Topic: History

Order Description 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)