"Berkeley in the 60s"
Extra Credit Possibility
Do you want to earn 3 full extra credit points on your final grade for the course? (That’s 3 points added to final average for the ENTIRE COURSE, not just 3 points added to a single exam grade. Assuming, of course, you do a good job – otherwise only partial credit may be awarded).
Read the questions you need to answer BEFORE you start viewing the movie!
If you decide to do this exercise, please be
aware that you are bound by the
UTA Honor Code to do you own work and not
share answers. Detected violations of
this policy will be dealt with severely.
If you want to add the points to your grade, here’s what you need to do:
Use Windows Media Player (or else you will have to download the entire movie before you can play it -- and that can take quite awhile!). Right click on Windows Media Player to bring up the menu for it. One menu allows you to choose the "view" you want. Choose "classic" view. That will show you a "file" menu in the upper left corner of the player. From the "file" menu, choose "open URL" and then cut and paste the web address below into the address box you will see. That should, if you have your software configured normally, start to play the movie after only a few seconds.
1. Go to the following address on the Web:
http://www.global-college.com/reefer/berkeley-1.wmv
Going to that address will pop up a box for id and password.
User id = “criminologist”
and password = “3313f03”
(Type only what’s in the quotes, and don’t
use the quote marks when signing in).
(You may have to sign in twice, depending on the PC you are using).
2. Watch the 2 hour movie,
online. (The movie is called “
60s”).
(IMPORTANT, once you start watching, you will need to watch the entire
movie. You CAN pause it, and then restart from the same spot. BUT if
you make the mistake of actually stopping it, you may have to begin
again at the very start of the movie. You might want to practice
pausing the film several times just at the beginning).
3. It is strongly recommended that you use Microsoft Windows Media Player
Version to view the movie. If you do so, you will get good quality and
can even watch full-screen. You can watch the movie using other media
players (I’ve successfully tried using Winamp 5 and Real One Player).
However, other players than Media Player give noticeably poorer
viewing.
If you don’t have the needed hardware or software at home or the office
to view the film, you can use one of the UTA PC labs. They have
headphones for sound, and they either have Media Player V 9 installed or
they will let you download and install it (they say).
4. You need to answer the questions that appear below. NOTE that you
will do much better if you carefully read these questions BEFORE you
view the film!!!
5. The assignment should be turned in (ON PAPER – no e-copies accepted)
by the time of the start of the final exam
for the course. Earlier
submission is encouraged. (You can leave the paper in my mailbox in
UH 430 if I’m not around – subject to the deadline just described).
6. Answer the following questions:
1.
Describe the events depicted in the movie surrounding the
Convention of 1968, and explain the significance of these events.
(about 2 paragraphs)
2. What was “People’s Park?” What controversy surrounded it?
Was violence associated with the park? Explain.
3. In 1963, concerning what issue did
together with blacks in the city
of
4. Who was governor of
his attitudes towards the
5. Who was Huey Newton? What took place between
the police?
6. What role for the women’s movement can be seen in the events
depicted in the movie?