STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.    Identify effectively films that contain legitimate historical content.

 II.     Locate and analyze primary and secondary sources that accurately detail episodes portrayed in historical films.

 III.    Discern documents written about historical films that hold legitimate historical value.

 IV.     Critique historical films for their inherent value as historical documents.

 V.      Write essays that effectively assess the value of particular films as historical documents.

 VI.     Evaluate sources as to their relative inclusion and interpretations of women’s roles.

 VII. Four general goals integrate history with workplace skills:

       A.      Acquire information from many sources

       B.      Break complex and multiple sources of information down into parts to create clearer understanding

       C.      Understand the impact of time and space on perspective

       D.      Develop narrative structures and arguments based on evidence

 VIII.     Throughout the course, students should be introduced to course content, practice using course content, and demonstrate they can:

       A.        Describe how peoples, groups, cultures, and institutions covered in this course change over time

       B.        Understand the events covered in the course in historical context and recognize how social, cultural, gender, race, religion, nationality and other identities affect historical perspective

       C.        Communicate orally and in writing about the subject of the course and select and apply contemporary forms of technology to solve problems and compile information

       D.        Use different resources for historical research, including libraries, databases, bibliographies and archives

       E.         Analyze secondary sources and recognize differences in historical interpretation

       F.         Identify types of primary sources, the point of view and purpose of their author or creator

       G.        Create substantive writing samples which employ critical analysis of primary and secondary sources, and document those sources correctly

       H.        Construct knowledge in the discipline and synthesize historical narratives and timelines from primary and secondary sources, maps, and/or artifacts and critically analyze, interpret and evaluate many different points of view to construct historical arguments.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Introduction: Film as Historical Document

 II.     Scene One: Exercising Artistic License

 III.    Scene Two: Making the Past Relevant to the Present

 IV.     Interlude: Critiquing Historical films Effectively -- The Relevant Sources

 V.      Scene Three: Revealing Current Controversies in Portrayals of the Past

 VI.     Scene Four: Accenting Heroism - Celebrating the `Great Man`