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12/22

Links to 1939-40 New York World's Fair Materials:

Spend 30 min. exploring these links. We will cover them in class.

icon 197 Historical Photos of the 1939 New York World's Fair from the La Guardia and Wagner Archives

Use 2 of these photos as part of your Essay #3 -- Exploring a New York World's Fair

icon Industrial Exhibits at the World's Fair

icon Futurama at 1939-40 NY World's Fair (YouTube Intro.)

icon Futurama at 1939 NY World's Fair (Official Version)

icon 1939 New York World's Fair Website

This private (yet responsible) website has some materials on the World's Fair.

icon Reading: Futurama Booklet, COURSE PACK, pp. 112-121

icon Group Work -- The Futurama Booklet: Introducing The 1939-40 New York World's Fair

icon Class Notes Session #12 -- A Sample Midterm Essay Plus Futurama at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair

12/15

  **FINAL EXAM THU. 12/15**

icon Final Exam

Link to the Readings

for the 2 Final Exam

Topics

12/9

**SESSION #24 FRI. 12/9 **

Links to a 'World's Fair' in 2010 -- The Shanghai Expo:

icon Shanghai Expo 2010 | 1939 NYC World's Fair

icon SAIC-GM Pavilion, World Expo 2010, Shanghai

icon '64-65 NY World's Fair Futurama Ride

icon Dubai Expo 2020

icon Reading: E.L. Doctorow's World's Fair, (Course Pack, pp. 245-252)

This is the last chapter from a novel on The World's Fair -- the main character is a 10-year-old boy who visits the Fair with his family. You can use this reading for the Final Exam question on the World's Fair if you want to along with Gelernter BUT DOING THIS IS ENTIRELY OPTIONAL!

icon Groupwork on E.L. Doctorow's World's Fair

icon Doctorow Reading bit.ly

icon Class Notes Session #24 -- More Recent World's Fairs, Doctorow Reading and Course Wrap-Up

12/8

**SESSION #23 THU. 12/8**

icon Reading: Sample Final Exam Essay #4 -- Internet Example

Internet vs. the Human Mind Example

Here's the annotated version from class.

icon Reading: Sample Final Exam Essay #4 -- World's Fair Example

World's Fair Example

Here's the annotated version from class.

icon Online Activity: Reading Questions on a Sample Final Exam / Essay #4

GRADED DUE MON. 12/12 (11:59 pm)

icon "Jaron Lanier Fixes the Internet"

We'll view this YouTube clip together on Jaron Lanier from the NY Times to get an introduction to his work and ideas.

icon Reading: Jaron Lanier's "Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now"

icon Groupwork on the Jaron Lanier Reading

icon Class Notes Session #23 -- Sample Final Exam Essays and Jaron Lanier's "Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now"