Bingo

This extra-credit opportunity is totally optional. However, note that most of the blocks reflect course requirements or expectations; a handful are to encourage students to engage further in the class. (See note about including completion date of each block. Students can hand-write the date–and provide the pledge–on a printed copy.) http://disasters.ferrellhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BINGO.pdf  

Week 2 — Friday, September 4

Davies, “The Historical Presidency” — President as “responder in chief” (530); “consoler in chief” (541) Alaska’s 1964 earthquake: 9.1 (estimate) on the Richter scale “The president said that this is a case of saving a state . . .” (535). “Traditionally, federal aid had been confined largely to infrastructural support, while relief for individual disaster…

Week 2 — Wednesday, September 2

Keep in mind Roberts’ points about: The importance of understanding what disaster meant to the past (vs. to today). “Disasters are socially constructed to the extent that they are a product of changing social expectations about the role of government . . .” (7); “. . . disaster is a changeable, socially-constructed process” (30). Community…

Sample Essay 1

Word count and pledge can be at the top of the first page or at the end of the paper. Essay length can range from 350 to 500 words. http://disasters.ferrellhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sample-essay-1-2020.pdf

Sample Essay 2

Word count and pledge can be at the top of the first page or at the end of the paper. Essay length can range from 350 to 500 words. http://disasters.ferrellhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sample-essay-2-2020.pdf  

Sample Essay 3

Word count and pledge can be at the top of the first page or at the end of the paper. Essay length can range from 350 to 500 words. http://disasters.ferrellhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sample-essay-3-2020.pdf

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