, U.Va.

Create Your Own Unit (CYOU) Project

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DUAL WINNERS: CARTOONS IN THE COLD WAR ERA and THE TWILIGHT ZONE

CYOU 2021

1. CARTOONS IN THE COLD WAR ERA

2. AS SEEN ON TV

3. CHILDREN IN THE COLD WAR

4. THE SPACE RACE: HOW SPUTNIK INFLUENCED AMERICAN SOCIETY

5. ATHLETE ACTIVISM

6. THE CHURCH COMMITTEE

7. THE TWILIGHT ZONE: SCIENCE FICTION AND COLD WAR MEDIA CULTURE

8. I'M LOVIN' IT

 

You will need to choose a website to host your CYOU project. Wordpress has worked well for students in the past, alternatively you may find Weebly to be quite user-friendly. Both have free versions that can easily accomodate what is necessary for the assignment. If you have question about the web hosting, please contact your TA or Professor Balogh.

Guidelines for the assignment can be found here.

CYOU 2016

1. MUSIC IN THE VIETNAM WAR ERA

2. FOOTBALL IN AMERICA

3. AIDS IN AMERICA

4. COMICS AT WAR

5. TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT

6. THE AMERICAN COUPLE

7. RACE, GENDER, AND MORE IN DISNEY'S AMERICA

8. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ROCK'N ROLL?

9. ALL IN THE FAMILY

10. DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID

 

CYOU Library

DESCRIPTION | INSTRUCTIONS | LIBRARY | WINNERS

The Create Your Own Unit (CYOU) Library contains past student CYOU projects. As part of the course, each student will joins a team of his/her classmates to conceive and design their own Viewing America Unit. Professor Balogh teaches the winning CYOU project during the last week of class. The winning Unit is determined by popular vote.

2013 Spring
Title Winner
Bond. James Bond. Winner
All MASHed Up
America Gone Mental
Boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games
Breeding of an Attack Dog
Cold War Anxieties Reflected in Science Fiction Film, 1950 – 1970
Fall From Honor
Family Feud
Family Through the Decades
Political Pawns: An Ode to the Olympics
POP ART
Putting the P in PDA
The 1970s Oil Crisis
The Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll
The History of Video Games
2011 Spring
Title Winner
American Gangster Film Winner
1960: A Space Odyssey
Disney's Vision for America: Walt Disney and His Dream Through Film and Parks
From Chevy Chase to Fred Armisen: Viewing American Political Humor Through Saturday Night Live
From Substance to Sound Bite: Three Decades of Presidential Debates
LSD in the 1960s
Master of Suspense: Alfred Hitchcock 1940-1980
Racing Relations
Sex in the University
Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll: Music in the Counterculture
Superheroes in America
The Beat Generation
The Green Revolution
The Kennedy Era
Watergate-gate: Presidents in the Media from FDR to Reagan
Wild Wild Cold War
2004 Spring
Title Winner
Camelot: The Legacy of the Kennedys Winner
Advertising and Society: A History of Advertising in America
Assassinations
Blue Jeans
Environmental Disasters and Conservation
Extreme Sports and American Culture
From Invisible to Ellen: The Evolution of the Gay TV Character
Game Shows in American Culture
Illustrating America
Leveling the Playing Field: The Integration of Sports (1945-Present)
The Evolution of the Talk Show
The History of Anti-Drug Campaigns, 1970-Present
The History of Playboy and Sexuality since the 1950s
The Scale of America's Plate
2004 Fall
Title Winner
Vegas: City of Dreams, City of Sin Winner
A View into History Using Political Humor
Alcohol in America