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
Cover: Dennis Chalkin
Cover: Richard Bernstein
Cover: Gil Kane
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Photo Credit: Matthew Rolston
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Cover: Don Martin
Cover Artist: John Byrne/George Perez
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Cover Credit: Richard Mackson
Cover: Annie Leibovitz
Cover Artist: Todd McFarlane; 1st featured appearance of Venom
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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 | Wonderful World of Disney "Meet the Muncey's" (1988) | Special That's Incredible! reunion | Baby M (1988) | |||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes | Murder She Wrote " R" | My Father, My Son (1988) | |||||
| Fox | 21 Jump Street "School's Out" | America's Most Wanted | Married with Children "R" | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Duet | The Tracey Ullman Show | Werewolf "Amazing Grace" | |
| NBC | Our House "R" | Family Ties "R" | The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) | |||||
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | MacGyver "R" | Baby M (Pt 2)(1988) | local news | syndication | ||||
| CBS | Kate & Allie "The Clip Show" | Designing Women "R" | Miss Universe Pageant winner: Porntip Nakhirunkanok from Thailand | local news | syndication | |||
| Fox | all syndication programming | |||||||
| NBC | Alf "R" | Valerie's Family "R" | C.A.T. Squad "Python Wolf" (1988) | local news | syndication | |||
| David Letterman guests | no guests-writer's strike (returns June 28th) | |||||||
| Johnny Carson guests | "R" | |||||||
| 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" | Who's the Boss "R" | Moonlighting "R" | thirtysomething "R" | local news | syndication | ||
| CBS | Bugs Bunny Mystery Special | It's Magic Charlie Brown | Nightmare at Bitter Creek(1988) | local news | syndication | |||
| Fox | syndication | |||||||
| NBC | Matlock "R" | Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988) | local news | syndication | ||||
| David Letterman guests | no guests-writer's strike (returns June 28th) | |||||||
| Johnny Carson guests | "R" | |||||||
| 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" | A Royal Gala | local news | syndication | ||
| CBS | Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Guests: Chet Atkins, Gary Muledeer,Wally Eastwood | Jake and The Fatman "R" | The Equalizer "R" | local news | syndication | |||
| Fox | >syndication | |||||||
| NBC | Aaron's Way "New Patterns" (finale) | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd "Here's a little known Ingrid Bergman incident" | Cheers "R" | St Elsewhere "The Last One" (Finale) | local news | syndication | ||
| David Letterman guests | no guests-writer's strike (returns June 28th) | |||||||
| Johnny Carson guests | Paul Hogan, David Brenner Linda Hopkins | |||||||
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Probe "R" | Hotel "R" | Omnibus host: Beverly Sills | Local News | Syndication | |||
| CBS | 48 Hours "The Warriors" | Nairobi Affair (1984) | Local News | Syndication | ||||
| Fox | >syndication | |||||||
| NBC | The Cosby Show "R" | A Different World "R" | Cheers "R" | Night Court "R" | LA Law "R" | Local News | Syndication | |
| David Letterman guests | no guests- writer's strike(returns June 28th) | |||||||
| Johnny Carson guests | Chevy Chase, John Suter, Thalassa Cruso | |||||||
| 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" | I Married Dora "R" | 20/20 | Local News | Syndication | |
| CBS | Beauty and the Beast "R" | Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday | Local News | Syndication | ||||
| Fox | syndication | |||||||
| NBC | TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes | Sonny Spoon "R" | Miami Vice "R" |
Local News | Syndication | |||
| David Letterman guests | no guests-writer's strike (returns June 28th) | |||||||
| Johnny Carson guests | James Stewart, Fred Roggin | |||||||
| Network | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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| ABC | Juarez | Ohara "R" | Spenser: For Hire "R" | local news | syndication | |||
| CBS | High Mountain Rangers "R" | Tour of Duty "R" | W 57th | local news | syndication | |||
| Fox | Family Double Dare | Boys Will Be Boys "R" | Dirty Dozen "A Quiet Weekend in the Country " | syndication | ||||
| NBC | Facts of Life "R" | 227 "R" | 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 | Little Clowns of Happytown | Pound Puppies | My Pet Monster | The Little Wizards | The Real Ghostbusters | The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show | The Flintstone Kids | Animal Crack-Ups or syndication | ABC Weekend Special or syndication | |
| CBS | Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater | Muppet Babies | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures | Popeye and Son | Dennis the Menace | Teen Wolf or syndication | Kidd Video/Galaxy High or syndication | ||
| Fox | syndication programs | |||||||||
| NBC | Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears | The Smurfs | ALF:The Animated Series | Alvin and the Chipmunks | Fraggle Rock | The New Archies | Foofur or syndication | I'm Telling!or syndication | ||
| Charles in Charge "Five Easy Pizzas" | It's a Living "Tune In, Tune Out" | empty | She's the Sheriff (returns October 8th) | Bustin' Loose "It's a Pizza Cake"(finale) | |||||
| Punky Brewster "Wimped Out, One Plus Tutor is Three, The Dilemma, What's Your Sign?, Wedding Bells for Brandon" (finale) | Webster (returns September 9th) | Star Trek:The Next Generation (returns November 21st) | empty | Friday the 13th (returns July 2nd) | |||||
| Tales from the Darkside "Family Reunion" | Empty | Empty | Empty | Small Wonder (returns September 17th) | |||||
| Mama's Family (returns November 5th) | Out of this World "I've Got a Secret" | Empty | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (returns October 8th) | Empty | |||||
| Empty | ThunderCats (returns September 5) | WWF Superstars of Wrestling | Kids Incorporated | Empty | |||||
| Empty | Marblehead Manor "If You Knew Sushi" (finale) | Finders Keepers | The Raccoons (return in October) | Empty | |||||
| Austin City Limits (returns in January 1989) | Danger Mouse (New Episodes in 1991) | Mr Wizard's World (Returns June 1st) | You Can't Do That on Television (would go on a retooling hiatus in 1988) | Star Search | |||||
| Doctor Who (Returns in October) | T and T "Pros and Cons" | Hee Haw (Returns October 1st) | empty | The New Leave It To Beaver "The End of the World" | |||||
| GLOW (Returns June 3rd) | DuckTales (returns in Nov) | Soul Train Teena Marie, Junior, Guy | American Bandstand Keith Pebbles, Desert Rose Band | DeGrassi Jr High (returns November) |
GARFIELD ©1988 Paws, Inc. Reprinted with permission of UNIVERSAL UCLICK. All rights
DOONESBURY © G. B. Trudeau. Reprinted with permission of UNIVERSAL UCLICK
PEANUTS ©C. Schulz REPRINTED with Permission by Universal UCLICK
History (information gathered from The Milwaukee Sentinel, Times-News from Henderson, NC, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The New York Times, The LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Southeast Missourian, The Palm Beach Post, history.orb; Garfield , Doonesbury, and Peanuts strips used with permission, however we do not own the rights, please do not copy)
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Topic: AIDS
Topic: Iran-Contra
Topic: Central America/Caribbean
Topic: Israel/Palestine Crisis
Topic: Iran/Iraq War Topic: Literature
Fiction
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Topic: The East Side of the Iron Curtain
Topic: The West Side of the Iron Curtain
Topic: Apartheid
Topic: Entertainment
Topic: Global Violence
Topic: Political Scandal
Topic: Physical Events/Environment
Topic: Art/Literature
Topic: Business and Economics |
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Non Fiction
Topic: Science and Technology
Topic:Fads and Fashions
Topic: Transportation
Topic: TV events
Topic: Northern Africa
Topic:Southern Africa
Topic: Central Asia 
#1 movie of the week
Topic: The Pacific
Topic: The Reagan Era
Topic:Drugs
Topic:Afghanistan |
Topic: Education
Topic: The Election of '88
Topic: Environmental and Energy Policy
Topic: The Vietnam War fallout
Topic: Music
Topic:Race, Class, and Gender in the USA
Topic:Crime
Topic:Human Interest Stories
Topic:The Quest for Peace
Topic:The Middle East
Topic: Religion
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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); Thinking like an Historian
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)
Other 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)
Other 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
- Google Newspaper archives to enhance understanding and explore primary sources
