{"id":5578,"date":"2011-05-26T12:55:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=5578"},"modified":"2017-06-21T09:01:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T13:01:58","slug":"1950s-tcluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/1950s-tcluster\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1950s"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Listen to Wes McNair Reading the Poem<\/strong>\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\"      controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/The-1950s-edited-mp3.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\" \/>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The 1950s<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Initial Exploration<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cLet\u2019s take the car after school,\u201d the two girls<br \/>\nwould say, which meant they wanted to be taken<br \/>\nby it, the top down, the wind surfing over<br \/>\nthe wrap-around window. The stepdaughter,Carol, always drove, just as her new stepfather<br \/>\ninsisted, and while her girlfriend Debbie listened<br \/>\nfor the lighter to pop out from the dash,<br \/>\nand with its tiny, interior hotplate lit menthol<\/p>\n<p>cigarettes one by one for both of them, they thought<br \/>\nabout how the boys would admire them.<br \/>\nWhen they drove into their station at the A&amp;W<br \/>\nand Carol unhooked the mic to order their Cokes,<\/p>\n<p>pushing back her shoulder length hair to reveal<br \/>\nher long throat, she thought she resembled<br \/>\na popular singer. \u201cBeautiful\u201d was the word<br \/>\nthe boys used to describe the car as they gathered<\/p>\n<p>around it, stroking its curves and sometimes<br \/>\nasking if they could see what was under<br \/>\nthe hood. Then they looked into Carol\u2019s amazing<br \/>\nand frightening blue eyes, or Debbie\u2019s warm,<\/p>\n<p>compliant ones, the door or fender giving them a way<br \/>\nto steady themselves. All of that was OK<br \/>\nwith the stepfather, who required only that they let<br \/>\nno boys inside, or they could never borrow<\/p>\n<p>the car again. Handsome like a man, he really wasn\u2019t<br \/>\nmuch more than a boy himself, and not wanting to be<br \/>\nanyone\u2019s father, told them to call him \u201cPetey.\u201d<br \/>\nAs he said goodbye in his T-shirt some afternoons,<\/p>\n<p>leaning comfortably into the open window of his new<br \/>\nChevy convertible, he would call Debbie<br \/>\n\u201cGinger Snap,\u201d and his stepdaughter, his favorite,<br \/>\nwith a knowing wink, \u201cAngel Pie.\u201d He was proud<\/p>\n<p>of the sinuous Hawaiian woman in green he wore<br \/>\non his muscular forearm and the darker tattoo<br \/>\nin cursive letters of his own name underneath, the same<br \/>\ntattoo he had his new wife ink on the inside<\/p>\n<p>of her ankle. \u201cDon\u2019t you go changing on me,\u201d<br \/>\nhe would say with a smile before they headed out<br \/>\nthe driveway and the motion rose in their ears, but<br \/>\nthe two in the car were already changing, Debbie,<\/p>\n<p>who hoped each day at the A&amp;W for a certain<br \/>\ncute boy to return her gaze, and Carol, in distress<br \/>\nbecause she couldn\u2019t quite get the muscular forearm<br \/>\nand the wink out of her mind even after she touched<\/p>\n<p>her cigarette to the lighter and took a deep<br \/>\ndrag and tried to find a good station on the radio.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12450\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp1-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12453\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr1-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Transitions and Structure<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12451\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12454\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Endings and Line Breaks<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Notebook Page 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12452\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-nbp3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Transcript 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12455\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/1950s-ovr3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-5578\" data-postid=\"5578\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-5578 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image and audio objects for teaching the poem &#8220;The 1950s&#8221; 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