Week 5: Love Letters

Love is in the air…and in war, too.

Jump to…

• Monday
• Tuesday & Behind the Lines
  • Before Class
  • In Class
• Thursday & My Dear Bessie
  • Before Class
  • In Class
• Weekly Writing
• Commenting / Online Discussions
• REMINDER: Continue work on your WWII writing project and presentation.

Monday, September 25

• Weekly writing for Week 4 (Last Letters from the Holocaust) due by midnight.
• Submit your post URL in Canvas.

Tuesday, September 26

Before Class

• Commenting / Online Discussions
  • Refer to the list from last week. You will need to comment on 3 other student’s posts, based on the list below. Due this week, comment on students that are 2, 4, and 6 below you.
  • Be sure to use our FYS183 group in Hypothes.is
  • Once you’ve commented on your three students, post their names in Canvas.
• Things to think about before class:
  • Love and War
  • What do you think about love letters?
  • What role, if any, do love letters have in war?

In Class

• We will listen to the Behind the Lines podcast on Love, based on the book of the same name.
• Some letters referenced:
  • “My Very Dear Wife” ~ Major Sullivan Ballou
  • “My Dearest” ~ George Washington
  • Goldie and Ed Marcellus from War Letters in our collection and previewed in Google Books
  • “May 1943” ~ Sid Diamond to Estelle Spero
  • The letters between Captain Harry Kipp and Norma Clinton and from HistoryNet
• Sign-up for sessions with Annalise for your WWII essay.

Thursday, September 28

Before Class

• Review the introduction to My Dear Bessie.

In Class

• We will listen to readings from My Dear Bessie.
• Letters to Strangers
• The world needs more love letters
• Letter #2
• Sign-up for sessions with Annalise for your WWII essay.

Weekly Writing

1. This weekly writing should focus on any reading/activity/exercise/etc. that you found particularly interesting this week.
2. Weekly Writings will be due by Monday of each week.
3. Submit your post URL in Canvas.