History Labs
#1 How to Read a Wikipedia Article – due 9/9/10
Links:
Wikipedia Category Page: Circus_Proprietors
How to edit: Wikipedia offers a “sandbox” page where you can learn about and practice making changes to a page; try it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction
Wikipedia: What is Is and Is Not
#2 How to Read a Photograph – due 9/21/10
Links:
Wisconsin Historical Images: Circus Performers
Vintage Circus Performers (Ephemera Assemblyman Blog)
#3 How to Read a Primary Source – due 10/7/10
Links:
Wisconsin Circus Lore (a full-text WPA Publication from 1937, Wisconsin Historical Society Digital Collection)
Sideshow World – use any of the narratives under “Preserving the Past” (left sidebar) – some are longer/better than others, so you might need to look at little to find one that’s suitably meaty or interesting to you
#4 How to Read a Scholarly Article – due 10/19/10
Use an article from the scholarly journals handed out in class, and complete this template as a Word document. The final product will be 8 paragraphs (usually about 3 pages).
#5 How to Read a Novel – due 11/2/10
This “lab” takes on the historical fiction novel Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Link to the NYT review of the novel (6/4/2006, hardback release)
#6 How to Read a Film – due
On reserve at WSU reserve desk = “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952)
Owned by Profs Hangen and Yang: “Freaks” (1932)
Other films – check with me if you want to do a different one that’s not on this list
Circus (1928)
I’m No Angel (1933)
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
At the Circus (1939)
Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
State Fair (1945)
Trapeze (1956)
Toby Tyler (1960)
Roustabout (1964)
Paper Moon (1973)
Bronco Billy (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Big Top Pee-Wee (1988)
Big Fish (2003)
Adventureland (2008)
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