IDS 320: AMERICA'S MEMORIALS, MONUMENTS

This course will examine who we believe we are as Americans and how we understand what America is and what our nation represents. We will look at essays by David Brooks, George Will, Malcolm Gladwell, and others to see what they see when they consider America. Several films will help us explore a number of events which have bonded us as a people and perhaps changed the way we live and think of ourselves. We will conclude the course by examining memory, remembering, public monuments, and the process of memorialization.