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Goal
The purpose of these discussions is to develop your history skills.
That means learning to “read” or analyze primary sources, the things that were written or painted or created at a specific time.
Think about who wrote it and why?
Connect your primary sources to the “big picture” of history, specifically to the events that were happening when your sources were made.
Where and how do your sources fit?
Initial Post
For your initial post
Read chapter 26 and view the power point.
Think about what was going on at the time these were written.
Use the discussion questions below as you compare and contrast these three sources.
** Your initial post is due by 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 24. **
**Chapter 26 sources:
1. Brochure on the Equal Rights Amendment (1970s)
Discussion Questions:
a) What kinds of inequality seem to concern NOW the most?
b) What does the brochure see as necessary for women to take part fully in American life?
2. From Barry Commoner, The Closing Circle (1971)
3. From Richard E. Blakemore, Report on the Sagebrush Rebellion (1979)
Discussion Questions:
a) How and why does Commoner ask Americans to rethink their definition of freedom?
b) What elements of environmental policy does Blakemore see as a threat to “our freedom”?
c) How do the two writers differ in their visions of the future of American society?
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