Overview
What we learned this week from 1988 is that everything old continues to be new. There are always so many parallels between our present and our past. For instance, Ron Paul was running for President, and now Rand Paul is running. Here is Congressman Paul in an interview in 1988 when he ran for the Libertarian ticket. Sarah Palin was also making her name known on a bigger stage. Sarah Palin as sportscaster, link below. If scandal is what you like, than read about the Judith Exner and Kennedy relationship, in light of other Kennedy mistresses coming forward the last couple of years. There was also developing issues of US intervention in Nicaragua and Iraq/Iran, the Presidential Election, the after glow of the Olympics, the Grammy's, and a discussion of AIDS on "Highway to Heaven". In election news, Michael Dukakis and Jessie Jackson were seemingly in a neck and neck battle for the Democratic Nomination. New York was dealing with the after effects of a Police Shooting. Also, the Likud Party in Israel was stopping Sec of State's Shultz "Land for Peace" deal in the West Bank.
What I already Know (K)(what you should know coming into this week)
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This Week's Magazine Rack
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TV schedule
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | The Wonderful World of Disney "Bigfoot" | Supercarrier "Exodus" | The Town Bully (1988) | |||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes | Murder She Wrote "R" | Hallmark Hall of Fame "April Morning"(1988) | |||||
| Fox | 21 Jump Street "R" | America's Most Wanted | Married with Children "R" | It's Gary Shandling's Show | Duet "R" | The Tracey Ullman Show | synd | |
| NBC | Our House "R" | Family Ties "R" | Day by Day "Life at a Glance" | Protocol (1984) | ||||
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | MacGyver "R | Little Girl Lost (1988) | local news | syndication | ||||
| CBS | Kate and Allie "R" | Designing Women "R" | Newhart "R" | Eisenhower and Lutz "Bud, Junior, Junior" | Cagney and Lacey "R" | local news | syndication | |
| Fox | all syndication programming | |||||||
| NBC | Alf "R" | Valerie's Family "R" | Unsolved Mysteries | News Special "Stressed to Kill" | local news | syndication | ||
| David Letterman guests | no guests-writer's strike | |||||||
| Johnny Carson guests | no guests-writer's strike | |||||||
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Who's the Boss "R" | The Wonder Years "Angel" | Moonlighting "R" | Thirty Something "R" | local news | syndication | ||
| CBS | Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) | Cagney and Lacey "Friendly Fire" | local news | syndication | ||||
| Fox | syndication | |||||||
| NBC | Matlock "R" | In the Heat of the Night "Blindspot" pt 2 | Crime Story "The Hearings" | local news | syndication | |||
| David Letterman guests | no guests-writer's strike | |||||||
| Johnny Carson guests | no guests- writer's strike | |||||||
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Growing Pains "R" | Head of the Class "R" | Hooperman "R" | Just in Time "Nothing Sacred" | Heartbeat "Two out of Six" | local news | syndication | |
| CBS | Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour "R" | Jake and the Fatman "Rhapsody in Blue | The Equalizer "Target of Choice" | local news | syndication | |||
| Fox | >syndication | |||||||
| NBC | Aaron's Way "Patches of Light" | A Year in the Life "Peter Creek Road" | The Bronx Zoo "Career Day" | local news | syndication | |||
| David Letterman guests | no guests-writer's strike | |||||||
| Johnny Carson guests | no guests- writer's strike | |||||||
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Probe "Plan 10 from Outer Space " | Hotel "R" | Buck James "Top Secret" | Local News | Syndication | |||
| CBS | 48 Hours | Simon and Simon "May the Road Rise Up" | Knots Landing "With a Heavy Heart" | Local News | Syndication | |||
| Fox | >syndication | |||||||
| NBC | The Cosby Show "R" | My Two Dads "R" | Cheers "R" | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd "Here Comes the Cold Wind off the River" | LA Law "R" | Local News | Syndication | |
| David Letterman guests | no guests-writer's strike | |||||||
| Johnny Carson guests | no guests- writer's strike | |||||||
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Perfect Strangers "R" | Full House "R" | Mr Belvedere "R" | Family Man "Valentine's Day" | 20/20 | Local News | Syndication | |
| CBS | Beauty and the Beast "A Happy Life" | Dallas "Last of the Good Guys" | Falcon Crest "Key to Angela" | Local News | Syndication | |||
| Fox | syndication | |||||||
| NBC | Highwayman "Send in the Clones | Night Court "Top Judge" | Beverly Hill Buntz "El Norte by Norte West" | Miami Vice "R" | Local News | Syndication | ||
| David Letterman guests | no guests-writer's strike | |||||||
| Johnny Carson guests | no guests- writer's strike | |||||||
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Dolly guests: Bob Hope, Miss Piggy, Loretta Swift, Jerry Lee Lewis, Desert Rose Band | Ohara "R" | Spenser: For Hire "R" | local news | syndication | |||
| CBS | High Mountain Rangers "Matt's Choice" | Tour of Duty "Angel of Mercy" | W 57th | local news | syndication | |||
| Fox | Family Double Dare | Second Chance "Two Men and a Baby" | Werewolf "R" | Werewolf "Unicorn" | syndication | |||
| NBC | Mama's Boy "Mickey's Song" | 227 "My Aching Back" | The Golden Girls "R" | Amen "R" | Hunter "R" | local news | syndication | |
| SNL this week | SNL is over for the season, writer's strike started on March 7th | |||||||
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
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| ABC | Care Bears | My Pet Monster | Little Clowns of Happytown | Little Wizards | Pound Puppies | The Real Ghostbusters | Flintstone Kids | Bugs Bunny and Tweety | Animal Crackups | ABC weekend special |
| CBS | Furry Tale Theater | Muppet Babies | PeeWee's Playhouse | Mighty Mouse | Popeye and Son | Dennis the Menace | Teen Wolf | Kidd Video | ||
| Fox | syndication programs | |||||||||
| NBC | Gummi Bears | The Smurfs | Fraggle Rock | Alvin and the Chipmunks | Alf | The New Archies | Foofur | I'm Telling! | ||
Media Links to take you back in time:
Primary ads
Superman’s 50th Birthday
Nightly News March 4th,1988
Michael Jackson performs at the Grammy’s
Sarah Palin’s Sports Cast from March 5, 1988
History (information gathered from The Milwaukee Sentinel, The New York Times, The LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Southeast Missourian, The Palm Beach Post, history.orb; Calvin and Hobbes, Doonesbury, and Peanuts strips used with permission, however we do not own the rights, please do not copy)
Sunday, February 28th
- Workers in the Panama Canal Zone urge worker slowdown to force out Noriega and to restore Delvalle
- Bush and Dukakis win their respective Maine caucuses
- Egypt promises to support the Shultz led US peace proposal in the Middle East
- Jimmy Swaggart stands before his congregation of 4,000 to thank them for their support during his ongoing scandal
- Prince Andrew and Duchess Fergie arrive in Long Beach to attend church
- Justice Department informs the media that Atty General Edwin Meese had not fully recused himself from the spy trial of Jonathan Pollard
- Earthquakes felt on the border of Mexico/California
- Iran fires missiles into Baghdad, killing several
- Massive protest in Mexico City over artwork that placed Marilyn Monroe's face over the Virgin of Guadalupe
- Roman Amphitheater unearthed in London
- Gorbachev meets with Armenian writers and dissidents over discontent issues
-riots continue in Azerbaijan over land issues
- Two killed in continuing west bank violence, two American teachers are arrested over "incitement"
- Israeli ships sink Guerrilla boat off the coast of Lebanon, kills 2
- US Banks restructure Brazilian debt
- Chrysler announces shut down plans for parts manufacturers
- Stokely Carmichael encourages students to use their education to alleviate poverty
- General Noriega tells 60 Minutes that deposed President Delvalle will not be arrested if he comes out of hiding
- Democrat Debate in Texas
- Republican Debate in Georgia
-Mayor Ed Koch took out a full-page ad in The New York Times to try to rally New Yorkers against those who sell illegal drugs and nations that produce them following the shooting of the rookie police officer.
- Workers in the Panama Canal Zone urge worker slowdown to force out Noriega and to restore Delvalle
- Bush and Dukakis win their respective Maine caucuses
- Egypt promises to support the Shultz led US peace proposal in the Middle East
- Jimmy Swaggart stands before his congregation of 4,000 to thank them for their support during his ongoing scandal
- Prince Andrew and Duchess Fergie arrive in Long Beach to attend church
- Justice Department informs the media that Atty General Edwin Meese had not fully recused himself from the spy trial of Jonathan Pollard
- Earthquakes felt on the border of Mexico/California
- Iran fires missiles into Baghdad, killing several
- Massive protest in Mexico City over artwork that placed Marilyn Monroe's face over the Virgin of Guadalupe
- Roman Amphitheater unearthed in London
- Gorbachev meets with Armenian writers and dissidents over discontent issues
-riots continue in Azerbaijan over land issues
- Two killed in continuing west bank violence, two American teachers are arrested over "incitement"
- Israeli ships sink Guerrilla boat off the coast of Lebanon, kills 2
- US Banks restructure Brazilian debt
- Chrysler announces shut down plans for parts manufacturers
- Stokely Carmichael encourages students to use their education to alleviate poverty
- General Noriega tells 60 Minutes that deposed President Delvalle will not be arrested if he comes out of hiding
- Democrat Debate in Texas
- Republican Debate in Georgia
-Mayor Ed Koch took out a full-page ad in The New York Times to try to rally New Yorkers against those who sell illegal drugs and nations that produce them following the shooting of the rookie police officer.
Monday, February 29th
- Arizona Governor Evan Mecham's impeachment trial begins, Mecham boycotts the trial
- Nazi document implicates Kurt Waldheim in WW II deportations
- Archbishop Tutu was arrested along with two dozen other church leaders when they marched toward the South African Parliament in Cape Town to protest the banning of 17 anti-apartheid groups last week.
- Superman turned 50!
- Assemblies of God uphold 3 month preaching ban on Jimmy Swaggart
- Iraq launches missiles into Iran as a retaliation for yesterday, kills 12
- Nancy Reagan attacks casual drug users as being the root of a bigger drug problem
- President Reagan will not pursue new sanctions against Panama and its dictator Manuel Noriega
- Philippines in discussions to allow the return of Ferdinand Marcos
- Federal Government open to the use of Credit Cards to make payments in Federal exchanges like the Smithsonian gift shops
- It is discovered that the IRA is using Soviet anti aircraft missiles
- Democratic Presidential Debate leading into the southern primaries
- NYC Mayor Koch calls Reagan a “Wimp” in the war on drugs for not punishing drug producing countries enough
- Secretary of State Shultz frustrated at an impasse in Israel over his plan to offer land for peace, due to Likud opposition
- South Africa promises relief aid to build up education programs, housing, etc in black neighborhood
- Chicago Tribune Journalist Jonathan Broder exposed for plagiarism in a Feb 22 article about the Middle East
- EPA declares 500,000 buildings at risk due to exposure of Asbestos
- Supreme Court agrees to hear about the Constitutionality of Reagan's drug testing programs used on Customs agents
- Boat carrying 40 Dominicans escaping to freedom in Puerto Rico capsizes
- Nationalist anti Russian Riots continue in the Azerbaijani town of Sumgait
- Bulgaria holds first election with multiple candidates, contested elections
- former Soviet dissident and Soviet prisoner Natan Sharansky begins training with Israeli forces
- Sikh attack on Christians in Pujab kills 7
- Arab states work to block US move to close PLO observation status at the UN
- IRA bomb explodes killing 2 of their own members
- Soviets are hopeful for a summer arms limitation treaty, despite Reagan's belief that time was running out
- Reagan asks the Congress for legal aid for the Contras in order to win the war against communism in Central America
- Illegal Aliens rush to gain recognition before expiration set by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
- Economists predict the crash of '87 was not enough to send the US into recession
- Talks between Northwest and their flight attendants continue,despite deadline passing
- Sears plans to restructure its management, JC Penney decides to sell NYC HQ and move to Dallas
- Farm good prices fall and consumer prices predicted to rise
- Elderly Minnesota woman suffering from Alzheimer's, Agnes Carlson, is shot 4 times by her husband who did not want her to suffer anymore
Tuesday, March 1st
- Bush and Dukakis win their primaries in Vermont
- KaiserTech sues its own CEO for trying to sell his stock to Maxxam company head and corporate raider Charles Hurwitz
- Denver Parmenter details "The Order's" plans to create a white supremacist government across the USA, which included assassinations and a division of 5 districts
- Two Scandinavian relief workers are freed in Lebanon
- riots in Senegal over suspicions of a rigged Presidential election
- South African government proposes a law to outlaw foreign funding of activist groups
- Lebanese kidnappers put captured soldier Lt Col Higgins on trial for espionage
- Supreme Court rules that INS does not have to reevaluate decisions to deport
- Surgeon General C Everett Coop calls on schools to provide better sex education in the face of the AIDS crisis
- Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA
- Governor Mecham may have tried to influence witnesses and obstruct justice
- Pat Robertson drops libel suit against man who accused his father of buying his way out of the Korean War
- Rev. Jesse Jackson sits down with the South African Ambassador to talk about the arrests of Bishop Tutu and the others
- Porn star, John Holmes, is reported to be hospitalized with AIDS related complication
- Talks break down in the screenwriter negotiations, strike loom
- Federal Judge orders the Army to stop random drug tests on civilian workers as it defies 4th amendment protections
- Group of Congressman say that Reagan has failed in his war on drugs/praise Nancy Reagan in a Congressional hearing on drugs
- Noriega's police begin arresting opposition voices in Panama like Carlos Zuniga
- Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile
- Atty General Meese may have used unethical practices to secure stock favors
- Soviets set up a strict curfew in Sumgait
- President Reagan flies to Brussels for NATO summit, urges solidarity in arms talk, brings 3 pizzas for NATO ambassador
- Peace deal in the Middle East stalls when Jordan is asked to speak for the PLO
- Panamanian protests (pots and pans and leaflets) met with gunfire and death
- Molly Ringwald is filming a teen pregnancy radio spot for "parents too soon" due to Illinois protests over For Keeps
- Michael Jackson gives $600,000 to the United Negro College Fund
- Violence in the West Bank leads to the alleged beating of doctors in an Israeli led hospital raid
Wednesday, March 2nd
- Peace talks resume between The Soviet Union, Pakistan, and Afghanistan over Soviet withdrawal and the creation of a transitional government
- West German hostage Ralph Schray freed in Lebanon
- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega asks for direct talks with the Contras without the use of Cardinal Bravo
- Reagan threatens to veto sweeping Civil Rights Bill that would prohibit discrimination by any program that uses federal money and also removed title 9 language that allowed for discrimination against women who had an abortion, it would allow college health plans to pay for abortions
- Millionaire Arnold Hammer pledges $1million to wipe out Cancer by 2000
- Jay Leno wins the Harvard Lampoon "Elmer" Award
- UN holds 2 votes in support of allowing the PLO mission to remain as a UN observer
- 30th Annual Grammy's
- FDA makes aspirin companies agree to stop pledging prevention of heart attacks in their ads
- West bank violence continues, Jewish teenager is stabbed
- Panamanian protests grow larger as doctors join the work stoppage and the US calls for freezing Panamanian assets until Noriega steps down
- Dole continues to attack Bush, this time accusing him of having personal connections with Noriega while heading the CIA
- Governor Mecham writes letter to each Arizona Senator pleading his case
- Trial opens in Massachusetts of Rod Matthews who killed a schoolmate with a bat, Sean Ouillette, and showed off the body to a groups of kids who stayed quiet for 2 weeks. The defense says it is because Matthews was on Ritalin and had a bad home life
- NATO shows unity in letting the Soviets know that they will continue to arm and defend member states despite the INF treaty
- Macy's and Federated Department Stores agree to merge, forming the 3rd largest Department Store chain
- Head of Customs says American passports will be seized for anyone returning with drugs
- Joseph Markowski acquitted of "poisoning" charges in LA for selling his blood, even though he knew he was infected with AIDS
- Boston study reveals that 1 in 500 women giving birth are infected with AIDS
- Alan Greenspan encourages the government to trim Social Security and other entitlements in order to bring down the deficit
- Last resident of the Memphis hotel where Dr King was shot is evicted after ignoring a Feb 8th deadline, so that a museum could be built
- Supreme Court limits rights to sue cities
- Alaska caucuses go for Pat Robertson, Bush picks up New York delegates
- Gadhafi says he will work with America if America respects Libyan regime existance
- Soviets report that 100,000 Russians died in 1987 from alcohol poisoning as part of their anti-drinking drive
Thursday, March 3rd
- House defeats a Democratic led plan to provide humanitarian aid to the Contras
- Judge puts an injunction on Reagan Administration regulations to defund Planned Parenthood or abortion counseling programs
- Chrysler decides to keep Acustar parts, but announces it will be shutting down multiple factories
- Transportation Department announces random drug testing plans for airline workers
- Sikh gunmen open fire in Punjab killing 32 at Holi Festival, part of long term nationalist fight
- Dukakis and Gephardt confront each other about interest groups that support the campaigns after Dukakis criticizes "oil import tax" plan
- NSC member David Wigg testifies that Wallach told him that e was going to get rich on Meese's pipeline deal
- NATO debates the image that Gorbachev has been showing to the world with his new openness
- Ryan White speaks to the White House AIDS commission, says he "is living a normal life"
- George Lucas and Steven Spielberg go in front of a Senate Panel to ask for protection over the final product of artists ( in light of Ted Turner's colorization push)
- Bangladesh election leads to violence
- Sri Lankan rebels kill 16 during an ethnic village raid
- study finds that AIDS related suicides are at a much higher level than most of the population
- Obstetrics doctor found guilty of perjury and obstruction in his testimony in favor of AH Robbins (Dalkon Shield Birth Control)
- Jury orders Soldier of Fortune magazine to pay $9 million to the family of a woman whose killer was hired in the classified advertisements.
- 3 day Congressional anti drug conference ends with deep criticisms of Reagan's actions
- Mary Cantrell caught in Arizona, after having escaped from a federal prison in WV ten years earlier
- Governor Mecham tries to bring down key witness by exposing sexual secrets, Senate refuses to hear the evidence
- government places federal regulations on trucks driving in urban areas
- China begins looking towards allowing free enterprise and market economics
- Presidential AIDS panel pledges $2 billion a year to fight AIDS by expanding drug treatment services and medical care
- IBM sets a superconductor record at -234 F
- National Assemblies of God Commission decide to investigate Jimmy Swaggart's punishments, believing they are too light
- Kelly Carner testifies about the counterfeiting operation "The Order" was using to aid their Aryan revolution
- Senate Bill prohibits most private employers from using lie detector test
Friday, March 4th
- Northwestern Department Store Chain Nordstrom opens its first store beyond the west coast in Virginia
- Stamp hike of .25 proposed
- US employment rate at 5.7%, lowest in 8 years
- Major General William F Burns is voted in a head of Arms Control
- FAA finds 139 areas of concern with the safety of Northwest Airlines
- House panel finds a Naval station and a Anti Central American intervention protester at fault in a Sept 87 incident in which the protestor had his legs amputated by a train while sitting on a track to block munitions shipments. House member Barbara Boxer dissented from the report
- Swiss financier to testify against Atty General Meese in the investigation about his involvement in a plan to build an oil pipeline from Jordan to Iraq
- Jeb Bush accused of using his father's influence to pedal federal dollars into a failing Miami HMO
- Judge rules that Pat Robertson can drop his libel suit, but only if he pays court fees
- Reagan Administration announces plans to stop the $7 million payments for the use of the Panama Canal until Noriega steps down, stopping short of a trade embargo and fearing anti US backlash
- Shultz hands over US peace plan on Israel to the parties, with a 10 day waiting period to recognize and accept.
- Iran agrees to look at ending the war against Iraq under the UN plan
- Reagan administration lets the Soviets know that the US will not stop arming guerillas until the Soviets stop arming the Afghani government
- 4 suspects arrested in last week's New York City cop killing
- Reagan administration criticizes the "White House Conference on Drug Free America" for undermining the President and First Lady's work on fighting drugs
- Tibetan Monk Lobsang Wangchuk dies in prison in 1987, the Chinese government finally admits it having feared riots
- British regional director of Oxfam and his Syrian assistant disappear in Lebanon
- The Contras raid a village and take hostages, including an American member of the Anti Central American interaction group Witness for Peace, Richard Boren
- Soviets report that 31 people were killed in Azerbaijani riots
- Reagan asks Congress to try again to build a Contra aid package, 5 Senators led by Richard Lugar take up the cause
- Panama orders all banks to close until all dollars can be regularized
- PLO takes credit for an attempted car bombing of Sec of State Shultz
- Israel begins banning journalists from reporting about the conflicts
- Nancy Reagan defends her choice to have a mastectomy, on 20/20
- Peggy Griffith testifies at the Mecham impeachment trial about the death threat towards a colleague that Mecham ignored and tried to cover up
- head of New Life Church and televangelist Michael Agnello resigns due to an affair---read about this man's future
- Garrison Keillor sues NPR for commercially using one of his speeches
- Michael Jackson to get Honorary Degree from Fisk
- panel investigating NASA concludes that NASA needs to use more critical judgement over who goes into space
- HHS publishes consumer guide on Nursing Homes
- Jurors visit the Central Park crime scene of the "Preppie Murder Case"
- Senate votes down plan to let Reagan not report covert activity
- Reagan and Gorbachev to meet in May for a four day summit
- House Republicans charge Costa Rican Ambassador Guido Fernandez with working to end Contra aid, ask Reagan to have him sent home
- Fatal Vision lawsuit dismissed
- Spain bans smoking in public places
- Austrian General resigns over Waldheim's suspected Nazi past
Saturday, March 5th
- Ruling party wins elections in Bangladesh, despite high levels of violence
- Bush wins the South Carolina Primary
- Soviets propose a system of free enterprise competition against state owned companies
- Desmond Tutu will travel to Moscow in June to celebrate the 1,000 birthday of the Orthodox Church
- Reagan uses NATO summit to demand the Soviets pull back from Europe in the face of NATO unity
- House Dems say that the Contra Aid issue is not going to happen in the next 4 months
- Panamanian economy grinds to a halt in face of bank closures and US sanctions
- Restoration of the Turks and Caicos Constitution
- Tibetan freedom protest hits a police station
- Masters and Johnson study declares that AIDS is rampant among heterosexuals, causes massive controversy
Sports
Music
This week saw the continued success of George Michael’s Father Figure as the #1 song in America
This week saw Michael Jackson perform his first solo shows in New York City (hard to believe he had never been a solo act by 1988)
This week was also the Grammy’s (celebrating the hits of 1987), hosted by Billy Crystal (here is a great summary with video highlights on the Grammy's website)
- Record of the Year
- Paul Simon for Graceland single released in 1987
- Paul Simon for Graceland single released in 1987
- Album of the Year
- Brian Eno, Daniel Lanoi & U2 for The Joshua Tree
- Brian Eno, Daniel Lanoi & U2 for The Joshua Tree
- Song of the Year
- Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil & James Horner (songwriters) for Somewhere Out There performed by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram…you know you want to hear it, so here it is
- Best New Artist
Literature
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What I would like to know more about? (W)
Specific Questions to think about
- Would you say this was a good or a bad week for the Reagan Administration?why?
- What did it mean to be a citizen of the USA this week?
- What did it mean to be a citizen of another nation of your choosing this week?
- What issues were the biggest concerns this week?
- What cultural events would have drawn you in this week? why?
- What are your observations about this week?
- What do you feel like you need to learn more about in order to understand this week?
Demonstrating What I Learned (L)
ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK, CHOOSE 1
1. Choose 1 story from each day of the week and follow it further (read about it in the 1988 newspapers provided)... why is the story important? what happened in the end? Does this story still relate to us today? Is this still an ongoing story? (logical intelligence)
2. Examine the TV schedule, find one of the episodes on any number of streaming sites. Use the Library of Congress reflection guide to Observe, reflect, and question the information/culture being presented to you. How does this episode tie into the larger themes of the week (IE, Miami Vice and its reliance on drug trafficking themes) (visual intelligence)
3. Diagram the relevance of this week's events/culture to one of our guest interviews, how does hearing from a 1988 voice enhance the information presented? (intrapersonal intelligence)
4. Create and craft a mock news broadcast following several of this week's stories, or design a week summary skit (both will need to be performed) (bodily intelligence)
5. Listen to the music of this week and assess its relevance and importance to the issues and events or craft a song about the events of the week (musical intelligence)
6. Write a mock journal entry from someone of your age in 1988, telling their journal about his/her week in 1988, OR write a series of poems about the week, OR write a report about how this week shaped 1988, OR read one of the top selling books and report about what you read (linguistic intelligence)
BONUS ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE THE 1988 ARCHIVES (use 1988project format)
1. Choose 1 story from each day of the week and follow it further (read about it in the 1988 newspapers provided)... why is the story important? what happened in the end? Does this story still relate to us today? Is this still an ongoing story? (logical intelligence)
2. Examine the TV schedule, find one of the episodes on any number of streaming sites. Use the Library of Congress reflection guide to Observe, reflect, and question the information/culture being presented to you. How does this episode tie into the larger themes of the week (IE, Miami Vice and its reliance on drug trafficking themes) (visual intelligence)
3. Diagram the relevance of this week's events/culture to one of our guest interviews, how does hearing from a 1988 voice enhance the information presented? (intrapersonal intelligence)
4. Create and craft a mock news broadcast following several of this week's stories, or design a week summary skit (both will need to be performed) (bodily intelligence)
5. Listen to the music of this week and assess its relevance and importance to the issues and events or craft a song about the events of the week (musical intelligence)
6. Write a mock journal entry from someone of your age in 1988, telling their journal about his/her week in 1988, OR write a series of poems about the week, OR write a report about how this week shaped 1988, OR read one of the top selling books and report about what you read (linguistic intelligence)
BONUS ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE THE 1988 ARCHIVES (use 1988project format)
- Choose an age appropriate 1988 film and review it for our film reviews
- Choose an TV episode from 1988 and review it for our television reviews
- Choose an album, artist, or song from 1988 and review for our music section
- Choose a game to play (board, video, etc) from 1988 and review it for our game section
- Choose a 1988 book and review it for the literature section