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Youth Political Participation

Undergraduate · Historical course

Spring 2016

Topics

  • Defining our terms: What is youth? What is political participation? Why study these phenomena in historical perspective? Why study the role of technology and media in these events?
  • Youth Political Participation before 1900
  • Youth Political Participation 1900–1930
  • Youth Political Participation in the 1930s
  • Test 1
  • Youth Political Participation 1940–1960
  • Youth Political Participation in the “Long” 1960s
  • Students will visit the MIT Museum ; discuss the history of political participation of MIT students, with reference to technology, media, and political hacks; and the origins of the Independent Activities Period (IAP) .
  • Youth Political Participation 1970–1990
  • Youth Political Participation since 1990
  • To be decided by students in consultation with instructor. Options include continuing readings and discussion about the contemporary scene, take a field trip, or do something else.

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