National Security
Research Tools Assignment:
* Write a well-developed (4-5 Page) essay on one of the following topics. You will need to use at least two outside resources—but the good news is that I have given you one for each topic. You are required to use my source, but then you can roam anywhere. In your essay you should develop a thesis telling me your opinion of the topic and its overall importance. As you proceed through the essay, be sure to quote and summarize effectively. Be doubly sure to include parenthetical (in-text) references and an Annotated Bibliography (I’ll send them), using MLA standards.
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1) I have been gradually exposing you to Woody Guthrie’s music–Who wasWoody Guthrie? He was obviously a fan of John Steinbeck (See Unit 2 Lecture) ! Analyze his importance, detailing his important cultural contributions. Required starting point: The Woody Guthrie Website.
2) What is the Freedom of Information Act? What are its main provisions??
How has it helped people??? Required Starting Point: National Security
Archive.
3) A Los Angeles history question from 1942: What was the connection
between the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and the Zoot Suit Riots?
Required Starting Point: “Zoot Suit Riots”–San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
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Starter Bibliography
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. Gale Literary Databases, found on Santa Monica Library Home Page.http://library.smc.edu
This link may not be immediately useful for this assignment,
but it will lead you to the many interesting databases we have
courtesy of the SMC library. If you want background information
on Steinbeck, you can find it this way.
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Baeder, Ben. “Zoot Suit Riots: The Sleepy Lagoon Murder Case That
Helped Spur the WWII Era Los Angeles Race Riots.” San Gabriel
Valley Tribune. 2017.Accessed 7/10/2017. <www.svgtribune.com/article/ZZ/20130531/NEWS/130539861 (Links to an external site.).>
National Security Archive. 1995. Accessed September 11, 2006.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ (Links to an external site.)
Woody Guthrie Website. Updated September 11, 2006. Accessed
September 11, 2006. http://www.woodyguthrie.org (Links to an external site.)
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Guthrie was a music personality, who composed music and performed them on concerts and events. He also wrote books, columns and was a philosopher. According to Gatten (p464), he was an activist and a radio presenter. It is through the activities that Guthrie made an impact on America and to date his essays and music still lives. His creativity attracted the attention of media and scholars into studying and investigating his life. His political views are also under investigation. His life began in Okemah, Oklahoma and his music…………………
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