California Über Alles

"California Über Alles" was the first single by the Dead Kennedys. The title is an allusion to the old national anthem of Germany: "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles." ("Germany, Germany above all,").

The song focuses on Jerry Brown, the Governor of California between 1975 and 1983, and is sung from his perspective. An imaginary Brown outlines a hippie-fascist vision for America, in which his "suede denim secret police" kill un-cool people with "organic poison gas" chambers.

Lyricist Jello Biafra later said that he now feels different about Brown, as it turned out he wasn't as bad as he thought he would be.

PS-1 Final Exam Thursday 12 Noon

The PS-2 Final is at 12pm (noon) on Thursday June 10.
The time allotted for the final is 3 hours.

Bring a large Blue Book & a Scantron 886-E
Number 2 Pencil & a Pen

If you want to check any of your other classes visit:
http://www.smc.edu/apps/pub.asp?Q=1572

Movie Compare & Contrast Paper

This paper will be 10% of the total grade

Watch Mr. Smith Goes To Washington and 3 of the other films listed below, and write an essay in which each film is compared to 5 of the Bold (vocabulary) terms from our textbook.

• The paper must include 20 Bold terms, (5 for each film)
• Due June 3rd at the beginning of class. (DO NOT BE LATE ON JUNE 3RD)
• The paper must be typed in MLA format.
• The paper must be a minimum of 15 pages, and no more than 25
• This is not a research paper. It must not include any source material other than the textbook, and four of the films assigned. The paper does not need to compare the films to each other, simply compare each film to the textbook, one at a time.

The Films:

• Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, and any three of the following:
• A Perfect Candidate
• Anytown USA
• Why We Fight
• Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
• An Unreasonable Man
• Jimmy Carter, Man from Plains
• American Experience - LBJ
• American Experience - Richard Nixon
• Taking on The Kennedys
• The Candidate
• America: Freedom to Fascism
• With God on our Side
• In The Face of Evil

Extra Credit: Jeopardy Questions

Class participation is 10% of your grade. To boost your class participation grade, bring in two Jeopardy questions that are relevant to the subjects that we have been learning. Be prepared to read the two questions to the class.

These must be actual questions used on a recent episode of Jeopardy. Questions must be typed in MLA Format and ready to hand in to professor Gorgie.

Jeopardy airs on KABC (channel 7) at 7pm.

Extra Credit: Presidential Library Paper

Go to a presidential library and write about it. There are two in driving distance: Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon.

Presidential libraries include a museum-like tour through the president's time in office. From the information displayed at the library, write a paper contrasting one particular element of the president's career (e.g. Foreign Policy, Campaigns, Military Involvement, etc.), with references from our textbook. You are given free reign to choose any topic that you find interesting from the library, provided that you can also find references in our textbook.

• Completed papers must include a ticket stub from the library visited. No papers will be accepted without proof of admission.
• The paper must be at least 10 pages, but no more than 20.
• The paper must include at least 10 of the Bold Terms found in our textbook that relate to the topic that you are writing on.
• This will be due on the last day of class at the latest (early papers are encouraged, but not mandatory.)

Richard Nixon Library

www.nixonlibraryfoundation.org

18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA 92886-3949
(714) 993-3393

Get directions

Ronald Reagan Library

www.reaganfoundation.org

40 Presidential Dr
Simi Valley, CA 93065
(805) 522-2977

Get directions

Extra Credit: Outside Reading Essay

To raise a midterm grade, or a final exam grade by one full letter, students may write a paper comparing and contrasting our textbook (Challenge of Democracy) with one of the following three books:

• Recarving Rushmore, by Ivan Eland
  Amazon, LA Public Library
  
  
• The Bush Betrayal, by James Bovard
  Amazon, LA Public Library, SMPL*
  
  
• Obamanomics by Timothy Carney (NOTE: There are two books with this title, check the author and make sure to read the right one!)
  Amazon, LA Public Library, SMPL*
  
  *Santa Monica Public Library has The Bush Betrayal, and Obamanomics, but their website is laaaaaaame, and makes it really hard to link to them. Here's the website http://www.smpl.org/.

After reading one of the books from the list above, write an essay contrasting the views presented with those in our textbook.

• The paper must be at least 10 pages, but no more than 20.
• The paper must include at least 10 of the Bold Terms found in our textbook that relate to the book that you are writing on.
• This will be due on the last day of class at the latest (early papers are encouraged, but not mandatory.)

Ken Burns America: The Congress

Available from any of the following:

- Los Angeles Pubic Library

- Santa Monica Public Library

- Netflix

- Blockbuster (they're still in business right?)