Now and Then by Stanford, Judith;

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68 short readings and 47 visuals put issues of current controversy into historical context. The readings offer recent and varied perspectives on those topics, capturing the moment of change in which we live.

68 short readings and 47 visuals put issues of current controversy into historical context. The readings offer recent and varied perspectives on those topics, capturing the moment of change in which we live.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Preface: How to Use this Book

PART I. On Reading and Writing

Chapter 1. Critical Reading and Thinking

Reading to Respond

Andres Martin Tattoos Today

Judith Illes Tattoos in Ancient Egypt

Reading to Understand

Reading to Understand Inferences

Reading to Evaluate

Reading Images Critically

Images of Tattoos

Chapter 2. The Processes and Aims of Writing

Considering Your Own Writing Process

Understanding the Writing Task

Understanding the Processes of Writing

Understanding the Aims of Writing

PART II: Readings

Chapter 3. Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience

Introduction

THEN: Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Chief Seattle My People

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Irving Howe Ellis Island

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Maxine Hong Kingston Secrets

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Health Inspection at Ellis Island (photograph)

Freedom Foundation (advertisement)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: What Happens to the Native Population When Immigrants Arrive?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Evaluating an Argument: Two Points of View

Donald L. Bartlett and James B. Steele Wheel of Misfortune

Editorial Indian Gaming: Why Is the Backlash Growing?

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Native American in Gambling Casino (photograph)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

NOW: How Does America Welcome Immigrants?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Richard Rodriguez ?Blaxicans? and Other Reinvented Americans

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Evaluating an Argument: Two Points of View

Editorial An Education in Citizenship

Cara O'Connor Immigrant Students Seek Lower Tuition

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Ted Rall ?Close the Borders!? (political cartoon)

Warning Sign: United States and Mexican Border (photograph)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

Chapter 4. Finding Our Way: The American Dream after 9/11

Introduction

THEN: The Dream Then

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Martin Luther King Jr.

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

William Jefferson Clinton A New Sense of Responsibility

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: What Does the Flag Mean?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Photo Essay on the American Flag: Now and Then

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Jennifer de Poyen Seeing Stars and Stripes

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Points of View

Tara Tripaldi The Fight about the Flag

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Editorial Don't Turn on the Flag

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Janet Paskin A Silent Protest on the Basketball Court

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: How Do We Balance Freedom and Security?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Points of View

David Kravets Terrorist Attacks Prompt Changes in Americans' Legal Rights

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Editorial Conservative Backlash

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Sandra Guy Scientists Raise Concerns about Impact of the Patriot Act

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

General Electric (advertisement)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

Chapter 5. Passing and Failing: Education, Formal and Informal

Introduction

THEN: Education Then

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Nineteenth-Century Schoolroom (photograph)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Frederick Douglass Learning to Read and Write

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Eudora Welty Clamorous to Learn

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Malcolm X Can Prison Be a School?

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: Does Gender Affect the Way We Learn?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Students in the Classroom (photograph)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Elaine McArdle The Lost Boys

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Meg Milne Moulton and Whitney Ransome With Fewer Distractions, Students Will Do Better

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Michelle Conlin The New Gender Gap

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: How Equal Are the Educational Opportunities in America Today?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Young Schoolgirl (photograph)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Sonia M. Nieto Profoundly Multicultural Questions

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Richard B. Williams No Child (Even Native American) Left Behind

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Suzanne Fields Charter Schools Blaze Trail to Real Racial Equality

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research.

Chapter 6. Redefining Gender and Marriage: Men, Women, and Couples

Introduction

THEN: Gender and Marriage Then

Suggestions for Pre-reading or Journal Writing

Abigail and John Quincy Adams Letters: The Place of Women in the New American Republic

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Sojourner Truth Ain't I a Woman?

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Gayle V. Fischer ?Pantelets? and ?Turkish Trousers?: Designing Freedom in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century United States

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW:How Do Gender and Society Influence How We Dress?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Evaluating an Argument: Two Points of View

Megan Twohey Taking Off the Abaya

Tish Durkin If You're a Woman in Saudi Arabia, Just Cover Up. (For Now)

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Chicago Free Press Principal Gives High Heels on Boys the Boot

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: For Better or for Worse: Defining ?Marriage?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives

Gail Mathabane Gays Face Same Battle Interracial Couples Fought

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Ramesh Ponnuru Coming Out Ahead: Why Gay Marriage Is on the Way

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Suneel Khanna Gay and Ready to Marry

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Dennis O'Brien A More Perfect Union: Reservations about Gay Marriage

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

Photo Essay on Same Sex Marriage

John Fewings Same Sex Marriage (cartoon)

Help America Save Marriage! (website)

Equal Marriage Rights Now! (photo and poster)

We All Deserve the Freedom to Marry (photo and posters)

Marriage Controversies: 1960 and 2000 (cartoon)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

Chapter 7. Exploring Pop Culture: Media Messages

Introduction

THEN: Pop Culture Then

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Robert Atkins A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Censorship

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Phillip Taylor First Amendment Rocks Memphis

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: Whose Music Is It, Anyway?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives

Bill Holland Piracy Suits: Shock and Awe

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Amy Harmon Recording Industry Goes after Students over Music Sharing

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Michael Rogers Why the Record Companies Have to Play Hardball

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Ben Kupstas File-Sharing Wars: Version 2.0

G.B. Trudeau Doonesbury (Cartoon Sequence)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: Is Harry Evil?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Elizabeth D. Schafer Harry and History

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives

Robert Seltzer ?Potter? Book Burning Was Misguided

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Will Manley In Defense of Book Burning

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Steve Eighinger The Harry Potter Controversy: Dark Fantasy or Gateway to the Occult?

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

Extended Connections: For Critic
al Thinking, Writing, and Research

Chapter 8. Coping with Change: Technology and Work

Introduction

THEN: Technology Then

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Let Us Make You Fat (advertisement)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Henry George The Great Enigma of Our Time

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Tom Standage The Nineteenth-Century Internet

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Benjamin Darling Tips for Teens

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: How Has the Internet Changed How We Relate to Each Other?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Maxidate: It's Fun and Free (website)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Dan Johnson The Cyber Children Have Arrived

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Peter Coffee There's a Bad Example on Every Desk

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Reid Goldsborough For Love of the PC

Susan Horsburgh and Johnny Dodd Deadly Chatter

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: Medical Technology: How Much Is Too Much?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

CC (photograph)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Michael Shermer I, Clone

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Peter A. Setness Embracing Life, Accepting Limits

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Vickie Chachere Court: Removal of Brain-Damaged Woman's Feeding Tube Can Proceed

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

Chapter 9. Going to College: Race and Privilege in College Admissions

Introduction

THEN: College Then

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Maya Angelou Graduation in Stamps

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Race Mixing is Communism (photograph)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Mike Rose I Just Wanna Be Average

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Borgna Brunner Bakke and Beyond: A History and Timeline of Affirmative Action

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW:What Are the Benefits and Challenges of Race-based Affirmative Action?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives

Brent Staples Pondering Condoleezza Rice's Affirmative Action Problem?and Mine

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

At U-Michigan, Minority Students Find Access?and Sense of Isolation

A Dream Denied Leads Woman to Center of Suit

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

NOW: How Do Class and Other Factors Influence Admissions?

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives

John R. MacArthur The Great Unmentionable in American Society: Class

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Todd Gitlin "Legacies" Are Affirmative Action

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Editorial It Pays to Play

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Michael Arnone Online Editors Scrutinize Admissions Essays of the Skittish?for a Fee

Suggestions for Writing and Discussion

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

Photo Essay Commentary on Affirmative Action (Cartoon Series)

Topics for Writing and Discussion

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

PART III: Research and Documentation

The Research Question

Locating Sources

Evaluating Internet Resources

Taking Notes

Integrating Quotations

Documenting Sources

Sample Research Paper

Credits

Index

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