UNIT	DATE	ASSIGNMENT
Introduction	9/3  (60 mins.)	Introduction to the course. Course syllabus handed out.
The Western (Red River)	9/5  (60 mins.)	Reading --> "The Western:  An Overview" Timeline --> "The American Western" Begin viewing the film.
	9/9  (80 mins.)	View film in class.
	9/11  (80 mins.)	Reading --> Excerpts from Frederick Jackson Turner's "The Significance of the Frontier in American History"
The Immigrant Experience (The Godfather, I & II)	9/15  (60 mins.)	Reading --> "Organized Crime" Begin viewing Godfather II.
	9/17  (60 mins.)	Reading --> Excerpts from Machiavelli's The Prince. Start viewing Godfather I
	9/19  (80 mins.)	Continue viewing Godfather I.
	9/23  (80 mins.)	Finish viewing Godfather I.
	9/25  (40 mins.)	H-O-H Instruction Sheet. H-O-H ["Hands-On-History" -- 30 points] discussion of The Prince.
	9/29  (60 mins.)	Finish the H-O-H Begin viewing Rosewood [if time permits]. Reading --> Historical Background on the Rosewood Massacre
	10/3  (80 mins.)	Essay Test on the first two films [2 essays] -- 100 points
1920s Jim Crow South (Rosewood)	10/7  (80 mins.)	View Rosewood.
	10/15  (60 mins.)	Finish viewing Rosewood. Document Packet --> "Racism in Early 20c America."
Depression Era America (Modern Times)	10/17  (60 mins.)	Finish discussing the above document packet. Reading --> "Charlie Chaplin's 'The Tramp' Character." and begin viewing Modern Times.
	10/21  (80 mins.)	Finish viewing Modern Times a
Wartime Propaganda (Casablanca)	10/23  (60 mins.)	View short clips from The Great Dictator. Reading --> "Wartime Hollywood." Reading --> "Casablanca and United States Foreign Policy." Reading --> "Casablanca, or the Cliches Are Having a Ball" by Umberto Eco.
	10/27  (60 mins.)	View Casablanca. PowerPoint --> "France During World War II."
	10/29  (80 mins.)	Finish viewing Casablanca. See clips from WW II propaganda films and cartoons.
	10/31  (80 mins.)	Essay Test on the next three films [2 out of 3 essays] -- 100 points
The McCarthy Era (Good Night and Good Luck)	11/5  (60 mins.)	View Good Night and Good Luck. Reading --> "Communism and National Security." Reading --> "List of Americans Accused of Being Communists:  1940-1965." Reading --> "Naming Names--The Social Costs of McCarthyism." Reading --> "HUAC Hearings on Communist Infiltration of the Motion Picture Industry."
	11/7  (60 mins.)	Continue viewing Good Night and Good Luck.
	11/12  (80 mins.)	Finish viewing Good Night and Good Luck. Discuss readings.
The Cold War & the Nuclear Age (Dr. Strangelove)	11/14  (80 mins.)	Begin viewing Dr. Strangelove. Reading --> "A Commentary on Dr. Strangelove" by Brian Siano Reading --> "Dr. Strangelove" by Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi
	11/18  (60 mins.)	Finish viewing Dr. Strangelove.
	11/20  (60 mins.)	Essay Test on the last two films [2 essays] -- 100 points
(Thirteen Days)	11/24  (80 mins.)	Begin viewing Thirteen Days. Reading --> "The Cuban Missile Crisis--Reading the Lessons Correctly."
	11/26  (80 mins.)	Continue viewing Thirteen Days.
	12/2  (60 mins.)	Finish viewing Thirteen Days.
Vietnam War (Apocalypse Now)	12/4  (60 mins.)	Begin viewing of Apocalypse Now. Reading --> "LBJ Speech: Peace Without Conquest--'Why We Are in Vietnam.' (1965)"
	12/8  (80 mins.)	Continue viewing Apocalypse Now. Reading --> "Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now."
	12/10  (80 mins.)	Continue viewing Apocalypse Now.
	12/12  (60 mins.)	Finish viewing Apocalypse Now.