You may watch one movie and do a write up for extra credit. For the write-ups, you must watch the movie, and then write about how it reinforces or contradicts what you have read in your class text books. The write-up must be 2/3rds of a page for each 60 minutes of video watched. Depending on the length of the movie and quality of the writing, the assignment is worth 2-3 points.
OUR CLASS BOOK (Roark, The American Promise: A Concise History, Volume I: To 1877. Fifth Edition).
Movies that you may watch:
Any episode of HBO series John Adams
1. Mary Silliman’s War
2. The Trail of Tears ; As Long as the Grass Shall Grow
3. Underground Railroad : the William Still story
4. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln / an Ark Media Production for the American experience
5. Lewis & Clark : the Journey of the Corps of Discovery
6. Slavery and the Making of America. Vol. 4, Challenge of freedom
7. Liberty! : The American Revolution (You choose which disc to view)
