Back in the Day News 9.4

• Cast of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, including Will Smith, to reunite on HBO Max for 30th anniversary (CBS News)
• A look back at Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears' 1999 romance (CheatSheet)
• Spice Girls' Mel C says the music industry's sexism fueled their "girl power" (People)
• Scientists: Glacial meltwater lakes have grown by 50% since the '90s (Ars Technica)
• Number 1 this week (for a stunning 14 weeks straight) in 1996: Los Del Rio's "Macarena" (YouTube)

Multimedia Presentations

This semester, you will be responsible for a 10-minute multimedia presentation on a food-related topic.

Requirements:

• The presentation must be no more than 10 minutes in length
• There should be 10-12 slides (including introduction and conclusion) and should contain least one video or audio clip—absolutely no more than 1.5 minutes in length
• On the day of your presentation, email your presentation (or a link) to me at daniel.hendeldelao@sjsu.edu

Additionally:

• You may utilize any presentation program you like (PowerPoint, Keynote, Prezi, etc.)
• It is highly recommended that you present from a downloaded version of your presentation
• Presentations without an introduction and/or conclusion cannot score higher than a C

Topics:

1. Ricky Martin: Livin’ La Vida Loca
2. The Little Movie That Could: The Blair Witch Project
3. A Female Affair: Lilith Fair, 1997-1999
4. F**k The Police: Body Count and the “Cop Killer” Controversy
5. How Viagra Changed Everything
6. FLOTUS: Hillary Clinton in the ‘90s
7. The Life and Death of Selena
8. Doin’ Our Own Dang: How Native Tongues Transformed Hip Hop
9. America’s Sweetheart: When Julia Roberts Ruled Hollywood
10. When Anita Hill Stood Up
11. You Better Work: In the Golden Age of the Supermodel
12. The People’s Princess: The Life and Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
13. When NBC's “Must See TV” Was a Must
14. The New Face of AIDS: Ryan White
15. The Gay Nineties: How Will & Grace and Ellen DeGeneres Changed Everything
16. The Impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton
17. The Highs and Lows of Madonna in the ‘90s
18. Newt Gingrich and the GOP’s “Contract with America”
19. LA in Flames: Police Brutality and the Rodney King Riots
20. You Gotta Jump, Jive, and Then You Wail: The ‘90s Swing Revival
21. Powered Down: Inside MTV Unplugged
22. The Life and Death of John F. Kennedy Jr.
23. In a League of Their Own: The 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup 
24. The Highs and Lows of Donald Trump in the ‘90s
25. You’ve Got Mail: The Rise of America Online

  

Dates:

Week 7: Wed 9.30

1. Jenny: LA in Flames: Police Brutality and the Rodney King Riots
2. Alyssa, Alejandra: The Life and Death of John F. Kennedy Jr.

Week 8: Wed 10.7

1.  Zohaib, Klenita: The People’s Princess: The Life and Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
2.  Taha, Francesca: Powered Down: Inside MTV Unplugged

Week 9: Wed 10.14

1. Michael, Hunter: F**k The Police: Body Count and the “Cop Killer” Controversy
2. Matthew, Eric: You’ve Got Mail: The Rise of America Online

Week 10: Wed 10.21

1. Kaitlyn, Steven: Doin’ Our Own Dang: How Native Tongues Transformed Hip Hop
2. Jaylene, Tatiana: The Highs and Lows of Madonna in the ‘90s

Week 11: Wed 10.28

1. Kaiya, Jimmy: The Little Movie That Could: The Blair Witch Project
2. Bailey, Melanie: The Life and Death of Selena
   

Week 12: Wed 11.4

1. Max: When Anita Hill Stood Up
2. Danielle: The Gay Nineties: How Will & Grace and Ellen DeGeneres Changed Everything

Week 14: Wed 11.18

1. Nicholas, Jaydon: The Highs and Lows of Donald Trump in the ‘90s

Reflection 1: Technotronic—Exploring '90s Tech

Portable phones, disposable cameras, handheld video game devices: all of these were once among the 1990’s most cutting edge tech. Though much of it now seems quaint, maybe even primitive, the era of the "Information Superhighway" laid the foundation for much of the technology we interact with today. From smart phones to laptops, most of today’s tech would not have been possible had it not been for the ‘90s. For this reflection, examine the ways in which that decade’s technology helped usher the technological advancements of this century. What do we owe to the gadgets of that era? And does any of the technology from the ‘90s intrigue you?

Include at least two of the following in your discussion:

• "Nine Tech Crazes that Made Us Lose Our Minds in the '90s" (CNN)
• "What Technology Looked Like in the '90s" (Tech.co)
•  "Technology That Changed Us: The 1990s, from World Wide Web to Google" (ZDNet)
• "Ten Things You Didn't Realize Were Invented in the 1990s" (Entrepreneur)
• "Twelve Things We Genuinely Miss about '90s Technology" (Bustle)

Mechanics:

• 1.5 pages in length
• MLA Style, plus works cited

Due: Wed 9.9 (via Canvas)

Week 3: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)

Week 3: “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
Mon 8.31/Wed 9.2 Class: Lecture—“Building a Better Multimedia Presentation: An Annotated Look”

Upcoming:

Week 4: President Bill Clinton (1992)
Mon 9.7 (NO CLASS—LABOR DAY)/Wed 9.9
Class: Lecture—“Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics” and “MLA Style 101”
Due: REFLECTION 1