Introduction
This is an introductory unit to cover the basis of generational studies as well explaining how to look at modern history. The course is structured around the history of the past twenty years, but uses the lives of people in the past to show how events in our lives (and our perceptions of them) shape how we move forward.
Abstract for "Grown Up Digital" by Don Tapscott (someone else read the book and gives you a great overview of the contents)
"Millennials Study Captures Snapshot of Young America" from PBSNewsHour (Please note, although they stop the group at 18 in 2010, the technical definition does include you - the next group starts at 2001)
"Cuspers and Micro-Generations" a blog entry from Nancy Salamone about what it means to be in-between generations (which you are)
"Generation C: The Emergence of Micro-Generations" by Raymond Morin about the theory of micro-generations
"Children, Teens, Families, and Mass Media : The Millennial Generation" by Rose Kundanis (PDF of the whole book)
Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation by Neil Howe, William Strauss and R.J. Matson (2000)
The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation by Rebecca Huntley (2006)
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw (2004)
Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 by Neil Howe, William Strauss (1992)
Millennials: Americans born 1977-1994 by New Strategist (their dates are outdated, but this is just a list of demographics and statistics)
"Is History Moving Faster? Are Generations Getting Shorter?" (May 19, 2012) by Neil Howe (word doc; link)
"Generations in History" from LifeCourse Associates
"What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years" (1900) by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. featured in The Ladies' Home Journal
HOYL: Introduction
HOYL: Introduction
Why Are Generations So Different?
Millennials Study Captures Snapshot of Young America
