Over the next 1+ weeks you will learn about some forms of popular entertainment

Over the next 1+ weeks you will learn about some forms of popular entertainment in the U.S. through archival material and embodied practice, more commonly known as performance.
Amusement Parks (week 3)
Wild West Shows (week 3)
Variety/Vaudeville (week 3)
Minstrel Shows (week 4)
Your assignment:
As you read and watch the content for each of the four topics (chapters from Don Wilmeth’s 1982 book), take notes, making as many connections as you can between the historical forms of entertainment presented by Wilmeth and more modern versions per my examples and/or any examples you can think of from your own interest/experience.
Your report should consist of:
1) a summary of the connections you made for each submodule (Amusement Parks, Wild West Shows, Variety/Vaudeville and Minstrel Shows), from Wilmeth to the examples I shared and/or your own interest/experiences/research.
2) any questions and/or issues that were raised for you as you moved through each form.
AND (as a result of your academic engagement and critical thinking)
3) ideas for further research.
Scoring: (4) sections each worth (5) points each.
Per my video, rubric for this assignment now added (3pm 7/25)
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Questions & Answers (as of 7/29):
Question:
Dear Professor,
I am currently working on the report and I know that the instructions are to write the report in a summary style. Do I need to include in text citations from the Don Wilmeth readings? In text citation and or formal citations at the bottom of the paper? I know the instructions are too share 3 facts from the reading from each section and I am wondering if the citations need to be included.
Answer: yes, please – both!
So, when you use a quote or paraphrase from Wilmeth in your summary, you should include the page # and then have the book cited at the end of your report.
Follow Up Answer: … & apologies: I may have said no need in the video (ie. I know the source you are citing from), but reading your email/thinking about it again in relation to Pop Up#3, I need citations!
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Here’s a freebie for your Works Cited page!
Wilmeth, Don B. Variety Entertainment and Outdoor Amusements: A Reference Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1982.
Examples of in-text citations:
Direct quote: According to Wilmeth, “most published material on the Wild West concerns “Buffalo Bill” Cody and his exhibition” (83).
Direct quote: As stated in Variety Entertainment and Outdoor Amusements: A Reference Guide, “most published material on the Wild West concerns “Buffalo Bill” Cody and his exhibition” (Wilmeth 83)
Paraphrase: In 1982, Wilmeth said the majority of published material on Wild West shows is about William F. Cody (83).
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_in_text_citations_the_basics.html
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