{"product_id":"hollywood-or-history-an-inquiry-based-strategy-for-using-film-to-teach-united-states-history-9781641133081","title":"Hollywood or History?: An Inquiry-Based Strategy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeaching and learning through Hollywood, or commercial, film productions is anything but a new approach and has been something of a mainstay in the classroom for nearly a century. Purposeful and effective instruction through film, however, is not problem-free and there are many challenges that accompany classroom applications of Hollywood motion pictures. In response to the problems and possibilities associated with teaching through film, we have collaboratively developed a collection ofpractical, classroom-ready lesson ideas that might bridge gaps between theory and practice and assist teachers endeavoring to make effective use of film in their classrooms. We believe that film can serve as a powerful tool in the social studies classroom and, where appropriately utilized, foster critical thinking and civic mindedness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) framework, represents a renewed and formalized emphasis on the perennial social studies goals of deep thinking, reading and writing. We believe that as teachers endeavor to digest and implement the platform in schools and classrooms across the country, the desire for access to structured strategies that lead to more active and rigorous investigation in the social studies classroom will grow increasingly acute. Our hope is that this edited book might play a small role in the larger project of supporting practitioners, specifically K-16 teachers of United States history, by offering a collection of classroom-ready tools based on the Hollywood or History? strategy and designed to foster historical inquiry through the careful use of historically themed motion pictures. The book consists of K-5 and 6-12 lesson plans addressing each the following historical eras (Adapted from: UCLA, National Center for History in Schools).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProblems and Possibilities of Teaching with Film. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART I: BEGINNINGS TO 1620. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDebunking Myths in U.S. History: Will the Real Story of Pocahontas Please Rise? Nancy Sardone. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe New World, Gender Roles, and Issues of Point-of-View, Anne Perry. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART II: COLONIZATION AND SETTLEMENT. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePocahontas Saves John Smith, Kristen Wobler. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMyth Busters: The Salem Witch Trials, Brianna Scatorchia and Nancy Sardone. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART III: REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Various Roles of African Americans in the American Revolution, Paul J. Yoder, Katrina Yoder, and Aaron P. Johnson. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributions of African Americans During the Revolutionary War, Ryan Warriner. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART IV: EXPANSION AND REFORM. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Henry vs. the Machine, Kristal Curry. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve Years a Slave: Using Film to Explore Freedom and (In)Humanity, Gregory and Amy Samuels. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART V: THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION. Did He Really Create the Great Lakes? Tall Tales and Their Place in History, Megan Cullen. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortrayals of American Slavery in Film: A Study of Gone With the Wind, Roots, and Unchained Memories, Dennis Urban. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART VI: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL UNITED STATES. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen and the Wild, Wild West, James Nunez. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ox Bow Incident: A Historiographical Lesson in Vigilantism and Due Process, Michael Lovorn. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART VII: THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN ERA. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuffragettes Parade for the Vote, Michele Celani and Elizabeth Blackmon. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Iron Jawed Angels and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage, Wendy Rouse. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART VIII: THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Economic and Social Effects of the Dust Bowl, Rebecca Bidwell. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“The Greater Good”: Using Flags of Our Fathers for Critical Thinking and Historical Inquiry, Mark Percy. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART IX: POST WAR UNITED STATES. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRosa’s Refusal: Serendipity or Sustained Activism? Eric Groce, Theresa Redmond, and Robin Groce. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChicano Power and Youth Resistance: Walking Out for Civil Rights, Tim Monreal. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART X: POST WAR UNITED STATES. Amish Neighbors, Ronald Morris. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExploring The Lives of Others in the Social Studies Classroom: Where Dissent and Technology Intersect in Contemporary America, Rory P. Tannebaum. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Round Top, Scott L. Roberts, Charles J. Elfer, and Brian Fahey. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing Film to Analyze the “Seen and Unseen” of the Leo Frank Case, Scott L. Roberts and Charles J. Elfer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBootleggers, Borders, and the Untouchables, Charles J. Elfer and Scott L. Roberts. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Information Age Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020195692887,"sku":"9781641133081","price":47.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781641133081.jpg?v=1750782728","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hollywood-or-history-an-inquiry-based-strategy-for-using-film-to-teach-united-states-history-9781641133081","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}