Context of Practice 3: Idea 2

Space Race

Quotes
.'beep... beep... beep' - Sputnik 1, 1957
.'We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard' - John F. Kennedy, 1962
.'One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind' - Neil Armstrong, 1969
.'I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution' - Wernher von Braun
.'The dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow' - Robert Goddard

Places
. Mare Tranquillitatis, the Moon (Apollo 11 landing site)
. Cape Kennedy, Florida USA (Apollo 11 launch site)
. Baikonur Cosmodrone (Vostok 3KA-3 launch site)
. SPACE
. The Pacific Ocean (The splashdown site where Apollo returned to Earth)

Links
NASA
Russian Federal Space Agency
Cosmonauts, How Russia won the Space Race
The Cold War (It has it's own museum in Virginia, obviously)
National Space Centre (England)

Context of Practice 3: Idea 1

The Romanticism of the Old West

Places
.Monument Valley (Synonymous with the mythic West)
.Valley of the Gods (As above)
.Almería, Spain (Associated with the filming of Spaghetti Westerns)
.Tombstone, Arizona (Location of the Gunifhgt at the O.K. Corral)
.Little Bighorn, Eastern Montana Territory (Battle of Little Bighorn)

Quotes

.'Perhaps I may die yet with my boots on' - Wild Bill Hickok
.'Get three coffins ready' - Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name in, 'A Fistful of Dollars'
.'You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.' - Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name in, 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
.'Baby sister, I was born game and I intend to go out that way.' John Wayne as 'Rooster Cogburn' in 'True Grit'
.'To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.' - Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales in 'Outlaw Josey Wales'

Links
Rich Hall - Inventing the Indian - Fantastic documentary regarding the portrayal of Native Americans in cinema
American West - Documentary regarding 'Manifest Destiny'
Old West Myths
More on the Accuracy of Westerns
Gunslinger Myth