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EDUCATIONAL TOOLS FOR TEACHERS

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

No historical film is perfect. That does not mean they cannot be used for learning. Movies have the tendency to tell us as much about the times in which they were made as much as the times they depict. With these thoughts in mind, Reel History is pleased to make available the film worksheets below--free to teachers and educators. Each activity sheet generally includes ten questions on the movie and is supplemented by a corresponding primary source tied to the film's plot. Reel History host Jared Frederick has used many of these worksheets in the classroom over the years. It is our hope that these materials will present meaningful opportunities for students to contemplate and discuss the power of historical movies and documentaries in the classroom. The movie thumbnails below are arranged by the films' chronological settings.

Colonial America and the Early United States

THE NEW WORLD
THE WITCH
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
JOHN ADAMS: JOIN OR DIE
JOHN ADAMS: INDEPDENDENCE
IN THE HEART OF THE SEA

Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction

AMISTAD
12 YEARS A SLAVE
DJANGO UNCHAINED
THE GENERAL
THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
GETTYSBURG: DAY ONE
GETTYSBURG: DAY TWO
GETTYSBURG: DAY THREE
GLORY
GONE WITH THE WIND
RIDE WITH THE DEVIL
FREE STATE OF JONES
SHENANDOAH
LINCOLN
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES
MOVING MIDWAY

The Gilded Age, the Depression, and World Wars

THE CURRENT WAR
IRON-JAWED ANGELS
BONNIE & CLYDE
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

The 1960s to the Present

MAD MEN: SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
THE TWILIGHT ZONE: DEATHS-HEAD REVISITED
LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER
1964
SELMA
A TIME TO HEAL
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
APOLLO 11
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
WITNESS
LA 92
WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?
GROUNDHOG DAY
ERIN BROCKOVICH
EYE IN THE SKY

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