Ordinary Americans

2020-03-23

Virus Freakout check-in (10 mins)

The world, 1941: more about from Susan Schulten

The United States

Return to Normalcy (40 mins)

Normalcy and the 20s

WW1

Spanish Flu

Anarchists

Center of Population (Census Bureau)

Normalcy:

  1. Builds a sense of connection.
  2. Excludes people
  3. Serves to choke off change.

Middletown

Is ‘normal’ better than ‘extraordinary?’

Archival sources (40 mins)

  1. Discuss your archival documents in Zoom breakout rooms. (20 minutes: Please try and reserve 5 minutes for gossip/chat at the end.)
  2. Reconvene the full class for an especially interesting question from each group. (4 mins per room.)