UNIT DATE ASSIGNMENT
Introduction T - 1/31  Day 1
60 mins.
Independence
(1776)		 Th - 2/2  Day 3
60 mins.
  • Begin viewing 1776.
  M - 2/6  Day 5
80 mins.
  W - 2/8 Day 1
60 mins.
  • Finish viewing 1776.
Antebellum Period
(Gangs of New York)		 F - 2/10  Day 3
60 mins.
  T - 2/14 Day 5
80 mins.
  • Continue viewing Gangs of New York.
  Th - 2/16  Day 1
60 mins.
  • Finish viewing Gangs of New York.
  • Begin viewing Andersonville.
  M - 2/27  Day 3
60 mins.
  • Continue viewing Andersonville.
  • Hand in your essay on your favorite signer of the Declaration of Independence. [100 pts]
The Civil War & Reconstruction
(Andersonville)		 W - 2/29  Day 1
60 mins.
  • Continue viewing Andersonville.
  F - 3/2  Day 3
60 mins.
  • Finish viewing Andersonville. 
  • View a few clips from Birth of a Nation.
  T - 3/6  Day 5
80 mins.
  • In class essay test on the films Gangs of NY and Andersonville.  You may use your notes and readings. [50 points]
The Western
(Tombstone)		 F - 3/9  Day 1
60 mins.
  T - 3/13  Day 3
60 mins. 
  • Continue viewing Tombstone.
The Immigrant Experience
(The Godfather, I & II)		 Th - 3/15  Day 5
80 mins. 
  • Finish viewing Tombstone.
  • Begin viewing Godfather II.
  M - 3/19 Day 1
60 mins.
  W - 3/21  Day 3
60 mins.
  • Continue viewing Godfather I

 		 M - 3/26  Day 5
80 mins.
  • Continue viewing Godfather II.
  • Hand in Western Research Essay!!!  <--- **
  • Begin reading --> Excerpts from Machiavelli's The Prince.
  W - 3/28  Day 1
60 mins. 
  • Continue viewing Godfather I
  F - 3/30  Day 3
60 mins. 
  • Finish viewing Godfather I and look at a clip from the 1930s film, Public Enemy, starring James Cagney [if time permits].
  • Final notebook check [40 points] --> Grading Rubric.
  W - 4/11   Day 5
80 mins.
The Great Depression
 (Modern Times)		 F - 4/13  Day 1
60 mins.
  T - 4/17  Day 3
60 mins.
  • Finish viewing Modern Times.
Hollywood Goes to War Th - 4/19  Day 5
80 mins.
  • 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
(Casablanca &
Patton)		 M - 4/23  Day 1
60 mins.
  W - 4/25 Day 3
60 mins.
  • Finish viewing Casablanca.
  F - 4/27  Day 5
80 mins.
  • Begin viewing Patton.
  T - 5/1  Day 1
60 mins.
  • Continue viewing Patton.
  Th - 5/3  Day 3
60 mins.
  • Continue viewing Patton.
  M - 5/7  Day 5
80 mins.
  • Continue viewing Patton.
  W - 5/9  Day 1
60 mins.
  • Finish viewing Patton.
  F - 5/11  Day 3
60 mins.
  • In class essay test on the films Modern Times, Casablanca, and Patton [100 points] You may use your notes and readings.
The Cold War & the Nuclear Age
(Thirteen Days)		 T - 5/15  Day 5
80 mins.
  Th - 5/17  Day 1
60 mins.
  • Continue viewing Thirteen Days.
  M - 5/21  Day 3
25 mins.
  • Continue viewing
   
  • Finish viewingThirteen Days.
   
  • H-O-H ["Hands-On-History" -- 50 points] discussion of Thirteen Days.
(Dr. Strangelove)  
   
  • Continue viewing Dr. Strangelove.
   
  • Finish viewing Dr. Strangelove.
   
  • In class essay test on Dr. Strangelove.  You may use your notes and readings. [50 points].
  • Final notebook check [40 points] --> Grading Rubric.
   
  • Paper on your presidential film is due!! [100 points].