Media: Popular Culture & US History

Please begin by identifying three large ideas or concepts from the class that you found interesting /provocative/revelatory/worthy of remembering.  

Part A : Carefully identify/frame this idea (as if explaining it to a friend).  Why did you find it important (i.e., why do you choose it)? Did it reinforce or contradict your previous thinking? Please quote from one of the pertinent course readings in this portion.

Part B : Please connect this idea to any of the course learning outcomes (The interpretation of American history through popular culture media; Popular culture as both reaction to and catalyst for events and trends in American history; Recognition and appreciation of both the differences and similarities of our combined cultural history; Application of what we have learned of the past to the understanding of similar aspects of the present)?  How might you fit these new or reinforced understandings of pop culture fit into your life? Please include both general and specific examples of resulting thinking and/or behavioral shifts.

The overall format of your Reflection should be-

Topic 1 concept

Topic 1 Part A- description and importance of the concept, reading quotation

Topic 1 Part B- connection to course learning outcome, connection to your life with examples

Topic 2 concept

Topic 2 Part A- description and importance of the concept, reading quotation

Topic 2 Part B- connection to course learning outcome, connection to your life with examples

Topic 3 concept

Topic 3 Part A- description and importance of the concept, reading quotation

Topic 3 Part B- connection to course learning outcome, connection to your life with examples