History through Film Final Review Sheet



History through Film Final Review Sheet

Short Answers Topics

• Defining the American Dream

• Protestant Work Ethic

• Meritocracy

• Education and American dream

• Major inaccuracies in The Patriot and Amistad

• Immigration and the American Dream

• Prejudice and Immigration

• First, Second, and Third Wave of Immigration

• Drug Cartels and Human Traffic

• Effects of Technology on World War I and World War II

• Christmas Day Truce and Symbolic Significance

• Significance of the D-Day invasion

• Themes of Saving Private Ryan

• Significance of the Battle of Iwo Jima

• Iwo Jima Photo

• Cold War Propaganda

• Red Scare and paranoia

• American and Vietcong Strategies used during Vietnam War

• Different Perspectives on Vietnam

• The effects of depictions of the Vietnam War on Americans’ perception of the War

• Soviet Union’s Invasion of Afghanistan

• American involvement in Afghanistan

• America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia

• Battle of Mogadishu (capitol of Somalia) and American Foreign Policy

• America’s involvement in African countries

• Corporate / Financial Corruption and the Recession

• Ponzi Schemes, Corporate Fraud, Insider Trading, “Too Big to Fail”

• Summarize any two final presentations (you can’t use your own)

Open Ended Question

• Blood Diamond Scene Civil War in Sierra Leone

Essay Topics- Make sure you back up your statements with examples from the films and articles.

• The evolution of the American Dream.

• Compare and contrast 2 depictions of early American History that we studied in class.

• Compare and contrast any 2 depictions of war that we studied in class.

• In your opinion what should be the role of America in the world?

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