1. Quiz #2
2. Announcements: Twitter, email. #195
2. "The 1837 Flour Riot." Author: Joel T. Headley
(1813-1897), education Union College, New York State Assemblyman (1855)
and Secretary of State (1856-7). Member of American Party. Chapter from
Sketches of Great Riots (1877).
Group work: One by one in groups, share a passage you found interesting for any reason. When you're done sharing, select one of those passages you'd like to discuss in class as a whole.
3. Film: The Grand Army of Starvation
4. Headley, "The Great Railroad Strikes," from Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Great Riots [The 1877 General Strike].
Compare and contrast the film with Headley's introduction. Take note of what the 1877 General Strike was all about. Take note about what we're going to focus on.
5. Essay Assignment One
6. Twitter Assignment
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