Week 4: Premier Mikhail Gorbachev

The Go-Go's, "Vacation" (US #8, Aug. 1982)

Week 4: Premier Mikhail Gorbachev 

Tu 9.13/Th 9.15 

Read: eR—“Ten Reasons Why I Wish My Kids Grew Up in the '80s” (Babble), “21 Things '80s Kids' Did that Would Horrify Us Now” (TheStir), “Growing Up in the '80s was Tough: 17 Things Kids Today Couldn’t Handle” (Metro UK); FUTURE—Part I: Liking Ike, Hating Woodstock- Die, Hippie, Die! 

Class: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY; Reading discussion; Lecture—“Better Reading101” and “Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics”

Due: REFLECTION 2 

Upcoming:

Week 5: Mary Lou Retton

Tu 9.20/Th 9.22 

Read: FUTURE—Part III: Why We (Continue to) Fight- Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome, Operation Red Dawn 

Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Lecture—“The Reading Habits of Active Readers”