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Posted by: Guest at April 25, 2005, 8:10 am

Topic: why does zombie movies have to be about zombies taking over? Forum: groupsrv

MS wrote: Quote:Barbara Bailey emailed this: Frankly, movies are a generally very bad source of history. Hollywood has a horrible tendency to romanticize, glamorize However in some cases I am sure movies could be used in history lessons as an enjoyable supplament to the carriculum. For instance if teaching the Cuban missile crisis, I would be tempted to show Thirteen Days to my students, while heavily empphasizing the fact that, while many of the events and timings are acurate, it is 'based on a true story' EXACTLY. As I said, the movies/miniseries/documentaries would be used to teach *basic* history.... i.e. a starting point. I took plenty of history classes in school, but do you know which class I still remember? It's *not* the teachers who made us read textbooks & copy notes off the blackboard. That went in my head.... and then immediately fell out. The class I remember best was 8th grade, when my teacher showed us "Ben Hur" "Spartacus" "Hunchback of Notre Dame" and a cartoon drama about the challenges of building a medieval cathedral. These videos brought history to life for me. I could *see and feel* what my ancestors felt. And that's what I want to do for my children. troy

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