Aisch, Gregor, Jon Huang, and Cecilia Kang, “Dissecting the #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theories,” New York Times, December 10, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/10/business/media/pizzagate.html This article contains information about the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
Allen, Damien “Why Do Jedi Turn to the Dark Side?”, Slate, last modified on April 8, 2016, https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/04/why-do-jedi-turn-to-the-dark-side.html This article identifies the source of a movie quote.
Anti-Defamation League Editors, “Right-Wing Extremism Linked to Every 2018 Extremist Murder in the U.S., ADL Finds” Anti-Defamation League, January 23, 2019, https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/right-wing-extremism-linked-to-every-2018-extremist-murder-in-the-us-adl-finds Explains the data on who is committing terrorist acts in the USA.
Bender, Bryan and Hanna, Andrew. “Flynn Under Fire for Fake News,” Politico, December 5, 2016, https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/michael-flynn-conspiracy-pizzeria-trump-232227 An article about Michael Flynn’s involvement in propagating the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
Bernardi, Daniel. “Birth of a Nation: Integrating Race in to a Narrator System,” in Film Analysis: A Norton Reader, edited by Jeffrey Geiger and R. L. Rutsky, 58-73. W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. This reading is strongly recommended for teachers of the unit. Contains detailed information about the socio-political climate at the time of the release of Birth of a Nation.
Blake, Andrew, “Nearly half of Republicans see truth in 'Pizzagate' theory: Pol,” Washington Times, Published December 28, 2016, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/28/pizzagate-theory-believed-by-nearly-half-of-republ/ An article about the prevalence of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
BrainyQuote, “Frederick Douglass Quotes,” BrainyQuote, accessed on June 5, 2019, https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/frederick_douglass_134371 This is the source of the quote.
Casad, Bettina, “ Confirmation Bias” Encyclopedia Britannica, (accessed May 25, 2019), https://www.britannica.com/science/confirmation-bias This is an online dictionary definition.
Connecticut State Department of Education, “Connecticut Career & Technical Education Performance Standards & Competencies 2015 Edition & Common Core State Standards,” Connecticut State Department of Education, accessed June 5, 2019. https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/CTE/FCS/perf_stand_comp.pdf A listing of the Connecticut Career and Technical Education Standards.
CNN Editors. “Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts,” CNN Library, last modified on April 22, 2019, https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/us/los-angeles-riots-fast-facts/index.html 9800 California National Guard Troops were called in during the LA uprising.
Corliss, Richard, “D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation 100 Years Later: Still Great, Still Shameful,” Time, Posted March 3, 2015, https://time.com/3729807/d-w-griffiths-the-birth-of-a-nation-10/ or https://tinyurl.com/BON-Reading This article discusses the impact of the movie Birth of a Nation.
Delaney, Arthur, and Ariel Edwards-Levy, “Americans Are Mistaken About Who Gets Welfare,” Huffpost, updated February 5, 2018, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/americans-welfare-perceptions-survey_us_5a7880cde4b0d3df1d13f60b An article that discusses the perception of blacks as the major recipients of certain entitlements.
Doherty, Thomas.“'The Birth of a Nation' at 100: "Important, Innovative and Despicable" (Guest Column),” The Hollywood Reporter, last modified on February 7, 2015, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/birth-a-nation-at-100-770620 Opinions and facts about the movie Birth of a Nation near its 100th Anniversary.
Gillin, Joshua, “How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business,” Politifact at the Poyner Institute, Posted on December 5, 2016, https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/dec/05/how-pizzagate-went-fake-news-real-problem-dc-busin/ or https://tinyurl.com/Pizzagate-Reading Reading for students about Pizzagate.
Gordon-Reed, Anette, “What If Reconstruction Hadn’t Failed?,” The Atlantic, October 26, 2015, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/what-if-reconstruction-hadnt-failed/412219/ or https://tinyurl.com/y2j5gztx This article discusses what would happen if the goal of a level playing field for blacks had been reached during reconstruction.
Griffith,D.W., “The Birth of a Nation (Kino Restored Edition),” Kino Video, first released on February 8, 1918, 187 minutes. A movie that is a prime example of racist propaganda.
History.com Editors, “This Day in History: D.W. Griffith's 'Birth of A Nation' Opens, Glorifying the KKK,” History, last modified on February 8, 2019, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/birth-of-a-nation-opens or https://tinyurl.com/About-B-O-N Opinions and facts about the movie Birth of a Nation near its 100th Anniversary.
Kearns, Erin, Allison Betus and Anthony Lemieux, Why Do Some Terrorist Attacks Receive More Media Attention Than Others? Justice Quarterly, Posted on January 25, 2019, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07418825.2018.1524507 This article discusses reporters’ biases in choosing which stories to report.
Klub 1016, “The Power of Propaganda”, You Tube, November 19, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Sr8exYFUE or https://tinyurl.com/The-Power-of-Propaganda Shows the tools of propaganda that are used in advertising.
Lincoln Learning Solutions, “The Propaganda Campaign,” You Tube, July 25, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Sr8exYFUE or https://tinyurl.com/The-Propaganda-Campaign Shows propaganda used to promote patriotic acts during a war.
Merriam-Webster, “Propaganda - Definition of Propaganda by Merriam Webster,” (accessed 6-21-19), https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propaganda A standard definition for the word propaganda is given.
Micallef , Joseph V., “The Arab Spring: Six Years Later,” HuffPost, last updated January 29, 2018, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-arab-spring-six-years_b_14461896 An article about the long term effects of the Arab Spring.
Sastry, Anjuli and Karen Grisby-Bates, “When LA Erupted In Anger: A Look Back At The Rodney King Riots,” NPR, April 26, 2017, https://www.npr.org/2017/04/26/524744989/when-la-erupted-in-anger-a-look-back-at-the-rodney-king-riots or https://tinyurl.com/LA-Uprising-Reading
Serwer, Adam, “The Terrorism That Doesn’t Spark a Panic,” Atlantic Monthly, January 28, 2019. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/homegrown-terrorists-2018-were-almost-all-right-wing/581284/ An article about how right wing extremists carry out most of the terror terrorist acts today.
Society of Professional Journalists, “Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics,” Society of Professional Journalists (accessed May 25, 2019), https://www.spj.org/pdf/spj-code-of-ethics.pdf or https://tinyurl.com/y2jxsn3e A code of ethics that the students can use for reference.
University of Michigan Research Guides. “"Fake News," Lies and Propaganda: How to Sort Fact from Fiction,” University of Michigan Libraries, (accessed June 21, 2019), https://guides.lib.umich.edu/fakenews A handy set of guidelines to distinguish opinion from real news.
Xu, Tina“The Arab Spring, Social Media, and Human Rights,” Amnesty International, January 21, 2011,” http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2044723,00.html or https://tinyurl.com/Arab-Spring-Reading A good reading on the Arab Spring. This article is required for those choosing to present on the Arab spring in lesson 2.
Yellin, Eric S. “How the black middle class was attacked by Woodrow Wilson’s administration,” The Conversation, last modified on February 18, 2018, http://theconversation.com/how-the-black-middle-class-was-attacked-by-woodrow-wilsons-administration-52200 This article explains the events surrounding the movie, Birth of a Nation.
