Notebook 4

This notebook covers all instructional materials from the Sinclair’s Jungle module, in addition to your previous notes. (Collected synopses (one page each) of Notes Assignments 1-19. Nineteen pages.)

Instructions

1. Compose a prcis or synopsis (inclusive summary) of the material assigned (readings, film, etc.). That summary need not be in polished narrative form but instead may comprise a compilation of facts, quotations, etc. gathered from the associated reading or film. The idea is to collect both knowledge and understanding of assigned readings and films that will aid in writing strong essays assigned in this course as Papers 1, 2, and 3.
2. Collaborating with classmates, using internet search engines, etc., is not permitted. Such action will be considered a violation of .

Grading Criteria: This assignment will receive full credit upon completion according to the instructions above and in the Syllabus.

• [PDF] (Kenny, 2021)
• [Clip]
• (PBS, 2003)
• DISCLAIMER: contains graphic imagery of the inner workings of a nineteenth-century slaughterhouse (meat-packing facility). While by no means inappropriate given the context and purpose of the assigned film, the imagery is powerful. Students often say they were glad to be alerted beforehand.
• [Clip]
• (Cinecom Entertainment, 1987)
• DISCLAIMER: Matewan is a motion picture that presents dramatized reenactment of strife–including physical violence–between (and among) business management and labor in postbellum West Virginia circa 1920. The images are in no way inappropriate given the topic and its centrality to this course. Still, the images are powerful. Students often say afterward they were glad to be alerted beforehand. Be on alert also for: language; in particular vernacular expressions of the day, including language today thought to be racist, inappropriate, and just plain impolite. Again: such evidence is in no way inappropriate given the topic and its centrality to this course.
• [Clip]
• (BBC, 1997)
• [PDF]
• [Clip]
• (PBS, 2001)
• DISCLAIMER: contains graphic imagery of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. While by no means inappropriate given the context and purpose of the assigned film, the imagery is powerful.