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Harris/Englsh 101: LESSON PLANS SUMMER 2004June 8 tu. Course introduction. Atomic Cafe. Get acquainted interviews. Oral reports. Review of the writing process. Response paper 1. Frequently misused words. T*Ch. 1, 6, 16; A29-37. Interview family, friends, or co-workers, etc., about knowledge of nuclear war.Course IntroductionThis is Engl. 101, Composition. For the next five weeks we will concentrate on your writing. This composition course also has a theme, and all the work you’ll be doing will be on that theme. The theme is nukes, which is slang for all things nuclear: energy, war, power plants, etc.Let’s first go over the course materials. This packet contains the course description, the syllabus, the grade computation sheet, and the topic handouts for the three essays you’ll be writing. 1. for course description, point out grading and attendance policies.Also mention late paper and missing exercises done policy.2. go over syllabus, pointing out due dates, assignment types, evaluation group dates and number of copies of rough draft needed, and oral report dates. Mention the grade computation chart.3. review the topic handouts, briefly mentioning audience and purpose and listing them and underlining the thesis. All papers should be done on computer, 12 point font and double spaced with one staple in the upper left corner, identifying information inthe upper right corner.Nuclear Background LectureSo in this course, you are going to write about nukes from a fiction as well as a non fiction perspective. We’ll be watching both movies and documentaries that focus on nukes so that you can learn some of the history and understand how it is incorporated into fiction. You will also be doing an oral report on a novel that uses nukes in some way.In looking at nuclear movies, there are several points that become clear: nukes appear as a major plot point or as the McGuffin. AlfredHitchcock defined the McGuffin as “the thing that the spies are after but the audience don’t care.” So nukes are interchangeable with any top secret, stolen jewels or money: these are plot points that get the movie and its conflict moving.We will be watching movies that show nukes in these ways. In some, they are the major focal point with the distinct possibility of total annihilation. We’re going to begin our movie viewing with the documentary Atomic Café. This documentary is a compilation of news reports, advertising, public relations exercises, for instance, how do you sell the public on the possibility of living through a nuclear explosion?The Atomic Café" provided the founders of this site with an exceptional roadmap of how to blend pop cultural artifacts, satireand information to form new entertainment - or in the vernacular of the Internet - "content." With a tip of the old CONELRAD fedora, then, this page gratefully acknowledges a great film, soundtrack, and book. THE FILMThe idea for this unique and innovative documentary began in a San Francisco bookstore in 1976 when one of the film's co-producers (Pierce Rafferty) found a thick catalogue of U.S. government films. That same day Rafferty envisioned a project that would utilize some of these titles to create a satirical documentary on the subject of American propaganda. The concept of crafting a visual montage out of long forgotten government training movies took six years and $300,000 to finally be realized on the screen in 1982. Along the way Rafferty enlisted his brother, Kevin, and shortly thereafter, New York film teacher Jayne Loader to join him in making the film. "Atomic Café" is ultimately a post-modern masterpiece that is different from any documentary that came before it or has been released since. One of the reasons the film issuch an artistic success is because the filmmakers were daring enough to eschew narration and rely solely on their source footage. This footage - edited for maximum irony and backed by a phenomenal soundtrack - evolved into a completely fresh and original work. And with the Reagan administration's re-energized arms race in full swing (with complimentary plans for "continuity of government"), the film achieved currency with its wicked satire of Truman/Eisenhower era designs for winning World War III. You can learn more about the making of the film and read the contemporaneous reviews at Jayne Loader's Public Shelter web site.THE SOUNDTRACKLike its film counterpart, the "Atomic Café" soundtrack is an ingenious blend of music and documentary news clips. It is also the single greatest collection of Atomic Music everassembled and released. The pre-Internet methodology employed by the producers to locate these wonderful songs was simple: They went to the Library of Congress music copyright file and looked under "Atomic." From this search they produced a "want list" of 200 titles. This list was sent out to various collectors who would invariably reply with even more suggestions. From the master tape, they elected to include 17 tunes mixed withradio broadcasts and newsreel audio*. Lamentably, this atomic anthology is long out-of-print with no active plans of a reissue. This is due in part to copyright difficulties Rounder Records experienced in releasing the album in the first place. If you would care to gently nag the company, please e-mail them.Album Liner Notes [Excerpt]:"Bomb songs expressed people’s political hopes and fears, their religion, and even their sexual fantasies. People boogied with the Bomb, and they prayed with the Bomb. Here is a cross-section of the best of that music, interspersed with short documentary news clips from the time. It is a reflection of an earlier, more innocent America trying to come to grips with the new atomic era. Just as important, it is a collection of seldom-heard vintagemusic which remains exciting and dynamic today."- Charles WolfeSIDE ONE:1. ATOM AND EVIL by the Golden Gate Quartet 2. Audio Clip: Maj. Thomas Ferebee, "Enola Gay" bombardier, 08/15/45 3. WHEN THE ATOMB FELL by Karl and Harty 4. Audio Clips: President Harry S Truman, 08/09/45; Capt. Kermit Beehan, "Great Artiste" bombardier, 08/15/45 5. WIN THE WAR BLUES by Sonny Boy Williamson 6. Audio Clip: David E. Lilienthal, the first Chairman of the A.E.C. 7. ATOMIC POWER by the Buchanan Brothers 8. Audio Clip: Winston Churchill, 03/31/49 9. JESUS HITS LIKE AN ATOM BOMB by Lowell Blanchard and the Valley Trio 10. Audio Clip: Rep. James E. Van Zandt (Republican), Penn., 05/08/53 11.


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