UNIT	DATE	ASSIGNMENT
Introduction	Th - 9/9  Day 2 60 mins.	Introduction to the course. Course syllabus handed out. Reading --> "Film as Social and Cultural History."
Independence (1776)	M - 9/14  Day 4 60 mins.	Reading --> "Letters Between John and Abigail Adams Concerning Women's Rights." Begin viewing 1776.
	W - 9/16  Day 6 80 mins.	Reading --> "Is 1776 Historically Accurate?" Finish viewing 1776. Research and Essay Project.
Antebellum Period (Gangs of New York)	F - 9/18  Day 2 60 mins.	Reading --> "Homicide, Nativism, and Working-Class Culture in Antebellum New York." [Don't print this out--it wil be give to you in class.] Optional Reading --> "The Rise of Crime in the Period 1830-1860." Begin viewing Gangs of New York.
	T - 9/22  Day 4 60 mins.	Continue viewing Gangs of New York.
	Th - 9/24  Day 6 80 mins.	Continue viewing Gangs of New York. Hand in your essay on your favorite signer of the Declaration of Independence. [50 pts].
	T - 9/29  Day 2 60 mins.	Finish viewing Gangs of New York and discuss the movie.
The Civil War & Reconstruction (Birth of a Nation)	Th - 10/1  Day 4 40 mins.	Reading --> "Critique of Birth of a Nation." Reading --> "Art [and History] by Lightning Flash": The Birth of a Nation and Black Protest."
	M - 10/5 Day 6 80 mins.	View several segments of Birth of a Nation.
	W - 10/7  Day 2 60 mins.	Essay Test on Gangs of New York and Birth of a Nation [2 essays] -- 50 points
The Western (High Noon)	F - 10/9 Day 4 60 mins.	Reading --> "High Noon--An Evaluation by Richard Keys." Begin viewing High Noon.
	W - 10/14 Day 6 80 mins.	Finish viewing High Noon. Reading --> Excerpts from Frederick Jackson Turner's "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" Research and Essay Project. --> due Oct. 22
The Immigrant Experience (The Godfather, I & II)	F - 10/16 Day 2 60 mins.	Reading --> Excerpts from Machiavelli's The Prince. Begin viewing Godfather II.
	T - 10/20 Day 4 60 mins.	Continue viewing Godfather I
	Th - 10/22 Day 6 80 mins.	Continue viewing Godfather I
	M - 10/26 Day 2 60 mins.	Finish viewing Godfather I.
	W - 10/28 Day 4 60 mins.	H-O-H Instruction Sheet. H-O-H ["Hands-On-History" -- 30 points] discussion of The Prince.
Depression Era America (Modern Times)	F - 10/30 Day 6 80 mins.	Reading --> "Charlie Chaplin's 'The Tramp' Character." and begin viewing Modern Times.
	W - 11/3 Day 2 60 mins.	Finish viewing Modern Times and view clips from The Great Dictator.
Wartime Propaganda (Casablanca)	F - 11/5 Day 4 60 mins.	View Casablanca. PowerPoint --> "France During World War II." Reading --> "Casablanca and United States Foreign Policy."
	T - 11/10 Day 6 80 mins.	Reading --> "Wartime Hollywood." Reading --> "Casablanca, or the Cliches Are Having a Ball" by Umberto Eco. Finish viewing Casablanca.
Hollywood Goes to War	F - 11/13 Day 2 60 mins.	See clips from WW II propaganda films, cartoons, film trailers, and a clip from the 1944 Hollywood Canteen broadcast to Armed Forces Radio.
	T - 11/17 Day 4 60 mins.	Essay Test on Modern Times/The Great Dictator and Casablanca [2 essays] -- 50 points
A-Bomb Decision (Hiroshima)	Th - 11/19 Day 6 80 mins.	Reading --> "Hiroshima--Historians Reassess." View Hiroshima.
	M - 11/23 Day 2 60 mins.	View Hiroshima.
	W - 11/25 Day 4 40 mins.	Continue viewing Hiroshima.
	T - 12/1 Day 6 80 mins.	Finish viewing Hiroshima. Discussion of the film and the reading.
The McCarthy Era (Good Night and Good Luck)		View Good Night and Good Luck. Reading --> "Communism and National Security." Reading --> "List of Americans Accused of Being Communists:  1940-1965." Reading --> "Naming Names--The Social Costs of McCarthyism." Reading --> "HUAC Hearings on Communist Infiltration of the Motion Picture Industry."
		Finish viewing Good Night and Good Luck. Discuss readings. Begin viewing Dr. Strangelove.
The Cold War & the Nuclear Age (Dr. Strangelove)		Finish viewing Dr. Strangelove. Reading --> "A Commentary on Dr. Strangelove" by Brian Siano
(Thirteen Days)		Begin viewing Thirteen Days. Reading --> "The Cuban Missile Crisis--Reading the Lessons Correctly."
		Finish viewing Thirteen Days.
Vietnam War (Apocalypse Now)		Begin viewing of Apocalypse Now. Reading --> "LBJ Speech: Peace Without Conquest--'Why We Are in Vietnam.' (1965)" PowerPoint --> "The Vietnam War: 1954-1975"
		Continue viewing Apocalypse Now. Reading --> "Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now." Reading --> Excerpts from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
		Finish viewing Apocalypse Now.
		Class cancelled.
Civil Rights (Malcolm X)		Begin viewing Malcolm X.
		Continue viewing Malcolm X.
		Continue viewing Malcolm X.
		Finish viewing Malcolm X. Work on your final exam project.
		Work on final project.
		Essay Test on the last two films -- 100 points
Watergate (All the President's Men)		Work Logs Due Begin viewing All the President's Men. Reading --> "Watergate Cast of Characters."