The goal of a seminar on generational politics is for you to gain an understanding of the social and political development of four generations. We will also focus on intergenerational conflict. One of the first tasks of the seminar will be to define and distinguish generations, but tentatively let's call your grandparent's generation the Depression/World War II Generation. Your parents are probably part of the Baby Boom Generation and you are part of Gen X or the Millennium Generation. Our focus will be own distinguishing the four generations in terms of social and political values by focusing on formative years. Learning activities of the seminar will include: (1) Traditional seminar activities such as reading, presenting oral reports on readings, and discussion. (2) Viewing videos about the three generations such as Making Sense of the Sixties and The 1940's. (3) Viewing and posting reviews on a web page for discussion of films that are representative of the values and concerns of each generation. (We will discuss possible films, but I think that some key films for my generation (Boomers) are The Big Chill, The Strawberry Statement, The Graduate, Coming Home, and American Graffiti. (4) A paper involving an intensive comparison of representatives of three  of the generations. The "data" for the comparison will be an autobiography written by you, and intensive interviews of representatives of the Baby Boom Generation (perhaps one of your parents) and the World War II Generation. (5) A brief paper analyzing survey data collected by others (I will help you with this) that compares the three generations in terms of some key value or values such as attitudes towards the military.