Reference no: EM133560580
Assignment: History
Part I
W.E.B. DuBois, "Returning Soldiers," The Crisis 18 (May 1919), 13-14.
Task
Question A. According to DuBois, how were African American soldiers treated when they returned from military service.
Question B. How should African Americans respond to this treatment?
Question C. What were African Americans fighting for in the Great War? How should they continue the fight?
Part II
Richard Gerstell, How to Survive an Atomic Bomb, (New York: Bantam Books, 1950), 1-84.
Task
Question A. According to Gerstell, what was the primary threat posed by atomic weapons? How did they differ from conventional weapons?
Question B. What measures should be taken to prepare for an atomic attack? What measures should be taken during an atomic attack? Do these measures seem reasonable?
Question C. What tone does Gerstell adopt in this article? Why does he emphasize "facts" and "truth"? Is the intent to inform and educate or to calm and reassure?