Back in the Day News 9.26

• Mariah Carey made a secret grunge album in the '90s (LouderSound) 
• Twin Peaks gets an anime makeover (Nerdist)
• Newt Gingrich shut down on for suggesting George Soros is behind this summer's protests in anti-Semitic rant (Jerusalem Post)
• Were Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston almost cast as the leads in Titanic? (CheatSheet)
  
• Ranking Star Trek: Voyager's Captain Janeway's ten best quotes (ScreenRant) 

 

Memoir: My (Non-)'90s Childhood

It seems like every generation believes that they had the best childhood. Americans who experienced their youth in the ‘90s are no different. Nineties kids, those ranging from the youngest Gen Xers to the oldest Millennials, often look back on the decade with fondness. It was a time of expanding technology, but smart phones and social media had yet to appear. Meanwhile, parental attitudes were becoming more child-centric, yet kids still had the freedom to roam free. To those who came of age in the nineties, it was the last great period to be a kid. Is that true? As Gen Zers, how did you childhoods compare? What did the previous generation have that you didn’t? Likewise, what did your childhood have that would make any ‘90s kids envious? 

After reading the articles in the eReader about ‘90s childhoods, write about how your childhood differed. Cite from those articles only.

Mechanics:

• Approximately 750 words
  
• MLA Style, plus works cited
  

Due: Wed 9.30 (via Canvas)

Week 6: The Waco Siege (1993)

Week 6: The Waco Siege (1993)
Mon 9.21/Wed 9.23
Read: eR—“Forty-Eight Reasons '90s Kids Had the Best Childhood” (Buzzfeed), “Why I Am Raising My Kids Like it's the ‘90s” (GoldenSlumbersPhotos), “What a Typical Day Was Like for a '90s Kid“ (Bustle), “What Was It Like Growing Up in the ‘90s?” (Reddit), “Growing Up in the ‘90s” (Vocal), "Twnty-five Things Only Parents in the 1990s Will Remember" (Yahoo! Life)
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations 

Upcoming:

Week 7: Jurassic Park (1993)
Mon 9.28/Wed 9.30
Read: COL—Ch. 1: Mr. D – Ch. 10: Judgment
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations
Due: MEMOIR