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Requirements:
Honors Requirements:
Students work in small group of 3 or 4. (If you want to work alone, see me.) All final products must be typed, double-spaced. All visuals must be done in ink or other art medium and show care of preparation. Members of the group must share the workload as equally as possible. A Works Cited Page must be created listing all sources (5 source minimum). (See Works Cited Format.) 30 note cards and 5 source cards must contain information from research and be done proper format. Oral presentation must not exceed 3 minutes, nor fail to be at least 2 minutes. Written paper must be 4-6 pages in length.
| Describe the initial critical reviews of The Catcher in the Rye. | Describe the long term criticism of The Catcher in the Rye. (Choose 1 critic from the 1950's, 1 critic from the 1960's, and 1 critic from either the 70's, 80's, or 90's.) |
| Explain how one of these topics affects/does not affect Holden's knowledge of himself: adolescence, grief, depression, alienation, mental illness (other than depression). | Choose 3 novels from 1949--the year Holden got booted out of Pencey Prep. Briefly describe these novels and their reception by America's reading audience. |
| Choose 3 musicians Holden Caulfield might have listened to during his jaunt around NYC at Christmas time 1949. Describe these musicians and show the effect they had on Holden's world. | Focus on how one of these factors may affect Holden's knowledge of the world: lack of parental involvement/supervision, immaturity, lack of a role model. |
| Who were the 3 most important people in America in 1949? Describe them and show the effect they had on Holden's world. | Who were the 3 most important people in the world in 1949? Describe them and show the effect they had on the world, on America, and--at least distantly on Holden. |
| What were 3 new inventions created from 1945-55. Describe these inventions and show the effects they had on Holden's world. | What were 3 new medical cures discovered between 1945-1955? Describe these cures and show their effect on Holden's world. |
| Choose 3 different modes of entertainment in 1949 and show how they were received by the American public. Why were they so popular? | What was the public perception of mental illness in 1949? (depression, schizophrenia, etc...) Discuss 3 aspects of this subject. |
| What was the public perception toward psychoanalysis in 1949? Discuss 3 aspects of this subject. | What was the political scene in America in 1949? Discuss three issues. |
| What was the political scene in the world in 1949? Discuss three issues or hot spots. | Explain how Holden's knowledge of the world does/does not affect the reader. Holden's knowledge of the world could be considered the cause of the frequent censorship of Catcher in the Rye. |
If you wish to expand your research use this link to Other Libraries. This link provides direct connections to the Montgomery County Public Library system, as well as libraries at NIH, University of Maryland, the Library of Congress and others.
For this assignment,
the following call numbers will be helpful:
150.3 155.2 155.9 305.2 362.2 371.3 613 616.85 813.09
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General Resources
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Adolescence:
Change and Continuity
Mental Health Risk Factors for Adolescents
Teen Help Adolescent Resources
National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH Web Site)
Health-Center.com: Brain Center
Catcher in the Rye: Resources and Activities for High School Readers (Books Reviews, etc.)
Catcher in the Rye Study Guide
Exploring
the Catcher in the Rye
Kingwood College Library : American Cultural History : The Twentieth Century 1940 - 1949
Kingwood College Library: American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century: 1950-1959
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
1949
World | US | Economics | Sports | Entertainment |Science | Deaths
Creative Americans: Portraits by Van Vechten, 1932-1964
Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s
Words and Deeds in American History
TIME 100: The Most Important People of the 20th Century:
Philip Showalter Hench - 1948-1949, successfully tested cortisone on arthritic patients.
Harry S Truman Thirty-Third President 1945-1953
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed inWashington on 4 April 1949
Psychoanalysis:
Freud's Revolutionary Approach to Human Personality
Infoplease Search Results: 1949
Information Please Sports Almanac
The Political Reference Almanac
Aeronautics and Astronautics Chronology, 1945-1949
The Development of Western Civilization World History Recent Times 1945 -Present
Early 20th Century Fashion Links: 1940's
Final copy of the paper (2 - 3 pages, typed)
(Tips for citing sources)
A Works Cited Page must be created listing all sources (3 source minimum). See Works Cited Format.)
20 note cards and 3 source cards must contain information from research and be done proper format
The Big Six © Eisenberg/Berkowitz, 1990.