Extra Credit Assignment: World War II or Holocaust Movie ...



Extra Credit Assignment: World War II or Holocaust Movie Critique

Due: Friday, December 14th

Task: Choose a movie from the list below and view it in its entirety. Will replace your lowest quiz grade. Complete the following tasks:

• Summarize World War 2: causes of the war, what countries were involved, etc. (Introduction paragraph)

• Describe the plot development (when does it take place and happened in the movie) and resolution (how it ended). (2nd paragraph)

• Provide a critique of the film (did you like the movie or not). And describe what did you learn about World War 2 from the film? (3rd paragraph)

o Consider:

--Pacing (was it slow, boring, too fast?)

--Quality of acting, costumes, special effects

--Accuracy of events, battles, new knowledge gained. etc.

Choices:

|Movie Title |Rating |Date |Summary** |

|Life is Beautiful |PG-13 |1997 |A Jewish man uses his humor to protect his son in a Nazi death camp. (In Italian you will need to read subtitles)|

|Saving Private Ryan |R |1998 |Following the Normandy Landings in France, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a |

| | | |paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. |

|Pearl Harbor |PG-13 |2001 |Pearl Harbor follows the story of two best friends as they go off to join the war. ** ON NETFLIX** |

|The Imitation Game |PG-13 |2014 |Mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the German enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians. |

|Hacksaw Ridge |R |2016 |The true story of American army medic Desmond T. Doss who saved 75 men in one of the bloodies battles of WWII |

| | | |without firing a gun. |

** If you would like to watch a World War II movie not on this list just ask Ms. A for permission.**

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