{"id":12240,"date":"2025-10-27T18:51:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=12240"},"modified":"2025-10-29T23:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:25:44","slug":"amdm2025october28","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/amdm2025\/amdm2025october28\/","title":{"rendered":"October 28th: Catching Up on Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/rbpe.24404500\/?st=text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Gettysburg Address<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingamericanhistory.org\/document\/the-cross-of-gold-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Cross of Gold Speech&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa.upenn.edu\/Articles_Gen\/Letter_Birmingham.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Letter from a Birmingham Jail&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Announcements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Changing up the next two weeks\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MLK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eisenhower<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debate Showcase Assignment, 11\/04\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Participation (in-class) on the syllabus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make 11\/04&#8217;s assignment fewer points???<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add points to Test #2???<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Test #2<\/strong> is next Thursday, 11\/06<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"background-color:yellow\">Discussion Post #8<\/span><\/strong> due Friday, 10\/31, 11:07pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Plan for the Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/amdm2025\/amdm2025october21\/#Gettysburg\"><strong>The Gettysburg Address<\/strong> from October 21st&#8217;s webpage<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/amdm2025\/amdm2025october23\/#money\"><strong>Money Talk(s)<\/strong> from October 23rd&#8217;s webpage<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>William Jennings Bryan\u2019s&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingamericanhistory.org\/document\/the-cross-of-gold-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cross of Gold Speech<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Next Class<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re going to finish Bryan&#8217;s &#8220;Cross of Gold Speech&#8221; and move onto MLK, Jr.&#8217;s &#8220;Letter from a Birmingham Jail&#8221; (1963). We&#8217;ll cover Dwight D. Eisenhower&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/the-presidents-news-conference-488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">News Conference<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(June 17, 1953) and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farewell Address<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(January 17, 1961) after <strong>Test #2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to do&nbsp;<strong>Weekly Discussion Post #8<\/strong>&nbsp;before Friday, 10\/31, 11:07pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Works Cited<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliot, T.S. <em>Murder in the Cathedral<\/em>. Harcourt, 1963. [original work published 1935]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>King, Martin Luther, Jr. &#8220;Letter from a Birmingham Jail.&#8221; 16 April 1963<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gettysburg Address&#8220;Cross of Gold Speech&#8221;&#8220;Letter from a Birmingham Jail&#8221; Announcements Plan for the Day Next Class We&#8217;re going to finish Bryan&#8217;s &#8220;Cross of Gold Speech&#8221; and move onto MLK, Jr.&#8217;s &#8220;Letter from a Birmingham Jail&#8221; (1963). We&#8217;ll cover Dwight D. Eisenhower&#8217;s News Conference\u00a0(June 17, 1953) and Farewell Address\u00a0(January 17, 1961) after Test #2. 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