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Movies that can be used for educational purposes

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Lyrics to We didn't Start the Fire.

 

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray

South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

 

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television

North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

 

Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom

Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye"

 

Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen

Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

 

CHORUS

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning

Since the world's been turning

We didn't start the fire

No we didn't light it

But we tried to fight it

 

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser aand Prokofiev

Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

 

Roy hn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron

Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"

 

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team

Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

 

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev

Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez

 

CHORUS

 

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac

Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"

 

Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball

Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide

 

Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia

Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go

 

U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy

Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo

 

CHORUS

 

Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"

Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

 

"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania

Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

 

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex

JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say

 

CHORUS

 

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again

Moonshot, Woodsto/ck/, Watergate, punk rock

Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline

Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

 

"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide

Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz

Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law

Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore

 

CHORUS

 

We didn't start the fire

But when we are gone

Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...

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Two movies on showing conditions of slave ships.

 

How accurate is Amistad in it's role of bringing about the Civil War? I know I have to fast forward the naked slaves part on the ship but the rest seemed good.

 

I haven't seen Amazing Grace yet but heard it was good for showing conditions on a slave ship.

 

Anyone?

Lyrics to We didn't Start the Fire.

 

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray

South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

 

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television

North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

 

Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom

Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye"

 

Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen

Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

 

CHORUS

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning

Since the world's been turning

We didn't start the fire

No we didn't light it

But we tried to fight it

 

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser aand Prokofiev

Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

 

Roy hn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron

Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"

 

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team

Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

 

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev

Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez

 

CHORUS

 

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac

Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"

 

Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball

Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide

 

Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia

Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go

 

U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy

Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo

 

CHORUS

 

Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"

Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

 

"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania

Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

 

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex

JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say

 

CHORUS

 

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again

Moonshot, Woodsto/ck/, Watergate, punk rock

Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline

Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

 

"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide

Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz

Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law

Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore

 

CHORUS

 

We didn't start the fire

But when we are gone

Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...

 

 

What a song. One of the finest in the history of American popular music. When he shouts "JFK, Blown Away, What else Do I have to Say?" I get goosebumps.

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Is there a movie/documentary out there that does a good job of showing the global warming debate without the lies from either side or the obvious political leanings of either side? Especially since it is not proven on either side.

Has anyone seen the movie on Nixon? What about Watergate movies?

 

Any other WWI movies besides Sergeant York? Any movies on the wars between Civil War and WWII?

 

Any depression era movies?

 

Watergate: All the President's Men

 

WW I: Stille Nacht. It's a foreign film about the first Xmas in the trenches near Ypres I believe. The event of Christmas led the German, French and British to meet in the No Man's Land. It also covers the problems each had with getting the men to fight again after the event. They had to remove many of the leadership and breakup the companies.

 

Indian Wars: Son of the Morning Star. It's about Custer and Crazy Horse and presents both sides on their journey's to the Little Big Horn.

 

Depression: Grapes of Wrath. None better to describe the Dust Bowl, the Okie Migration, labor and the poverty.

 

If you want one on the labor movement in the Coal Fields you must see Matewan by Sayles. It's an historical drama with some fiction added to bring the story of the labor struggle in the coal fields to life. It's set in early 20's during the Coal strikes of those years. Based on the true events in Matewan, WV.

 

Find a book called History According to the Movies. Great read and a lot of essays from historians that show where the movies got it right and where they got it wrong.

Yoda is right "Glory" is one of the best written and factural story of the Civil War ever put on the silver screen

"Gideon's Trumpet" (1980), with Henry Fonda, is a good movie about the Supreme Court ruling in the 1960s that led to court appointed attorneys for defendents who can't afford to hire their own.

I have not read through the thread, but if you are looking for something related to Watergate, All the President's Men is a great flick. We watched it in my The Press and Politics class.

Patriot I know is American Revolution but is it purely fictional or has some historical basis behind it.

 

Last of the Mohicans what would be the subject area?

 

 

Patriot I would only use for battle sequences if that. No historical basis that am aware of. I know that Colonel Tarleton did have a reputation for being ruthless but they way overplayed it in the film.

 

Last of the Mohicans you could use for Social Studies as well.

 

I think that Good Night and Good Luck is great along with the original Manchurian Candidate. Good Morning Vietnam, Gladiator has its moments which are useful, parts of 300(despite the over the top nature of it) could be useful, select scenes from U-571(Das Boot would probably be better though), 1776, Michael Collins, Braveheart, Gettysburg, All Quiet on the Western Front(even though it is depressing)...There are a number of more that I can't think of off the top of my head right now but if you put your mind to it you can really find all sorts of educational examples and uses for any number of films.

The Patriot is highly fictionalized and features made up characters. Mel Gibson's character is loosely based on Francis Marion and Col. Tavington is loosely based on Col. Banastre Tarleton. The climactic battle is similar to the Battle of Cowpens but is also greatly changed. I would not reccomend The Patriot from a historically accurate viewpoint.

 

 

Didn't see this. :D Good Call Joe!

I like the movie but I don't think it would be good for school. Kind of like 300, great movie but not if you're trying to show what really happened.

 

 

Only part of 300 I would use would be the very beginning of the battle when the Spartans are still in Phalanx. That would give the students an idea of the regimented fighting style the Greeks excelled in. After they break phalanx in the film though it would be worthless educationally.

Has anyone seen the movie on Nixon? What about Watergate movies?

 

Any other WWI movies besides Sergeant York? Any movies on the wars between Civil War and WWII? WWI = " All's Quiet on the Western Front "

 

Any depression era movies?

Cinderella Man with Russell Crowe for the depression era.

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