- Research Paper: Students will write a Paper on Bicycle Thieves, a film that using non-professional actors and actual locations shows poverty, unemployment, oppression, desperation, high crime rate, class divisions, lack of help etc. during Post War 2 in Italy. Watching the film and reading the articles posted on the Course Website and independently about the film and post war Italy, students must write on “How Bicycle Thieves holds a mirror up to post-war Italian society.”
- The First Draft (about 1000 words) is due by Jan. 12 – Read the rubric carefully.
- The Final Version (at least 2500 words) is due by Jan. 23 – Read the rubric carefully
- https://amerigolab.com/hum221/files/2021/12/The-Economic-Boom.pdf
- https://amerigolab.com/hum221/files/2021/12/project_muse_263879.pdf
- https://cruxnow.com/life/2016/03/bicycle-thieves-and-true-poverty