Assignment
Write 1 paper after watching this youtube video "Jonestown The Life and Death of Peoples Temple 2006"
Write an essay of 1000-1200 words in length that analyzes the Jonestown tragedy according to the historical and cultural influences of the 1970s.
What is going on historically in the 1970s that creates so much social upheaval in America? Why are so many people in the 1970s hungry for new religious answers to their problems and how does Jim Jones offer them an answer? How does Jones convince hundreds of people in the end to voluntarily commit suicide? While it is an extreme example, how is Peoples' Temple part of the religious cultural trend of the 1970s and how does it compare to other religious movements of the time?