Teaching history with message movies / / Jennifer Frost, Steven Alan Carr

• Autore: Frost Jennifer <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (133 pages)
• Disciplina: 907.12
• Soggetto topico: History - Study and teaching (Secondary) - Audio-visual aids; Social problem films - United States; Motion pictures in education
• Soggetto genere / forma: Teachers' guides.
• Persona (resp. second.): CarrSteven Alan <1964->
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Teaching history with message movies
• ISBN: 1-4422-7839-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910796983803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Teaching history with ... series.