**ATTENTION ALL 1st/2nd AP/1102: FRI. 2/24 IN-CLASS TASK AND LOOKING AHEAD TO ENG1102 MIDTERM WEEK: HW DUE WED. 3/1

1st/2nd APLang/ENG 1102

**IMPORTANT TASKS TO TODAY FRI. 2/24 and looking toward next week/MIDTERM WEEK FOR YHC ENG1102:

1) FIRST, IN CLASS TODAY, FRI. 2/24, please take some time to THOUGHTFULLY SELECT A *U.S. RED SCARE or McCARTHYISM* POLITICAL CARTOON/PROPAGANDA POSTER that you will be using THIS WEEKEND/early next week AT THE LATEST **for a SIGNIFICANT VISUAL/RHETORICAL ANALYSIS GRADE 

• Now that we've finished The Crucible, a BRIEF NOTE: we'll be exploring the themes in Miller's play through the context of modern/ historical implications of hysteria, panic, call-out culture, and, for this connection especially, THE RED SCARE panics that hit the US in both the early and mid 20th century

• Keep above and the play you are completing in mind, and VIEW THE FOLLOWING SHORT VIDEO:

Short History of The Red Scare

• I'm also providing you with the following EXCELLENT, HELPFUL video to PLEASE VIEW as well: TED ED "What Is McCarthyism? (And How Did It Happen?)" ( << LINKED HERE **AND ON THE CLASSROOM POST** SINCE IT MAY BE BLOCKED AS AN EMBEDDED VIDEO)

2) NEXT, MAKE SURE you show me/'run by' me your POLITICAL CARTOON/PROPAGANDA POSTER FOR my the 'official OKAY" that you understand as BASIC LEVEL what your piece of chosen visual rhetoric may be representing RE: the U.S. Red Scare/McCarthyism 

• Use your preferred search engine to CHOOSE A POLITICAL CARTOON/PROPAGANDA POSTER WITH A HISTORICAL CONTEXT, TIME FRAME, AND THEME RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING (*key words for your search, for example):
• Red Scare political cartoon (*WWI era)
• McCarthyism political cartoon (post-WWII era/the 1960s)
• **Add "US" or "United States" to your search key words if you want even further results

• ALSO, NOTE/REMEMBER: MONDAY 2/27 FIRST THING IN CLASS FOR A 100% or ZERO GRADE, FOR THE FINAL TIME, I'LL GIVE YOU and/or LOOK FOR YOUR PRINTED-OUT CHOSEN RED SCARE/McCARTHYISM POLITICAL CARTOON 
• AND AGAIN NOTE: if you print these on your own, DO THIS NOW!!!! NOT LATER THAT COULD CAUSE DELAYS IN TURNING IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT! 

3) AND FINALLY...use the POLITICAL CARTOON/PROPAGANDA ANALYSIS SHEET given to you in class FRI. 2/24 (*and a linked pdf on the Classroom) to complete your GRADED APLang/1102 PROJECT/assignment you received instructions on/a sample/model for in class Fri. 2/24

• THE SUBMISSION DUE DATE FOR THIS POLITICAL CARTOON/POSTER ANALYSIS SHEET + THE PRINT-OUT OF YOUR VISUAL IS AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS WED. 3/1

• SO, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME NOW TO START ON THIS; NOOOOOOO FREAKING EXCUSES.

***SOOOOO, TO RECAP WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED TODAY/THIS WEEKEND TOWARD NEXT WEEK:

• TODAY FRI. 2/24 and AT THE LATEST this wkend search and pick out a RED SCARE/McCARTHYISM POLITICAL CARTOON/PROPAGANDA POSTER THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE UNDERSTANDING/ANALYZING/**TYING TO THE CRUCIBLE AS WELL**; IF YOU HAVE NOT YET BY THE END OF CLASS FRI. 2/24, be ready to SHOW IT TO ME PRINTED MON. 2/27 **OR** EMAIL TO ME BEFORE MON. 2/27 so I can print it! OR A ZERO WILL BE ENTERED!
• And your POLITICAL CARTOON/POSTER ANALYSIS SHEET NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED/HARD COPY along w/a printed copy of your visual BY THE BEGINNING OF CLASS WED. 3/1!!!

• AND ONE MORE REMINDER FOR NEXT WEEK'S IN-CLASS WRITTEN RESPONSE 1102 MIDTERM: make sure you've read and understand Miller's article/essay "Why I Wrote The Crucible" and be aware that this article PLUS your political cartoon make up a SIGNIFICANT PART of your MIDTERM assignments/responses you'll be completing this coming week; in other words: THESE GRADES ARE MAJOR.