Janice's class, Monday

Heredity

• Nature vs. Nurtchure
• Biological foundations of race

William Kelley:

Article in Houston Chronicle

• Post-Civil War
• Kelley was a former slave owner, who took as wife an ex-slave
• Descendents dedicated a historical marker
• Recessive traits (blue eyes)

 Sickle Cell anemia

• Started in Africa
• Presence in South America
• 1 in 500 African Americans has the alliel
• 1 in 10 is a carrier
• Resistance to Malaria
• Host in red blood cell
• Cannot mature in a sickle cell
• Historical
• Biological foundation of race
• Interior of Africa, "white man's grave"

Introduction to Woody Guthrie

• Huntington's
• Biography
• Context
• Great Depression
• "This Land is your Land"--video
• I can relate this to class conflict: Woody Guthrie is responding to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America."
• Arlo Guthrie
• "Alice's Restaurant"
• "Deporte"
• "City of New Orleans"