UNIT DATE ASSIGNMENT
Introduction Th- 9/8  Day 6
80 mins.
Independence
(1776)
T - 9/14  Day 2
60 mins.
  Th - 9/16  Day 4
60 mins.
  M - 9/20  Day 6
80 mins.
  • Finish viewing 1776.
Antebellum Period
(Gangs of New York)
W - 9/22  Day 2
60 mins.
  F - 9/24  Day 4
60 mins.
  • Begin viewing Gangs of New York.
  • Hand in your essay on your favorite signer of the Declaration of Independence. [100 pts]
  T - 9/28  Day 6
80 mins.
  • Continue viewing Gangs of New York.
  Th - 9/30  Day 2
60 mins.
  • Continue viewing Gangs of New York.
   
  • Finish viewing Gangs of New York and discuss the movie.
The Civil War & Reconstruction
(Glory)
 
  • View Glory.
   
  • Essay Test on Gangs of New York  -- 50 points
   
  • Continue viewing Glory.
   
  • Finish viewing the last scenes of Glory.
The Western
(The Searchers)
 
   
   
   
  • Finish viewing The Searchers.
  • Begin viewing Godfather II.
The Immigrant Experience
(The Godfather,
I & II
)
 
   
   
  • Continue viewing Godfather I
   
  • Finish viewing Godfather I and look at a clip from the 1930s film, Public Enemy, starring James Cagney [if time permits].
   
Hollywood Goes
to War
 
  • See clips from WW II propaganda films, cartoons, film trailers, and a clip from the 1944 Hollywood Canteen broadcast to Armed Forces Radio.
Wartime Propaganda
(Tora! Tora! Tora!)
 
  • Begin viewingTora! Tora! Tora!.
   
  • Continue viewingTora! Tora! Tora!.
   
  • Continue viewingTora! Tora! Tora!.
   
  • Finish viewingTora! Tora! Tora!.
Wartime Leadership
(Truman)
 
  • Begin viewing Truman.
   
  • Continue viewing Truman.
   
The Cold War & the Nuclear Age
(Thirteen Days)
 
   
  • Continue viewing Thirteen Days.
   
  • Finish viewingThirteen Days.
(Dr. Strangelove)  
   
  • Finish viewing Dr. Strangelove.
   
  • Work on your paper.
   
  • FINAL PAPER DUE!!