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Task One--DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC ---Due Monday, March 12th Each topic includes an association (movement) and an individual. **PROMPT: Explain the achievements associated with both parts of your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1980s. Explain the relationship between the individual and the association or movement.** Please write **__two__extended** power paragraphs to address the above question. **Each paragraph** should meet the following expectations: === Talk shows have become an important part of our society today. These shows allow for people to see both sides of an argument. It has allowed for many groups or organizations to stand up and be heard across the world and even “influencing the culture of Afghanistan” (Auletta, The Networker). Because Talk shows have become more and more popular over the years, the networks have added new times to the normal shows to try and account for everyone. “Since cable expanded television coverage beyond the Big Three in the 1980s, nearly every network has since launched its own morning show. Additionally, most every affiliate has a matching breakfast show geared to local news and entertainment” (Daytime Talk Television). While the talk shows have evolved over many years, they are still out for one purpose: inform the people. === “Talk show host Morton Downey Jr.”, flourished in the 1980’s ( BACHETTI , WALLINGFORD). With the invention of Television he was able to be seen all over the world for everyone to see his ideas and humor. "The MortonDowney Jr. Show," an insult-the-guest talk program that he invented and produced” caused many problems ( Auletta, Leviathan). Because he and someone else would have different ideas about on topic, many shows “turn[ed] current-events debates into foul-mouthed shouting matches and, on occasion, physical fights” (Fads of 1985-1989**).** This talk show caused controversies between people all around the world over a topic because they could see shows like Morton Downey’s on TV.

Auletta, Ken. "Leviathan: How Much Bigger Can AOL Time Warner Get?." //New Yorker//. Oct. 29 2001: 50+. //SIRS Issues Researcher.// Web. 12 Mar 2012. Auletta, Ken. "The Networker." //New Yorker Vol. 86, No. 19//. 05 Jul 2010: 39. //SIRS Issues Researcher.// Web. 13 Mar 2012. BACHETTI, TINA.. "WALLINGFORD ; CONNECTICUT CLOSEUP; A CONCISE HISTORY OF OUR TOWNS & PLACES." //Hartford Courant//. 27 Nov. 2011: B2. //eLibrary//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. "Fads of 1985–1989." //Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas//. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. Roman, James. "Daytime Talk Television and //The Today Show//: Background." //Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.

**Task One Rubric **
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of  3 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;"> credible sources,
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">signed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Insert the Works Cited listing the three sources after the Third Task.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Post the paragraphs to the wiki March 12th. Timely posts of complete assign = 10 points. Task One = 50 points

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">__Task Two--EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE--Due March 15th__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of 3 sources: two new ones and any of the three sources used in Task One.** PROMPT: Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1980s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First Century. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;"> Talk shows in the 1980’s influenced people all around the world. Talk shows helped to inform people of all races, young and old and male and female. Before talk shows and TV, the way to update your self on the latest news was to read the newspaper or books and listen to the radio but “The talk show host may even have more influence over what readers read and publishers publish” (Nelson). The many rights movements in the last century also impacted the talk shows. Because these people were beginning to gain more and more rights in the United States, they wanted to gain a stronger foothold over what they can do so “ TV talkshows often became platforms for the personal experiences from which feminism sprang, as well as for activist information” (Mankiller). Although some people still didn’t consider some of these groups as people they continued guests on the Talk shows. As Oprah began to climb in popularity, she influenced the people with her ideas that “everyone's voice deserves to be heard” (Paul). The movement was influence to everyone because it gave entertainment to some, helped others, like blacks, foreigners and women, to be recognized, and most importantly showed people all over the many points of views that were out there about a topic. Talk shows have endured a long legacy, as they still are out there informing people about current events today. “A growing share of television talkshows incorporate [d] the interview dial-in format that originated in radio” (Heath). These talk shows began from the radio and led to many new items. Some of these were 24-hour new shows and the selling shows because “Nothing moves a product like a talk show host talking about it on the air” (Heath). “Another result of the **talk**show/reality transformation of television programming (as well as the convergence of TV, the Internet and the use of the remote control) ” (Paul). Talk shows have transformed lives of many by advertising products or relaying information and continue to do so today.

Heath, Rebecca Piirto. "Tuning In to Talk." //American Demographics//. Feb. 1998: 48-53. //SIRS Issues Researcher.// Web. 15 Mar 2012. Mankiller, Wilma, and others. "Talk Shows." //The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History//. Dec. 1 1998: n.p. //SIRS Issues Researcher.// Web. 15 Mar 2012. Nelson, Sara. "Talk Show Blues." //Publishers Weekly//. 30 Jan. 2006: 5. //eLibrary//. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. Paul, Pamela. "Getting Inside Gen Y." //American Demographics//. Sept. 2001: 42-49. //SIRS Issues Researcher.// Web. 15 Mar 2012.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">**Task Two Rubric**
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Task One. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced. If you credited the source in Task One, you do not need to reestablish credibility, only an internal citation is required.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 5 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #9008b6; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Task Three--JUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATIO --Due Mar. 19th <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic and know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, identify the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the **Great Man Continuum** to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each one citing a minimum of 3 credible sources.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">There were many forces that pushed along Talk shows but the biggest influence was the invention of the radio and then the TV. Originally, “daytime talk shows evolved from radio, and as television became more popular, the format was adapted to it” (Roman). Before the invention of the TV people had to listen to the radio and retrieve they information that way. With the TV, someone could host a show where they relay information in an entertaining <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> way. ( <span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">TV has become a more interactive…experience” (Paul), which would pull in more people to the new way of listening to the news. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Saad Mohseni, the chairman of Moby Group, Afghanistan's preeminent media company stated that he has “always liked the media, because you can really influence people, particularly younger people” (Auletta The Networker). This was a way to get the talk shows going – involve the youth. These younger people were playing around with the new technology and would spread the word of the fascinating new shows and theta is exactly what they did. Most people loved this new way of getting their news because it was new and more fun than the radio. Talk shows originated from the radio and then the young people spread the new technology to everyone they knew to help it grow to where it is today.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Men like Morton Downey and others in that same profession all stepped outside the box on something that had never been done before. This is why I believe they are Event Making-Hero’s. According to the Great Man Continuum, an Event Making Hero is someone who is “doing something that has never been done before”, which these people did. Talk shows accomplished so much because, as Walter Sabo - president of SABOMedia and former vice president of ABC Radio – said, "Nothing moves a product like a talk show host talking about it on the air” (Heath). With the talk shows having someone who most people respected, he was able to convince them to do just about anything and could sell many goods this way as well. Finally it was successful in it legacy, influence and impact on our lives because Talk shows allow for everyone to be heard and in our recent past, some people didn’t have this right. “ <span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Talkshows, reality TV and the Internet have created a mindset in which every voice gets an equal hearing” (Paul), and this is the biggest reason why many people jumped on board this movement, because they could feel equal for once.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Encyclopedic sources are not acceptable for this task. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">**PROMPT: Explain the forces that produced or created your topic. Use the four criteria of the Great Man Continuum to analyze the topic's long-run significance in American society. Specifically, (1) describe the significance of the accomplishment, (2) the endurance of the legacy, (3) extent of the topics influence, and** **(4) impact on daily life of people then and now.**
 * Great Man Criteria || ** 5=long-run ** || ** 4=wide-spread ** || ** 3=moderate ** || ** 2=short run ** || ** 1=little effect ** || ** 0=not at all ** ||
 * ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** ||  || X ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** || X ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** ||  || X ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** ||  || X ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Great Man Continuum

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great X--Event Making --Eventful --Social

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Men -XHero ---Hero ---Determinism


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Works Cited: **

Auletta, Ken. "Leviathan: How Much Bigger Can AOL Time Warner Get?." //New Yorker//. Oct. 29 2001: 50+. //SIRS Issues Researcher.// Web. 12 Mar 2012.

Auletta, Ken. "The Networker." //New Yorker Vol. 86, No. 19//. 05 Jul 2010: 39. //SIRS Issues Researcher.// Web. 13 Mar 2012.

<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">BACHETTI, TINA.. "WALLINGFORD ; CONNECTICUT CLOSEUP; A CONCISE HISTORY OF OUR TOWNS & PLACES." //Hartford Courant//. 27 Nov. 2011: B2. //eLibrary//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #2d3835; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">"Fads of 1985–1989." //Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas//. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.

Heath, Rebecca Piirto. "Tuning In to Talk." //American Demographics//. Feb. 1998: 48-53. //SIRS Issues Researcher.// Web. 15 Mar 2012.

Mankiller, Wilma, and others. "Talk Shows." //The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History//. Dec. 1 1998: n.p. //SIRS Issues Researcher.// Web. 15 Mar 2012.

Nelson, Sara. "Talk Show Blues." //Publishers Weekly//. 30 Jan. 2006: 5. //eLibrary//. Web. 15 Mar. 2012.

Paul, Pamela. "Getting Inside Gen Y." //American Demographics//. Sept. 2001: 42-49. //SIRS Issues Researcher.// Web. 15 Mar 2012.

Roman, James. "Daytime Talk Television and //The Today Show//: Background." //Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**Holistic Rubric for all 3 Tasks**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**A quality topic post for the 1980s assignment will**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Arrange Media to enhance and extend the significance of the topic to the 1980s decade.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from 3 different sources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only signed sources from the LC databases.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with internal citations, ( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. Format in MLA style.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and Table.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Justify the placement of your topic on the continuum using the evidence from the 7 sources to support your analysis of the 4 criteria.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Answer the prompts for all 3 tasks and the <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">research question thoughtfully and thoroughly . <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Overall. done well


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Task Three Rubric **


 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new expert opinion sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Tasks One or Two. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * ** Complete Great Man Continuum and Table and justify your placement using the evidence of the 4 criteria **
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 7 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Need Help Applying the Great Man Theory? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When deciding where a person may fit on the continuum, think about what society was like at the time he/she was famous. Did the person change history because of their personal characteristics, or would history have gone on in a similar way without this person? Civil Society Defined Great Man Continuum
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Refer to these handouts for additional information: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** eed Help Using the Great Man Criteria Table? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">**Use a scale of 0-to 5 to evaluate the individual’s accomplishments, legacy, influence, and impact.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** 0=not at all, 1=little effect, 2=short run, 3=moderate, 4=wide-spread, 5=long run **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Individuals with high totals, mostly 5’s, should be placed close to Great Men; those with low scores near social determinism.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Need Help placing individuals on the Great Man Continuum? **