I love that the next section which begins on p 21 is titled, "A monster more insatiable than the guillotine". This ties so nicely into our themes for AP Lang. The entire syllabus is structured around one monster or another. Junior year in and of itself is a monster.
Here's a vocab term: Zeitgeist. It means "the spirit of the times". How does that relate to the info in this next section?
"The public willingly spends a third of that sum in an afternoon to watch a major football game" (24). Some things will never change.
All of the information about Fortune, The New York Times, Time and Life is especially relevant to us as well as we will all be bringing about awareness in regard to some monster this fall in the shape of a Monster project. When I say that, I mean it's huge and it's about a monster.
Haha, junior year sounds scary...
ReplyDeleteThe author explores the zeitgeist of the prewar, war, and postwar eras in regards to how the American culture approached cancer. I thought it was interesting how during the 1950s, Fanny Rosenow was bluntly turned down by Time when she requested a cancer support group advertisement, while the magazine printed an article about cancer in 1937. Normally, we gradually accept new issues and ideas over time. It seems like things got better, then much worse when it came to the public's attitude towards cancer and cancer research from 1930 to 1950.
Project?! What?! Nooooooooo!
When I say "project", I mean a highly engaging and relevant research project that culminates in the creation of the rhetorical precis, the annotated bibliography, problem solution essay in which you leave the five paragraph canned structure behind in favor of more authentic writing, then finally, a visual ad campaign, and then finally finally a reflective essay. I love it. I think you will too. Because it's real. And it's what you will need to do when you go on to higher academia. It's synthesis. Which is also a part of the AP Lang exam. No, really. It's a thing of beauty.
ReplyDeleteHahaha! We were introduced to the rhetorical precis this past year. It wasn't too terribly awful, but it wasn't my favorite. At least we leave the five paragraph essay. Yay liberation! A visual ad campaign... I can only imagine and wait in anticipation.
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