Youth Political Participation

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SES #	DISCUSSION TOPICS	STUDENT PRESENTATION TOPICS
1	Defining our terms: What is youth? What is political participation? Why study these phenomena in historical perspective? Why study the role of technology and media in these events?	None
2	Youth Political Participation before 1900	Young men’s voluntary associations
3	Youth Political Participation 1900–1930	Young people’s participation in World War One
4	Youth Political Participation in the 1930s	College radio
5	Test 1
6	Youth Political Participation 1940–1960	The invention of the “teenager” as a social category
7	Youth Political Participation in the “Long” 1960s	Conservative youth movements
8	Students will visit the MIT Museum; discuss the history of political participation of MIT students, with reference to technology, media, and political hacks; and the origins of the Independent Activities Period (IAP).
9	Youth Political Participation 1970–1990	Relationships between cultural and political expression
10	Youth Political Participation since 1990	Youth political participation without technology
11	To be decided by students in consultation with instructor. Options include continuing readings and discussion about the contemporary scene, take a field trip, or do something else.