Some people are having trouble working with rampages, so I’m pasting all the information I have there into this document as well.
This is a pass-fail class, which means students are graded as either passing (P) or failing (F) the class. To pass the class, I expect that students write four or so quality pages (about 1,000 words) on the cycling history question of their choice, and using at least three primary sources (which I have provided you links to) to address that question. I will post primary sources for students to use. Students should have a point they are trying to convince readers of. That does not mean that the tone of the writing needs to be argumentative, but the writing should try to make a point and then explain what and how quotations, pictures, or other evidence to supports it. The writing should be original and be edited. Keep in mind that VCU is posting students’ work from these classes, so other people will be able to see your work.
VCU would like you to create your own rampages site and then link it to our class website, but that’s easier said than done. If you can get that to work, please do. If you can’t, I am happy to accept your papers by email: shmeacham@vcu.edu I will then post them to the class website. (VCU is requiring all of these bicycle classes to post work online.)
What you should do:
Step One: Read over the research questions in the following pages and pick one that appeals to you.
Step Two: Read the articles listed with the question. We’ll be using the New York Times for research. It is better indexed than most newspapers, and it is a long-running, national newspaper.
Step Three: Think about what changes you see over time in the articles (the dates are often listed at the bottom of the newspaper pages) and the answer to your research question(s)
Step Four: Draft your 1,000 word paper. Explain very early on your conclusion to your research question. Then give the evidence (quotes) and your analysis that lead you to this conclusion. Make sure to include the newspaper links so that someone else could find the same quotes and review your evidence. Feel free to include images and to open with an interesting story or quote.
Step Five: Edit, edit, edit. This will be a public document with your name on it that other people can read. Try reading your draft out loud to yourself to help you catch missing words. Run the spell check program. You are welcome to take your draft to the Writing Center or to use them for an online consultation:https://uc.vcu.edu/learning-support/writing-center/online-consultations/
Step Six: Post the blog entry on your rampages page. Make sure that you have linked your page with the course page. If you have not done that, see the post for instructions: http://rampages.us/bikehistory/2015/08/06/what-should-i-do-first-for-this-class/ If this doesn’t work, please email me your paper and I will post it for you.
You should write on ONE of the following five choices:
ONE:Why have Americans been concerned about young people riding bicycles? How did these concerns change over time?
1906 reckless riders, white and black: http://goo.gl/90ea4g
1923 Boy bicyclist is run down and killed http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/103109390/90E8A4BA5EEB4717PQ/1?accountid=14780
1921 BOY KILLED, 5 HURT IN STREET BY AUTOS; Victim Is Riding on Handlebars of Bicycle Which Falls Under Truck. http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/98401871/F717E98E986043BFPQ/1?accountid=14780
1923 GIRL AND TWO MEN KILLED BY AUTOS; Child, Riding on Axle of Boy’s Bicycle, Fell Under Wheels of Truck. http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/103108826/12D3453226DE460FPQ/1?accountid=14780
1924 SIX KILLED IN A DAY BY AUTOMOBILES; Boy, 5, Run Down by Taxi When He Tries to Cross First Avenue. YOUTH DIES IN COLLISION Lad Eating Ice cream on Bicycle Runs Into Motor http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/103377928/5C51C37953E44D52PQ/1?accountid=14780
1922 One Lad, on First Day Out After Long Illness, Is Crushed Before Father’s Eyes. ROLLER SKATER A VICTIM Another Falls From Bicycle Handle Bars Under Wheels of Heavy Machine.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/98769158/F6157F147AC94083PQ/1?accountid=14780
1935 Plane Kills Boy on Bicycle.BALTIMORE, April 7 (AP). http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/101548057/B002A9BBFCDB4EBAPQ/1?accountid=14780
1939 SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS; As the Bicycle Wins More Fans, a Drive to Reduce Accidents Gets Under Wayhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/102972482/4D73F8E184354D70PQ/1?accountid=14780
1939 SEEK SAFER BICYCLING; Communities’ Programs Protect Children, Free Drivers of Worryhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/102978167/E48A4BC7EE6247D2PQ/1?accountid=14780
1942 Careless Cyclists Scored: a patrolman in the city had nabbed a youth for riding a bicycle after dark without a lamp. The boy was fined a dollar.
1946 Tennis on Crutches; Tennis on Crutches. She disobeyed her mother s orders and paid a terrifying penalty for that one minor act of rebellion.
1958 Teen-Age Bicyclists Criticized EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES: Amid all the talk about juvenile delinquency, I should like to call attention to a matter of lesser degree. That is the problem of disorderly bicycle riding by teen-agers, who are oldhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/114586170/47FAA5D694C8450EPQ/1?accountid=14780
1964 Teach Child Cycle Safety, Parents Toldhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/115795288/7FB2F802146F4420PQ/1?accountid=14780
1974 Search Pressed for Missing Paper Boy; Left Home on Bicyclehttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/119965565/8A7BD0438DB43E2PQ/1?accountid=14780
1974 Children Injured Imitating Knievel;http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/120023186/8EF379FEF82C4D3APQ/1?accountid=14780
1978 Danger on Two Wheelshttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/123789400/83321D9FF5B34722PQ/1?accountid=14780
1999 Teaching Children To Be Afraidhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/110099700/37777330F34F17PQ/1?accountid=14780
topicTWO: How have the physical dangers that cyclists face changed over time?
1895 trespassing on wheel paths: http://goo.gl/WKO9fG
1900 brakes, tandem, design dangers: http://goo.gl/XkvaOp
1916 mention fear of auto: http://goo.gl/2gLXYY
1916 AUTO KILLS BICYCLE RACER.; Joseph Napthal Swerves from Road Directly Into Motor’s Path. http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/97943653/6585485958524B05PQ/1?accountid=14780
1935 SAFER NIGHT ROADS; Car Manufacturers and Public Officials Work to Reduce Pedestrian Fatalities LIGHTS THAT ASSIST THE DRIVER http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/101328951/8C7E92BC5453495DPQ/1?accountid=14780
1939 New York’s Children Learn Rules of Safety in School; THE SAFETY PATROLMAN AT WORKhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/102973304/ED0435A1E5E4B74PQ/1?accountid=14780
1928 Sports of the Times; Scanning the Caravan. http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/104540539/D510F4F719EC4318PQ/1?accountid=14780
1957 Calming Words Given To Parents of Cyclists http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/114148627/DB6910B46FD409EPQ/1?accountid=14780
http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/114148627/DB6910B46FD409EPQ/1?accountid=14780
1973 Parks or Jungles?http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/119732477/CE5B851D08174802PQ/1?accountid=14780
1988 Danger of New York Streets Comes From Kamikaze Pedestrianshttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/110409242/91FD902E358A4B54PQ/1?accountid=14780
1992 COMPANY NEWS: The Continent Needs Convincing; Crowning Europe’s Heads With U.S. Bike Helmetshttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/108916748/3409BF6E44E0458DPQ/1?accountid=14780
Topic THREE:How have competitions changed over time? What did early competitions focus on? What do they focus on now?
1897 black racer notable: http://goo.gl/Shv0Ks
1898 color line in racing, exclusions: http://goo.gl/sESgwV
1899 which club will control racing: http://goo.gl/mxcWco
1900 record-setting exhibitions allowed for women not men: http://goo.gl/Zq4eH0
1902 racing notes, tandems: http://goo.gl/tsw0dz
1902 endurance contest: http://goo.gl/piV7yr
1904 six-continent trip, multi-year: http://goo.gl/YjjLuC
1906 six-day race, crowds, police: http://goo.gl/EkrthT
1914 WORLD’S CYCLE RECORD.; Walter McDougall Rides One-Third Mile at Newark in 36 1-5 Seconds.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/97643045/E687A580CD44CA1PQ/1?accountid=14780
1917 HOST OF CYCLISTS IN CENTURY OUTING; Marquart Individual Winner of Pelham Parkway Events, Following Parade.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/99972999/7F05CFFC062F4453PQ/1?accountid=1478
1926 BIG BIKE TOUR STARTS IN FRANCE TOMORROW; Annual Race, Encircling Country, Which Is Seen by Millions, Takes 28 Days.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/103797422/72A2F3AA9BC44FAEPQ/1?accountid=14780
1926 WALKER CAPTURES NEWARK BIKE RACE; Takes Lead Lap From Wire in Two-thirds-Mile Handicap Before 18,000 at Velodrome.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/103866688/676349AE77A747A5PQ/1?accountid=14780
1926 BIG CROWD TO SEE SPRINT CARNIVAL; Capacity Gathering of Cycle Fans Expected in Garden Saturday Night.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/103744504/F447F157D1F84C56PQ/1?accountid=14780
1937 Fifteen Teams Scheduled to Start Long Cycling Grind in-the Garden Tonight; SIX-DAY BIKE RACE TO GET UNDER WAYhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/102176393/B307C150C9F644EEPQ/1?accountid=14780
1949 STROM-ARNOLD DUO THRILLS BIKE FANS; Australian Speedsters Start Many Jams as Lead Shifts Often in Six-Day Racehttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/105823484/E2400128DEE245B0PQ/1?accountid=14780
1966 The Vicious Cycle And the Way It Pays Off; Exhibition Contracts Make Bicycle Wheels Go Roundhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/116911706/63976F8B62FE47ADPQ/1?accountid=14780
1972 Bicycle Rider, Mare To Meet in Match Racehttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/119326255/AF06A29ACD9B475APQ/1?accountid=14780
1979 Technology; Pedal Pushers Aim at the 60 M.P.H. Barrierhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/123953350/A3C9A5C2A4C141A3PQ/1?accountid=14780
1986 RIDING DAREDEVIL BICYCLE BALLET TO FAME http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/111024148/FB4D298D49E44591PQ/1?accountid=14780
1998 Competition And Drugs: Just Say Yeshttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/109845136/CF74ED4E25DD4806PQ/1?accountid=14780
1998 Steep Track To Be Installed; world’s steepest bicycle tracks will be installed in Wagner College Stadium on Staten Islandhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/109917224/BE542692E4634A1FPQ/1?accountid=14780
1983 5,000 BICYCLISTS BEGIN CENTRAL PARK MARATHONcyclists from the tristate area through the starting line in Central Park to open the 12th annualhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/122283858/9A88918132564513PQ/1?accountid=14780
Topic FOUR: How has the socio-economic class of cyclists changed over time? Who rode in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries? How has that changed?
1897 black racer notable: http://goo.gl/Shv0Ks
1900 Bicycle & Auto Show http://goo.gl/rHZ4kJ
1906 reckless riders, white and black: http://goo.gl/90ea4g
1906 fans of racing, “a certain element”: http://goo.gl/EkrthT
1916 in vogue again: http://goo.gl/2gLXYY
1929 AT BAR HARBOR TWO SOCIAL AGES MEET; Slowly the Tradition of Simplicity at the Maine Resort Yields to the Faster Pace of Our Modern Life primitive. http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/104737215/656DF337E2574D5CPQ/1?accountid=14780
1932 NEEDIEST CASES FUND GETS $14,700 IN DAY; Many Donors Add to Earlier Gifts, Determined That the Relief Shall Not Lag. http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/99788284/EDEEF3F31118428APQ/1?accountid=14780
1951 A Century of Fashion; Reports in The Times have reflected the ladies’ full progression–from crinolines to crinolines. 1933–PANTS AND THE WOMANhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/111923545/3BF1C78BAE534C38PQ/3?accountid=14780
1964 Big Wheels Pedaling Little Wheels on Bicyle Built for Agility describes the development as the first successful change in bycycle design in 60 years.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/115563151/F47DED05796542EAPQ/1?accountid=14780
1962 Picnic on the Jarama “The One Day of the Week,” he tells the story of a group of young Spanish workers of the Lower middle class who arrive from Madrid by motorcycle and bicycle for a Sunday picnic beside a pool, on the Jarama Riverhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/116212029/28B03E171F424D3BPQ/1?accountid=14780
1964 Sports of The TimesHIS bicycle was firmly chained to a lamp post on Jamaica Avenue off 165th Street in Queens and his coat was neatly bundled into the basket.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/115880511/D24273C4E13E4E46PQ/1?accountid=14780
1973 John Henry Howell makes it; Into the middle classhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/119868304/84F60BE602024F80PQ/1?accountid=14780
1974 The Trend Toward Bicycle Chic: Status Names and High Prices; To Relieve Tension Zagato, don’t despair. Buy a bicycle.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/119981013/4CA473F31072451EPQ/1?accountid=14780
1978 Appraisal Realities of the Market Innovation Falls Short of the Goals in the Sprawling Irvine Subdivision in California Upper-Middle-Class Dreamestates, in Woodbridge Village, where the houses sell for more than $100,000. http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/123766728/253BABF4AD514A00PQ/1?accountid=14780
1992 A Tax on Parking Attacks the Middle Class bizarre, manifestation of upper-class, left-liberal revulsion for the free middle class.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/108920795/5CF08D8A88704618PQ/1?accountid=14780
1997 Spinning on 2 Wheels of Fortune reassembled dusty and rusted bicycles from basements and back rooms around the city. Working with North Brooklyn Recycle-A-Bicycle, they give the contraptions a second life.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/109702685/82206E1474874D9DPQ/1?accountid=14780
1997 Reinventing The Wheel: Back to BikesHe’s purchased a $6,000 titanium bicycle, four pairs of bib shorts, a heart-rate monitor and other equipment.http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/109679512/8648DA2DD9844D29PQ/1?accountid=14780
1987 Why Should New York’s Bicyclists Be Second-Class Citizens?student living on a strict budget, and a bicycle is the only transportationhttp://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/110653593/2B6F9A90303A4BD3PQ/1?accountid=14780
Topic FIVE: How have the arguments or reasons for cycling over time changed?
1900 future of the horse http://goo.gl/LPRhuW
1912 bicycles and policing [mention]: http://goo.gl/dJuLkj
1912 health [referring to old days]: http://goo.gl/2hlxoQ
1928 PLAY-LOVING AMERICA MOVES OUTDOORS; Great Sport Events Ahead Spur All Devotees of Summer Pastimes new conception of leisure and recreation. http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/104571132/B72197E6829C46A4PQ/1?accountid=14780
1938 A BICYCLE ARMY TAKES TO THE HIGHROAD; http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/102576160/80B5ECA0D0FB4A7FPQ/1?accountid=14780
1933 THE BICYCLE COMES AROUND THE CORNER;http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/100764140/B48394CC41EF41EEPQ/1?accountid=14780
1940 Girl Scouts to Put Cycling On Recreation Programs;http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/105414833/33A80431DCA2469APQ/1?accountid=14780
1940 YOUTH GOES HOSTELING; Hikers and Cyclists Take to the Road to See America at Minimum Rateshttp://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/105268717/4AA6D5C9EDDD401APQ/1?accountid=14780
1942 Bicycle Paths Advocated; Solution Is Urged for an Increasing Highway Problem http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/106419252/F2D4663F0E4D4991PQ/1?accountid=14780
1941 GASLESS JOYRIDING http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/106014332/FE7C5DC05E0E48FAPQ/1?accountid=14780
1941 IF GASLESS SUNDAYS COME AGAINhttp://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/106046559/C4568F14E7434C18PQ/1?accountid=14780
1963 BICYCLES ARE URGED AS AID TO SLIMMING http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/116644213/411434889AEE4368PQ/1?accountid=14780
1955 Playground Experts Offer Wide Variety of Activities http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/113281327/458FDB8205EE4000PQ/1?accountid=14780
1974 Bikes Are for Everyone http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/120165345/9017A02C08D24EE6PQ/1?accountid=14780
1977 At 50: Exercising Can Be Beautifulhttp://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/123310313/FC48FADA3628486FPQ/1?accountid=14780
1979 Exercising to Turn Back the Years http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/hnpnewyorktimesindex/docview/120811880/156E2A848473452BPQ/9?accountid=14780
