National Resource Guide to American Studies in the Secondary Schools
Sponsored by the ASA Secondary School Committee
Course Units -- 11th and 12th Grade: Iowa City, IA
Compare with: Tuscaloosa, AL, Montebello, CA, Miami, FL, Elgin, IL, Caledonia, MI, Lebanon, NH
Information about the Iowa City Program Development and Organization is also available.
Materials for a l960s American Decades Course
The following materials are recommended for this course; they are grouped according to the course plan. [NOTE: For more specific information on texts, audio-visual materials, and assignments, see Workman's Teaching the Sixties]
Values and Culture:
A children's book or recording, e.g., "The Three Little Pigs"
History Books:
Goldstein, Toby. l988. Waking from the Dream: America in the Sixties. New York: Messer.
O'Neill, William L. l974. Coming Apart: An Informal History of the l960's. New York: Time Books.
Documentary Film:
Making Sense of the Sixties, l99l. Color, 6 cassettes, 60 minutes each, PBS Videos.
Hollywood Films:
To Kill a Mockingbird (l962), Dr. Strangelove (l964), The Odd Couple (l968), Easy Rider (l969), Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid (l969).
Best Sellers:
Lee, Harper. l960. To Kill a Mockingbird.
Griffin, John Howard. l96l. Black Like Me.
Gregory, Dick. Nigger: An Autobiography.
Potok, Chaim. l967. The Chosen.
Angelou, Maya. l969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. l969. Slaughterhouse-Five.
Segal, Erich. l970. Love Story.
Art and Architecture Slides:
A collection of 30 audio-visual department and teacher-made slides of local, state, and national architecture--dream houses, front and rear orientation studies, and eclectic, organic (especially Frank Lloyd Wright), and international buildings, (especially Buckminster Fuller).
Plays and Poetry:
A collection of modern American poetry and drama books, especially one act plays, such as Edward Albee's The Sandbox.
Music and Dance:
A collection of l960s music and instructional recordings that can be studied in terms of decade values.