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Cuban Missile Crisis Officespace

Topic Description

This unit contrasts document and documentary around the U.S. President's office during the days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Students focus on the technology used to produce the period documents and recordings, and the technologies used to produce the contemporary archives and documentaries that represent the period.

Assignments (Student Work)

Cuban Missile Crisis INF 2008 (PDF)

Cuban Missile Crisis INF 2008 (NI)