Jennifer Dikes

-Finish reading and annotating The Western Heritage p.891-899 on postwar problems in France, Britain and Germany.
-Read A People and a Nation, p. 646-648, 652-654, 657 on postwar USA
-Write an essay of minimum 500 words. Compare and contrast the situation of postwar Europe and USA in the 1920s using three lens: economic, political and social issues. Make specific reference to the situations in France, Britain and Germany.

Sophie and Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28, 1914 just before their assassination.

This is Franz Ferdinand’s jacket, which had to be cut from his body. He was pretty vain, and had himself sewn into his clothes so that the fit was perfect.

Life magazine was a weekly magazine that had a significant national readership from the 1880s until the 1970s or so. From the 1970s to 2000, it was a monthly magazine. The magazine was owned by the same company that runs Time magazine. Life was known for its photography and photojournalism. Its archives have been digitized by Google. Take a look at the site – if you are doing your historical investigation on a topic after the 1860s, there is most likely a relevant and interesting photograph in the archive. I will be posting pictures that I find on my website throughout the year.

This picture is Charlie Chaplin (with the flower in his lapel on the right) with his brother and someone else at a party in Berlin in 1928.

Complete the initial proposal for the Historical Investigation.

The instructions for the entire project are here: Historical Investigation 2008-09.doc. The initial proposal for the HI is due on FRIDAY.