Pathways–Honors Credit
5pp. paper on one of the two topics below:
1.) Compare and contrast the major TV advertisements from the 1960, 1964, and 1968 campaigns, as shown at Living Room Candidate:
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1960
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1964
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1968
How did the methods & messaging of the major parties change over time? Be sure to cite specific examples from the advertisements.
2.) Analyze the four speeches below by Winston Churchill from the eve of war (1938-9). What do you see as Churchill’s central argument? His central critique of British policies? Did he recognize any limitations on British power?
- The Danube Basin – 24 March 1938, House of Commons
- Munich – 5 October 1938, House of Commons
- The Defence of Freedom and Peace (“The Lights are going out”) – 16 October 1938, Broadcast to the United States and London
- A Hush Over Europe – 8 August 1939
