Week 10 Discussion Board (DB).
Initial post is due Tuesday, and two response posts are due Thursday.
DBs are intended to help us have an open conversation together. This will require you to come to the DB ready to post a response to the question posed to the entire class, but also to read and respond to your classmates. Each DB will require an initial post (your response to the question) on Tuesday (11:59PM), and then to respond to two classmates by Thursday (11:59PM). This is not a place where you must have the exact right answer, but you should engage with your classmates on exploring possible ways of thinking about the question.
The rules for DBs are
Think carefully about the question and be ready to fully explain and justify your thoughts on the question.
Initial posts should be about 100 words in length.
Response posts should be about 50 words in length.
Be kind and respectful when responding to your classmates. You do not have to agree with their thoughts, opinions, or beliefs, but you should able to disagree without anger or accusation.
Week 10 Prompt:
This week we meet the flappers, the ‘New’ New Woman. Thinking about the contrast between the Gibson Girls of the 1890s and 1900s and the flappers. How do the Gibson Girls’ daughters, the flappers of the 1920s, push social boundaries even more than their mothers? As women take on political rights, make spaces for themselves in the workplace, push for greater sexual independence, and find ways to move into the public sphere, social and cultural norms change as well. Pop culture, especially mass media like music, redefined how women were perceived in this period as well.
Step one: View the video on 1920s music.
Step two: Think about the lyrics and music in the video. Determine the music’s purpose and audience. Consider the music’s theme(s) and mood. Evaluate the music as if you were a person living during the 1920s. (How does this music make you feel? Is this music shocking and radical? How would you view this as a young person? A parent? A social critic?)
Step three: Write about the music. Choose two of the songs in the video. Write a review of the two pieces of music.
You must address the following:
What do the lyrics say/advocate about women’s new world? (Be specific.)
How did people of the era judge this music? (Think about different social groups: rich vs. poor, urban vs. rural, American born vs. immigrant, older vs. younger, etc.)
How does this music give you insight into women’s lives during the 1920s?
Week 10 Discussion Board (DB).
Initial post is due Tuesday, and two response posts are due Thursday.
DBs are intended to help us have an open conversation together. This will require you to come to the DB ready to post a response to the question posed to the entire class, but also to read and respond to your classmates. Each DB will require an initial post (your response to the question) on Tuesday (11:59PM), and then to respond to two classmates by Thursday (11:59PM). This is not a place where you must have the exact right answer, but you should engage with your classmates on exploring possible ways of thinking about the question.
The rules for DBs are
Think carefully about the question and be ready to fully explain and justify your thoughts on the question.
Initial posts should be about 100 words in length.
Response posts should be about 50 words in length.
Be kind and respectful when responding to your classmates. You do not have to agree with their thoughts, opinions, or beliefs, but you should able to disagree without anger or accusation.
Week 10 Prompt:
This week we meet the flappers, the ‘New’ New Woman. Thinking about the contrast between the Gibson Girls of the 1890s and 1900s and the flappers. How do the Gibson Girls’ daughters, the flappers of the 1920s, push social boundaries even more than their mothers? As women take on political rights, make spaces for themselves in the workplace, push for greater sexual independence, and find ways to move into the public sphere, social and cultural norms change as well. Pop culture, especially mass media like music, redefined how women were perceived in this period as well.
Step one: View the video on 1920s music.
Step two: Think about the lyrics and music in the video. Determine the music’s purpose and audience. Consider the music’s theme(s) and mood. Evaluate the music as if you were a person living during the 1920s. (How does this music make you feel? Is this music shocking and radical? How would you view this as a young person? A parent? A social critic?)
Step three: Write about the music. Choose two of the songs in the video. Write a review of the two pieces of music.
You must address the following:
What do the lyrics say/advocate about women’s new world? (Be specific.)
How did people of the era judge this music? (Think about different social groups: rich vs. poor, urban vs. rural, American born vs. immigrant, older vs. younger, etc.)
How does this music give you insight into women’s lives during the 1920s?
Week 10 Discussion Board (DB).
Initial post is due Tuesday, and two response posts are due Thursday.
DBs are intended to help us have an open conversation together. This will require you to come to the DB ready to post a response to the question posed to the entire class, but also to read and respond to your classmates. Each DB will require an initial post (your response to the question) on Tuesday (11:59PM), and then to respond to two classmates by Thursday (11:59PM). This is not a place where you must have the exact right answer, but you should engage with your classmates on exploring possible ways of thinking about the question.
The rules for DBs are
Think carefully about the question and be ready to fully explain and justify your thoughts on the question.
Initial posts should be about 100 words in length.
Response posts should be about 50 words in length.
Be kind and respectful when responding to your classmates. You do not have to agree with their thoughts, opinions, or beliefs, but you should able to disagree without anger or accusation.
Week 10 Prompt:
This week we meet the flappers, the ‘New’ New Woman. Thinking about the contrast between the Gibson Girls of the 1890s and 1900s and the flappers. How do the Gibson Girls’ daughters, the flappers of the 1920s, push social boundaries even more than their mothers? As women take on political rights, make spaces for themselves in the workplace, push for greater sexual independence, and find ways to move into the public sphere, social and cultural norms change as well. Pop culture, especially mass media like music, redefined how women were perceived in this period as well.
Step one: View the video on 1920s music.
Step two: Think about the lyrics and music in the video. Determine the music’s purpose and audience. Consider the music’s theme(s) and mood. Evaluate the music as if you were a person living during the 1920s. (How does this music make you feel? Is this music shocking and radical? How would you view this as a young person? A parent? A social critic?)
Step three: Write about the music. Choose two of the songs in the video. Write a review of the two pieces of music.
You must address the following:
What do the lyrics say/advocate about women’s new world? (Be specific.)
How did people of the era judge this music? (Think about different social groups: rich vs. poor, urban vs. rural, American born vs. immigrant, older vs. younger, etc.)
How does this music give you insight into women’s lives during the 1920s?
Week 10 Discussion Board (DB).
Initial post is due Tuesday, and two response posts are due Thursday.
DBs are intended to help us have an open conversation together. This will require you to come to the DB ready to post a response to the question posed to the entire class, but also to read and respond to your classmates. Each DB will require an initial post (your response to the question) on Tuesday (11:59PM), and then to respond to two classmates by Thursday (11:59PM). This is not a place where you must have the exact right answer, but you should engage with your classmates on exploring possible ways of thinking about the question.
The rules for DBs are
Think carefully about the question and be ready to fully explain and justify your thoughts on the question.
Initial posts should be about 100 words in length.
Response posts should be about 50 words in length.
Be kind and respectful when responding to your classmates. You do not have to agree with their thoughts, opinions, or beliefs, but you should able to disagree without anger or accusation.
Week 10 Prompt:
This week we meet the flappers, the ‘New’ New Woman. Thinking about the contrast between the Gibson Girls of the 1890s and 1900s and the flappers. How do the Gibson Girls’ daughters, the flappers of the 1920s, push social boundaries even more than their mothers? As women take on political rights, make spaces for themselves in the workplace, push for greater sexual independence, and find ways to move into the public sphere, social and cultural norms change as well. Pop culture, especially mass media like music, redefined how women were perceived in this period as well.
Step one: View the video on 1920s music.
Step two: Think about the lyrics and music in the video. Determine the music’s purpose and audience. Consider the music’s theme(s) and mood. Evaluate the music as if you were a person living during the 1920s. (How does this music make you feel? Is this music shocking and radical? How would you view this as a young person? A parent? A social critic?)
Step three: Write about the music. Choose two of the songs in the video. Write a review of the two pieces of music.
You must address the following:
What do the lyrics say/advocate about women’s new world? (Be specific.)
How did people of the era judge this music? (Think about different social groups: rich vs. poor, urban vs. rural, American born vs. immigrant, older vs. younger, etc.)
How does this music give you insight into women’s lives during the 1920s?
Week 10 Discussion Board (DB).
Initial post is due Tuesday, and two response posts are due Thursday.
DBs are intended to help us have an open conversation together. This will require you to come to the DB ready to post a response to the question posed to the entire class, but also to read and respond to your classmates. Each DB will require an initial post (your response to the question) on Tuesday (11:59PM), and then to respond to two classmates by Thursday (11:59PM). This is not a place where you must have the exact right answer, but you should engage with your classmates on exploring possible ways of thinking about the question.
The rules for DBs are
Think carefully about the question and be ready to fully explain and justify your thoughts on the question.
Initial posts should be about 100 words in length.
Response posts should be about 50 words in length.
Be kind and respectful when responding to your classmates. You do not have to agree with their thoughts, opinions, or beliefs, but you should able to disagree without anger or accusation.
Week 10 Prompt:
This week we meet the flappers, the ‘New’ New Woman. Thinking about the contrast between the Gibson Girls of the 1890s and 1900s and the flappers. How do the Gibson Girls’ daughters, the flappers of the 1920s, push social boundaries even more than their mothers? As women take on political rights, make spaces for themselves in the workplace, push for greater sexual independence, and find ways to move into the public sphere, social and cultural norms change as well. Pop culture, especially mass media like music, redefined how women were perceived in this period as well.
Step one: View the video on 1920s music.
Step two: Think about the lyrics and music in the video. Determine the music’s purpose and audience. Consider the music’s theme(s) and mood. Evaluate the music as if you were a person living during the 1920s. (How does this music make you feel? Is this music shocking and radical? How would you view this as a young person? A parent? A social critic?)
Step three: Write about the music. Choose two of the songs in the video. Write a review of the two pieces of music.
You must address the following:
What do the lyrics say/advocate about women’s new world? (Be specific.)
How did people of the era judge this music? (Think about different social groups: rich vs. poor, urban vs. rural, American born vs. immigrant, older vs. younger, etc.)
How does this music give you insight into women’s lives during the 1920s?
