American Studies Readings & Questions for Class & Class Briefs : retired CIW REPORTS 2 The challenge of Cornell in the nation's capital

American Studies Readings & Questions for Class & Class Briefs

Questions:

1. What image/message are each of the monuments trying to put forward? How do they compare?
2. What do they reveal about how Americans remember their wars/leaders?
3. Do mentalités drive American actions or do American actions create the mentalités?
4. Do mentalités actually exist or are they an ex post facto imposition by historians?

Class briefs:

Stephanie:

Eastern Front.

Eva:

FDR 1

FDR 2

Reagan 1

Reagan 2

Presentation:

Assignment Sheet

October 30, 2013 | category: American Experience