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:
Builds a sense of connection.
Excludes people
Serves to choke off change.
Middletown
Is ‘normal’ better than ‘extraordinary?’
Archival sources (40 mins)
Discuss your archival documents in Zoom breakout rooms. (20 minutes: Please try and reserve 5 minutes for gossip/chat at the end.)
Reconvene the full class for an especially interesting question from each group. (4 mins per room.)