Values, Norms & Taboos

Week 3

Here are the materials from class:

Althen, G., & Bennett, Janet. (2011). American ways : A cultural guide to the United States (3rd ed.). Boston: Intercultural Press.

ProCon.org: https://www.procon.org/

• • Gun Control: https://gun-control.procon.org/history-of-gun-control/

    • Jordan Klepper Solves Guns: http://www.cc.com/shows/jordan-klepper-solves-guns/video-guide

    • The state of gun violence in the US, explained in 18 charts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX4qUsgHa4Y

  • Climate Change: https://climatechange.procon.org/

  • College Education: https://college-education.procon.org/

  • Health Care: https://healthcare.procon.org/

  • Gay Marriage: https://gaymarriage.procon.org/

Morality Theory:

• • Quizzes to learn about your morality: https://www.yourmorals.org/

  • Video we watched in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEUVSaptjsw

  • A New York Times article on how different groups in the USA tend to vote

Here are the materials for Friday's conversation projects (don't read them in advance...just for your future reference):

It's a Free Country

• • PowerPoint Slides

  • Handout

Does Higher Education Matter?

• • Handout

Week 2

Here are the materials from class:

PowerPoint Slides (go here to watch the videos again / the articles that the maps come from are also linked here)

Articles about American Culture

• • A very thorough article on cultural and regional aspects of the USA: https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States

  • An article on the Great Migration: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/02/02/census-great-migration-reversal/21818127/

  • The Dust Bowl: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/photos/

Books about American History / Culture / Migration:

• A People's History of the USA by Howard Zinn: https://www.powells.com/book/-9780060838652

• American Nations a History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard: https://www.powells.com/book/-9780143122029

• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson: https://www.powells.com/book/-9780679763888

Week 1

Here are the materials from class:

• PowerPoint Slides (go here to watch the videos again)

• The material from our class came from this book: Heying, C. (2010). Brew to bikes: Portland's artisan economy. Portland, OR: Ooligan Press.

• Gentrification:

  • Here is the unabridged article from the Atlantic

  • A video about the Vanport District in North Portland

  • The video we watched in class about the project to keep families in Northeast Portland:

  • A trailer for a local documentary called "Priced Out" about gentrification in Portland

• Here is information on the Alberta District:

  • https://albertamainst.org/

  • http://lastthurspdx.org/