Grades 4-8. This unit offers multiple entry points into developing an understanding of media literacy around the War of the Worlds broadcast. It includes a midpoint writing assessment, whole class capstone debate, and final independent writing assessment.
Archival Education
The War of the Worlds, Fake News, and Media Literacy
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Arts & Culture
Philanthropy, Art, and Cultural Diplomacy: Nelson Rockefeller and the Case of the Guatemalan Stela
In 1970, Governor Nelson Rockefeller and the Museum of Primitive Art found themselves at the center of a delicate diplomatic negotiation over an allegedly stolen piece of Mayan art.
New Research
New Research: Public Broadcast Laboratory, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Abortion Care, India Health Units
This edition’s set of reports reflects researchers’ use of the records from the Ford Foundation, the Population Council, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Also cited are the personal papers of Laurance S. Rockefeller.
Arts & Culture
“Opening Up New Worlds”: Nelson Rockefeller’s Quest to Redefine “Primitive” Art
Nelson Rockefeller’s personal collection of indigenous art – and the museum he founded to share it – would eventually become a vital addition to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “encyclopedic” collection.