Readings and Resources

Readings

Required Texts:

1.Academic Writers Handbook (with subscription to My Comp Lab) - Leonard J. Rosen (note this is and e-text - which means you will only have it in an electronic version). You will need to purchase the text, set up an account and then join the course. To Purchase the Course Handbook and Access to My CompLab:
Step 1. Go to http://www.mycomplab.com/
Step 2. Click on Register: Student
Step 3. Course ID: larsen25787 (The name of the course is Washington Fan Pilgrimages Fall 2014)
Step 4 Click on "No I need to buy access"
Step 5 Click on Book Specific My Comp Lab
Step 6. Scroll through book choices until you get to Rosen The Academic Writers Handbook 3/e. Click on the book (it has a yellow cover) and then click Next.
Step 7. Agree to the terms.
Step 8. Click on "No" when asked if you have a Pearson account and then create your account. Write down your login name and password!!
Step 9. After you have created your account, you will still need to join the course. Login in at the main page - www.mycomplab.com
Step 10. Click on "Join Your Instructor's Course" and then "Continue"
Step 11. You will then see a welcome screen. Please email me with your user name.

2. Vowell, Sarah. Assassination Vacation. New York: Simon and Shuster, 2005. (Available in the bookstore.)

In addition to these texts you will periodically be assigned readings that will be uploaded to Blackboard and linked to the Schedule.

Recommended Texts:

  • They Say, I Say - Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein

    Resources

    Following is a list of sources you *may* want to consider when you begin to think about Washington and the media. This is merely meant to get you started and is by no means an exhaustive list. As the semester unfolds and your research kicks in, we will collectively be adding to this list. Many of these films are availible in Gelman Library or through other WRLC libraries. Some are available online or through Netflix.

    Feature Films:

  • Gabriel Over the White House
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Born Yesterday
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • Kisses for the President
  • All the Presidents Men
  • State of Play
  • Olympus Has Fallen
  • D.C. Cab

    Documentaries

  • Riddles in the Stone: The Secret Architecture of Washington DC Christian J. Pinto dir. (2011)
  • Government Girls of World War II Leslie Sewell dir. (2004)
  • The Other City Susan Koch, dir. (2010)
  • Punk The Capital James Schneider and Paul Bishow
  • Chocolate City Ellie Walton, dir. (2007)
  • Igual Que Tu Ellie Walton dir. (2010)
  • The Legend of Cool Disco Dan Joseph Pattisall dir. (2013)

    Books:

    Hollywood on the Potomac
    Jason Killian Meath
    (Arcadia Publishers, 2009)
    Hollywood on the Potomac : How the Movies View Washington D.C
    Mike Canning
    (The Friends of Southeast Library, 2012)
    Washington D.C Film and Television
    Tracey Gold Bennett
    (Arcadia Publishers, 2014)

    Web sites:

  • TV and Movie Sites Tour of Washington DC
  • Washington DC TV and Movie Sites Tours
  • Office of Motion Picture and Television Development
  • Washington DC Office of Motion Picture and TV Development
  • Visualizing Early Washington DC
  • Meridian Hill Pictures
  • Washington in the 60’s
  • Center for History and New Media

    Special Collections:

    Gelman Library hosts the Washingtoniana collection which features maps, images, and information on the city and its rich history.

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