Information Competency Literacy Research Guides

Instructor: Mrs. Lindy Brazil
English 98/98R

Assignment

Pre-Reading Research and Discussion for Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility.
Your research assignment

Soon the class will begin reading Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility. Much of the story takes place in 1969, so in preparation for the reading, the class will be place in groups and asked to do a bit of research on one of five topics connected with the 1960’s and early 1970’s. Two groups will research each topic. Students must make notes from the information they find on their topic then as a group, students need to develop a three-minute presentation that will be given to the entire class. The presentations will be given in the English 98R. The following are the five topics:

1) The Vietnam War (draft, protest movements, media coverage, napalm etc.)

2) The Women’s Movement (NOW, Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem)

3) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (causes, symptoms, effects, and if possible specific info about
experiences of Viet Nam vets)

4) Hippie Movement (counter-culture philosophy, music, etc.)

5) Race to the moon (in particular the build up to the landing in 1969)

TABLE of CONTENTS for the website

Selected book titles
Websites

Selected Books

"The Sixties in America Reference Library" is an e-reference book. To access this e-reference book, go to the Library Homepage ----> Library Catalog and type in the title "Sixties in America".
Title: Day by day: the sixties
Publication info: New York : Facts on File Publications, 1983.

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REF D 848 D39 1960 vols 1 and 2 1 BOOK STACKS
Personal author: Layman, Richard
Title: American Decades 1960-1969 / Richard Layman.

      Publication info: New York : Gale Research Inc, 1995.

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REF E 169.12 A419 1994                                   1   BOOK        STACKS
Personal author: Hamilton, Neil A.
Title: Atlas of the Baby Boom Generation / Neil A. Hamilton.

      Publication info: Detroit : Macmillan Reference, 2000.

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REF E 169.12 H355 2000                                   1   BOOK        STACKS
Title: The 1960s : opposing viewpoints / William Dudley, book editor.

Publication info: San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, 1997.

Contents: The New Frontier and the Great Society -- Vietnam and the antiwar movement -- The youth revolt and the counterculture -- Social unrest and movements for equality -- The activists of the Sixties: historical reflections

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E 838.3 A16 1997 1 BOOK STACKS

Title: The Columbia guide to America in the 1960s / David Farber and Beth Bailey with contributors.

Publication info: New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.

Physical description: xii, 508 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Contents: The American sixties: a brief history -- John Kennedy and the promise of leadership -- The Civil Rights revolution -- The Great Society -- The Vietnam War -- Polarization -- Sixties culture -- New directions -- Conclusion -- Debating the sixties -- The sixties A to Z -- Short topical essays -- Special sections --

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E 841 C575 2001 1 BOOK STACKS