Plan for the Day
Let’s just see how things go…
“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” 1960
I’ve got notes written down, but maybe we can check out a few scenes. Did anyone watch the 2003 remake? At this point, you must have plenty to say about conformity and media manipulation.
Themes and Stuff from the Semester
I’ve listed themes here, and I’d like to discuss them. Your Final Exam will have questions from the course material–just like everyone’s favorite Midterm Exam–but I also want to include questions on themes, and I’ll be writing things we discuss down. If you don’t say anything, I’ll still have questions to ask on the Final Exam, but it would be good to show me you can make connections…
Let’s link these to one or more texts from the semester.
- Technology
- a) weapons
- b) surveillance
- c) communications
- Anti-intellectualism
- Values
- a) freedom
- b) convenience
- c) instant gratification
- Hierarchy
- a) social control
- b) government
- c) gender/sexuality
- Consumption
- a) zombies
- b) environment
- c) capitalism
- Exploration
- a) conquest
- b) colonialism
- c) the unknown…
Final Exam
You’re Final Exam will be on Canvas and due Wednesday, December 13th, 11:00pm. I will open in up earlier, so you’ll have several days to do it, but you must do it before Wednesday, so plan accordingly.