Teaching History with Film

  • Teaching History with Film: Strategies for Secondary Social Studies
    By Alan S. Marcus, Jeremy D. Stoddard, Scott Alan Metzger

    In a previous incarnation of this unit, O'Brian used the movie Good Morning Vietnam (1987) to the same purpose. That movie has many strengths, with the violence of war set beside the hilarious star turn of the comedian Robin Williams, ...

  • Teaching History with Film: Strategies for Secondary Social Studies
    By Alan S. Marcus, Jeremy D. Stoddard, Scott Alan Metzger

    Jakie Rabinowitz (Al Jolson), in blackface before a show, struggles as his family and professional life pull him in different directions. It is natural to include lessons on controversial social and political issues in history and other ...

  • Teaching History with Film: Strategies for Secondary Social Studies
    By Alan S. Marcus, Jeremy D. Stoddard, Scott Alan Metzger

    The case focused on Glory takes place in the eighth grade classroom of Mr. Irwin at Monet Middle School in northeast Connecticut. Monet has approximately 700 students in grades 5–8 and a student population that is 95% White.

  • Teaching History with Film
    By John E. O'Connor, Martin A. Jackson

    Teaching History with Film

  • Teaching History with Film: Strategies for Secondary Social Studies

    'By developing the skills students need to think critically about the past or what they think they know about history, the lessons in this book illustrate how to harness the pedagogical power of film to provide the tools necessary for ...