Instructions for the Movie Response Assignments Movies can be valuable teaching tools to understand the past. Additionally, they can provide context...

Instructions for the Movie Response Assignments

Movies can be valuable teaching tools to understand the past. If done well, movies can create visuals that help us to better understand what people in the past experienced. Additionally, they can provide context for certain events, ideas, and actions.

In these assignments, you will have to watch a movie that deals with an issue in American history. You will then need to answer several questions and provide a serious critique of the movie. It is my hope that you will enjoy the movie watching experience but remember that you need to think critically while you watch. Make sure to read the questions that you will need answers for and to keep them close while you watch.

You will have to watch two movies during this class.

For the first Movie Response assignment, you may select from one of these five movies:

For the second Movie Response Assignment, your choices are as follows:

You will find the questions that you need to answer for each movie under the Movie Assignments folder on the Blackboard site for the course.