable external source (not
specifically assigned for class) of your choosing. Citations should be parenthetical, for example
(author/artist [if available], title, source, URL) or (Schoppa, The Twentieth Century, p.) for our course
text. This entry should also be followed by a bibliographical entry for the media artifact. (See my Google
Site, https://sites.google.com/view/the-whir-of-the-miss…, for an example of formatting and
style.)
II-III. Each additional entry will consist of a popular media artifact, a 250-or-more word description of
that bit of media, its historical situation, and its relationship to your topic, as well as proper citations
for all quoted or paraphrased sources and the artifact. As with the first post, each description must also
make direct reference to (at least one quotation) and effective use of at least one source from class OR
one external source, with proper bibliographical information for the image at the end of the page.
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