complete a “Movie Reaction Essay” during the semester. For the paper, the student will:
View a movie from the list distributed by the instructor in D2L depicting events during the scope of the course, then write a 4-5 page paper analyzing the movie as history by addressing the following points:
1. Briefly describe the plot of the movie in 2-2½ pages;
2. Determine whether the movie portrayed the events depicted accurately or not, making sure to give examples of which parts of the movie were accurate and which parts of the movie were not accurate (there are many sites on the Internet that review the historical accuracy of movies, so consult one or more of them for this section of the paper);
3. Determine if and where the director of the movie took “poetic license” with the facts to make the movie more interesting or exciting;
4. Brainstorm where you think the authors/director of the movie obtained the information on which the movie is based; and
5. Explain how you think the movie can be used to teach or enhance the learning of history.