1. Examples of key terms to define, research and discuss Arts and Literature Appropriation Beat generation or Beatnik Hip-Hop International style Jazz Modernism Postmodernism Powwow Government and Politics Aliens American Indian Movement (AIM) / Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Civil Rights Colonialism Disabled person Federal Reserve Jim Crow laws Sovereignty Business and Industry American Federation of Labor (AFL)/Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) Capitalism Depression / The Great Depression Environmental Racism Fair Employment practices Maquiladoras North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Per capita income Science and Technology Big Bang Theory Cybernetics Genetic Engineering Hubble's Law Nuclear fission Satellite Transistor Vacuum tube Culture and Society Assimilation Black Power Feminism Lynching Mainstream Model Minority Pan-Indian or pan-tribal Underground World Events Diaspora Genocide / genocide convention Globalization / global economy Kyoto Protocol Nationalism North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Terrorism World Trade Organization (WTO) Examples of general topics for research and discussion Find various definitions for the term "multiculturalism." Discuss basic differences among the definitions, and possible reasons why they have developed. Explain how a culture is considered a "monoculture" or a "multiculture." Is it possible to apply both concepts to one nation? Why or why not? Where was the word "multiculturalism" first applied to public policy, and how has that nation's multicultural policy evolved to the present day? In your opinion, what qualifies an event as an "innovation"? Do you think it is accurate to define the twentieth century as the "American century?" Why or why not? Research reasons why the U.S. population shifted from a rural-based majority at the beginning of the twentieth century to an urban based majority by the end of the twentieth century. Identify and describe other significant patterns of population growth and movement during this century.
Do you think the arts are an important influence shaping the culture of the U.S.' If yes, provide some examples. If no, explain why you think the arts have not significantly shaped our national identity in the past or present. Describe some ways in which twentieth century arts and technology have influenced each other. Describe how labor unions' demands for workers have changed on issues such as wage scales, working hours, benefits, and workplace safety since early in the twentieth century, and the methods they used to achieve their goals. What years were unions most powerful in their ability to protect workers' rights? If not at the present time, what are some reasons they lost the earlier gains they had won for workers? What industries and government programs could be considered to be part of a "military-industrial complex?" By the year 2000, what percentage of U.S.
businesses were connected to this sector of the economy? How has this federal budgetary commitment affected other government funded programs and the U.S. economy in general? How does the U.S. funding for defense compare with funding of similar programs in other NATO member nations? Examples of research and discussion topics relating to particular events and topics After studying the 1906 court rulings inState of Tennessee v. Edward JohnsonandU.S. v.