U.S. History in Film = Fall 2017
Schedule
Week 1
Mon
August 21
Class Introduction
Introduction
Post
Wed August 23
Film and History Overview Lecture
Readings: -Preface,
-Introduction
(1-30)
Week 2
Mon August 28
How
to present a film
Post Due
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Wed August 30
What are films
Readings: -Part I = Intro/”Intolerance and
the rise of the feature film” (31-33)
-“Silent
Cinema
as Historical Myth Maker” (42-50)
-Primary source = Fighting
Vicious Film (69-70)
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Section 1 = Exploration - American Creationism (1492-1831)
Week 3
Mon September 4
NO CLASS
Wed September 6
Movie day
- The New World
Watch Video: Bacon's
Rebellion= A case study in colonial VA. Part 1
Bacon's
Rebellion= A case study in colonial VA. Part 2
Readings:
-“Construction of Historical Memory” (392-398)
-“The Blue Color Ethic in Bicentennial Amer.” (288-296)
Paper 1 Due
Week 4
Mon September 11
Movie day -
Discussion
Post Due
Wed September 13
Student Presentations
1-1
Watch Video: Causes
of
the America Revolution = Part 1
Causes
of
the America Revolution = Part 2
Readings:
- "Anglophilia on film: Creating an Atmosphere for Alliance"
(141-155)
Groups Assigned
Week 5
Mon September 18
Student Presentations 1-2
Post Due
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Wed September 20
Student Presentations 1-3
Watch Video: Defining America = The Early
Republic's Two Party System.
Readings:
-“Feminism and Recent
American Film” (331-348)
- "Social
Revolution on Screen" (357-368)
Week 6
Mon September 25
Student Presentations 1-4
Post
Due
Wed September 27
Student Presentations 1-5
Watch Video: The Merrimack River= A Case
Study in Early Industrialization.
Trans.
Revolution= Market Revolution in an age of Mobility
Readings:
-Into/”Depression
American and its Films” (71-81)
-Film Censorship
(120-123)
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Section 2 = Westerns -
Individualism in America - (1831-1914)
Week 7
Mon October 2
Movie day
- John Wayne Movie - TBD
Post Due
Wed October 4
Movie day - Discussion
Watch Video: Manifest Destiny = Expansion
and Complication
Selling Down the River= The Slave Trade and the South
Readings:
-“The Depression’s Human Toll”
(86-94)
-“Depression
Allegories” (95-103)
Paper
2 Due (sec.1)
Week 8
Mon October 9
NO
CLASS
Wed October 11
Student Presentations 2-1
Watch Video: Compromise = The Battle to Prevent Civil War. Part 1
Compromise = The Battle to
Prevent Civil War. Part 2
Readings:
- “Presenting
African Americans in Film” (288-296)
- “African Americans on
the Silver Screen” (104-115)
Week 9
Mon October 16
Student Presentations 2-2
Post Due
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Wed October 18
Student
Presentations 2-3
Watch Video: Chicago - A case study of urban development in the Gilded Age
Muir v Pinchot= A case study on the Progressive Era.Readings:
- Intro/ “The Red Scare in
Hollywood” (207-218)
- “Science Fiction as Social Commentary”
(240-249)
Historical Research Film Proposal DUE by the
start of class.
Week 10
Mon October 23
Student Presentations 2-4
Post
Due
Wed October 25
Student
Presentations 2-5
Watch Video:
United States Imperialism - Becoming a colonial power??
Readings: -“The
Revolt Against Victorianism” (51-62)
- Primary sources – (63-68)
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Library and movie making
Week 11
Mon October 30
Library Session
Post Due
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Wed November 1
Movie Making session
Readings:
-"Assembling Joss Whedon's Avengers:
The Business of Blockbusters" (384-391)
-"The New Great Game: Rambo III..." (269-383)
Paper
2 Due (section 2)
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Section 3 = American
Exceptionalism (1914-2009)-------Group Presentations
Week 12
Mon November 6
Student Presentations 3-1
Post Due
Wed November 8
Student
Presentations 3-2
Watch Video:
Era of Paradox= 1920s
American Society
The Great Depression = The
American Struggle
Cold
War Origins WC2 - 14
Readings:
- Hollywood's World War II Combat
films (137-140)
- “Casablanca as
Propaganda” (156-165)
- “John Wayne
and Wartime Hollywood” (166-183)
Readings:
-"Assembling Joss Whedon's Avengers:
The Business of Blockbusters" (384-391)
-"The New Great Game: Rambo III..." (269-383)
Historical Research Film Bibliography
DUE by the start of class.
Week 13
Mon November 13
Student
Presentations 3-3
Post Due
Watch Video:
Post
Cold War America=The new role of the United States
Michael
Jordan = Globalism WC2 - 15
Readings:
--“Coming
to terms with the Vietnam War” (306-323)
- “Counterculture to
Counterrevolution”
(270-278)
Week 14
Mon November 20
Student
Presentations 3-5
Post Due
Wed November 22
NO CLASS (Thanksgiving)
Week 15
Mon November 27
Film work day =
Kinch consultation
Wed November 29
Film work day = Kinch consultation
Week 16
Mon December 4
Film Viewings (Required
Attendance)
Wed December 6
Film Viewings (Required
Attendance)
Exam Period Wed.
December 13, before 12pm (Noon)
Final
Paper Due
(Film Viewings are Required Attendance
days [Penalty -Letter grade deduction on final Participation
grade])
contact: jkincheloe@nvcc.edu