Now and Then : Current Issues in Historical Context

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ISBN: 9780072981216 | 0072981210
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Copyright: 12/30/2004

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68 short readings and 47 visuals put issues of current controversy into historical context. The readings offer recent and varied perspectives on those topics, capturing the moment of change in which we live.

Preface: The Story Behind Now and Then

xxv

PART I On Reading and Writing

(60)

1 Critical Reading and Thinking

(25)

Reading to Respond

(9)

Tattoos Today, Andres Martin

(6)

Tattoos in Ancient Egypt, Judith Ines

(2)

Reading to Understand

(5)

Reading to Understand Inferences

(1)

Reading to Evaluate

(4)

Reading Images Critically

(6)

Images of Tattoos

(5)

2 The Processes and Aims of Writing

(33)

Considering Your Own Writing Process

(2)

Understanding the Writing Task

(4)

Understanding the Processes of Writing

(7)

Understanding the Aims of Writing

(20)

PART II Readings

(318)

3 Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience

(39)

Introduction

(1)

THEN

(13)

Setting the Context: Coming to America Then

(13)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

(1)

My People, Chief Seattle

(1)

Ellis Island, Irving Howe

(1)

Secrets, Maxine Hong Kingston

(1)

Health Inspection at Ellis Island (photograph)

(1)

Freedom Foundation (advertisement)

(1)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

(1)

NOW

(25)

What Happens to the Native Population When Immigrants Arrive?

(10)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

(1)

Evaluating an Argument: Two Points of View

(1)

Wheel of Misfortune, Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Time

(1)

Indian Gaming: Why Is the Backlash Growing?, editorial, Native American Times

(1)

Native Americans in Gambling Casino (photograph)

(1)

How Does America Welcome Immigrants?

(17)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

(1)

"Blaxicans" and Other Reinvented Americans, Richard Rodriguez

(1)

Evaluating an Argument: Two Points of View

(1)

An Education in Citizenship, editorial, Chicago Tribune

(1)

Immigrant Students Seek Lower Tuition, Cara O'Connor (student newspaper), and Law Would Allow Immigrants to Pay In-State Tuition (Chicago Tribune)

(1)

"Close the Borders!" Ted Rall (political cartoon)

(1)

Warning Sign: United States and Mexican Border

100

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

(3)

4 Finding Our Way: The American Dream after 9/11

102

(38)

Introduction

102

(2)

THEN

104

(11)

Setting the Context: The Dream Then

104

(11)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

104

(1)

I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King Jr.

104

(1)

A New Sense of Responsibility, William Jefferson Clinton

108

(7)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

115

(1)

NOW

115

(25)

What Does the Flag Mean?

115

(14)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

115

(1)

Photo Essay on the American Flag: Now and Then

116

(1)

Seeing Stars and Stripes, Jennifer de Poyen

116

(1)

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Points of View

122

(1)

The Fight about the Flag, Tara Tripaldi (student newspaper)

122

(1)

Don't Turn on the Flag, editorial, San Francisco Chronicle

124

(1)

A Silent Protest on the Basketball Court, Janet Paskin

125

(3)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

128

(1)

How Do We Balance Freedom and Security?

129

(9)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

129

(1)

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Points of View

129

(1)

Terrorist Attacks Prompt Changes in Americans' Legal Rights, David Kravets

129

(1)

Conservative Backlash, editorial, Baltimore Sun

132

(1)

Scientists Raise Concerns about Impact of the Patriot Act, Sandra Guy

134

(1)

General Electric (advertisement)

137

(1)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

138

(1)

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

138

(2)

5 Passing and Failing: Education, Formal and Informal

140

(55)

Introduction

140

(1)

THEN

141

(21)

Setting the Context: Education Then

141

(21)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

141

(1)

Interior of an old schoolhouse (photograph)

142

(1)

Learning to Read and Write, Frederick Douglass

143

(1)

Clamorous to Learn, Eudora Welty

148

(1)

Can Prison Be a School? Malcolm X

155

(6)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

161

(1)

NOW

162

(33)

Does Gender Affect the Way We Learn?

162

(18)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

162

(1)

Students in the Classroom (photograph)

163

(1)

The Lost Boys, Elaine McArdle

164

(1)

With Fewer Distractions, Students Will Do Better, Meg Milne Moulton and Whitney Ransome

168

(1)

The New Gender Gap, Michelle Conlin

170

(10)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

180

(1)

How Equal Are the Educational Opportunities in America Today?

180

(16)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

180

(1)

Young Schoolgirl (photograph)

181

(1)

Profoundly Multicultural Questions, Sonia M. Nieto

181

(1)

No Child (Even Native American) Left Behind, Richard B. Williams

188

(1)

Charter Schools Blaze Trail to Real Racial Equality, Suzanne Fields

190

(3)

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

193

(2)

6 Redefining Gender and Marriage: Men, Women, and Couples

195

(49)

Introduction

195

(1)

THEN

196

(10)

Setting the Context: Gender and Marriage Then

196

(10)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

196

(1)

Letters: The Place of Women in the New American Republic, Abigail and John Quincy Adams

197

(1)

Ain't I a Woman? Sojourner Truth

200

(1)

"Pantelets" and "Turkish Trousers": Designing Freedom in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century United States, Gayle V. Fischer

201

(5)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

206

(1)

NOW

206

(38)

How Do Gender and Society Influence How We Dress?

206

(13)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

206

(1)

Evaluating an Argument: Two Points of View

207

(1)

Taking Off the Abaya, Megan Twohey

207

(1)

If You're a Woman in Saudi Arabia, Just Cover Up. (For Now), Tish Durkin

212

(1)

Principal Gives High Heels on Boys the Boot, Chicago Free Press

217

(2)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

219

(1)

For Better or for Worse: Defining "Marriage"

219

(26)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

219

(1)

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives

220

(1)

Gays Face Same Battle Interracial Couples Fought, Gail Mathabane

220

(1)

Coming Out Ahead: Why Gay Marriage Is on the Way, Ramesh Ponnuru

222

(1)

Gay and Ready to Many, Suneel Khanna

227

(1)

A More Perfect Union: Reservations about Gay Marriage, Dennis O'Brien

231

(6)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

237

(1)

Photo Essay on Same-Sex Marriage

238

(1)

Same Sex Marriage, John Fewings (cartoon)

238

(1)

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

239

(1)

Help America Save Marriage! (website)

240

(1)

We All Deserve the Freedom to Marry (photograph)

241

(1)

Just Married (photograph)

242

(1)

Marriage Controversies: 1960 and 2000 (cartoon)

242

(2)

7 Exploring Pop Culture: Media Messages

244

(38)

Introduction

244

(1)

THEN

245

(11)

Setting the Context: Pop Culture Then

245

(11)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

245

(1)

A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Censorship, Robert Atkins

246

(1)

First Amendment Rocks Memphis, Phillip Taylor

252

(3)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

255

(1)

NOW

256

(26)

Whose Music Is It, Anyway?

256

(14)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

256

(1)

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives

256

(1)

Piracy Suits: Shock and Awe, Bill Holland

256

(1)

Recording Industry Goes after Students over Music Sharing, Amy Harmon

258

(1)

Why the Record Companies Have to Play Hardball, Michael Rogers

263

(1)

File-Sharing Wars: Version 2.0, Ben Kupstas (student newspaper)

266

(1)

Sharing or Pirating (Doonesbury cartoon sequence), G.B. Trudeau

268

(1)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

269

(1)

Is Harry Evil?

270

(14)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

270

(1)

Harry and History, Elizabeth D. Schafer

270

(1)

"'Potter'" Book Burning Was Misguided," Robert Seltzer

273

(1)

In Defense of Book Burning, Will Manley

275

(1)

The Harry Potter Controversy: Dark Fantasy or Gateway to the Occult?, Steve Eighinger

277

(3)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

280

(1)

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

281

(1)

8 Coping with Change: Technology and Work

282

(37)

Introduction

282

(2)

THEN

284

(13)

Setting the Context: Technology Then

284

(13)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

284

(1)

Let Us Make You Fat (advertisement, October 1915)

284

(1)

The Great Enigma of Our Times, Henry George

285

(1)

The Nineteenth-Century Internet, Tom Standage

290

(1)

Tips for Teens, Benjamin Darling

293

(3)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

296

(1)

NOW

297

(22)

How Has the Internet Changed How We Relate to Each Other?

297

(10)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

297

(1)

Maxidate: It's Fun and Free (website)

298

(1)

The Cyber Children Have Arrived, Dan Johnson

299

(1)

There's a Bad Example on Every Desk, Peter Coffee

302

(1)

For Love of the PC, Reid Goldsborough

303

(1)

Deadly Chatter, Susan Horsburgh and Johnny Dodd

305

(2)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

307

(1)

Medical Technology: How Much Is Too Much?

307

(14)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

307

(1)

"CC" (cloned cat, child of "Rainbow") (photograph)

308

(1)

I, Clone, Michael Shermer

309

(1)

Embracing Life, Accepting Limits, Peter A. Setness

311

(1)

Court: Removal of Brain-Damaged Woman's Feeding Tube Can Proceed, Vickie Chachere

314

(3)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

317

(1)

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

317

(2)

9 Going to College: Race and Privilege in College Admissions

319

(60)

Introduction

319

(2)

THEN

321

(28)

Setting the Context: College Then

321

(28)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

321

(1)

Graduation in Stamps, Maya Angelou

321

(1)

"Race Mixing Is Communism" (photograph, Arkansas, 1954)

334

(1)

"I Just Wanna Be Average," Mike Rose

334

(1)

Bakke and Beyond: A History and Timeline of Affirmative Action, Borgna Brunner

344

(4)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

348

(1)

NOW

349

(30)

What Are the Benefits and Challenges of Race-Based Affirmative Action?

349

(14)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

349

(1)

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives

349

(1)

Pondering Condoleezza Rice's Affirmative Action Problem—and Mine, Brent Staples

349

(1)

At the University of Michigan: Two Views from the Washington Post

352

(1)

At U-Michigan, Minority Students Find Access—and Sense of Isolation

352

(1)

A Dream Denied Leads Woman to Center of Suit

357

(6)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

363

(1)

How Do Class and Other Factors Influence Admissions?

363

(16)

Suggestions for Prereading or Journal Writing

363

(1)

Evaluating an Argument: Multiple Perspectives

364

(1)

The Great Unmentionable in American Society: Class, John R. MacArthur

364

(1)

"Legacies" Are Affirmative Action, Todd Gitlin

368

(1)

It Pays to Play, editorial, The Christian Century

370

(1)

Online Editors Scrutinize Admissions Essays of the Skittish—for a Fee, Michael Arnone

371

(4)

Making Connections: Synthesis and Analysis

375

(1)

Commentary on Affirmative Action (cartoon series)

376

(2)

Extended Connections: For Critical Thinking, Writing, and Research

378

(1)

PART III Research and Documentation

379

The Research Question

379

(1)

Locating Sources

380

(2)

Evaluating Internet Resources

382

(2)

Taking Notes

384

(3)

Integrating Quotations

387

(2)

Documenting Sources

389

(10)

Sample Research Paper

399

Credits

C-1

Index

I-1

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