Teaching History with Message Movies.
By: Frost, Jennifer.
Contributor(s): Carr, Steven Alan.
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BookSeries: Teaching History with: Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018Copyright date: �2018Description: 1 online resource (133 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781442278394.Genre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CONCEPTS -- 1 A Brief History of the Message Movie, or Social Problem Film, in Hollywood -- 2 Concepts and Conventions of the Social Problem Film -- TOPICS OVER TIME -- 3 Labor and Class Conflict, according to Hollywood -- 4 Women, Sex, and Family Conflict on Film -- 5 Projecting Racial and Ethnic Prejudice in the Social Problem Film -- 6 Screening Private Illness and Public Health -- 7 Crime at the Movies -- DOCUMENTS -- Social Problem Film Paper Sample Worksheet -- Sample Syllabus -- Message Movies for Classroom Use -- Index -- About the Authors.
This book is a resource for teaching US history using social problem films-"message movies"-as illustrations and tools for student engagement. In addition to covering key themes and concepts, this book provides an overview of significant issues, a tutorial for using film in history classes, user guides for thinking about social problems on screen, and sample exercises and assignments for classroom use.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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