History at the Cinema: A Guide for the Movie-Going History Student
1973; Society for History Education; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/491206
ISSN1945-2292
Autores Tópico(s)Film in Education and Therapy
ResumoMEDIA has become an important concern of classroom teachers. Many of us, who a few years ago were content to meet our classes with a reasonably good text, some orderly lecture notes, a few theatrics, and a bit of charisma, are now learning all we can about video-tape, film loops, and play back units. We have reconsidered our methodology because we accept the much publicized premise that print, on which we once relied so heavily, is only one of the sources from which students learn. We have begun to bring the new media into our classrooms. The positive effects of this effort, however, will be minimized if teachers do not consider as well the media experiences students have outside the classroom. No matter how much film and tape we bring to our history classes, students will continue to learn and mislearn much history from television and the movies. The students who leave my charge on Friday night may return on Monday with film-formed impressions of Billy the Kid, Lady Caroline Lamb, and Hitler's last days. Gone with the Wind is back again, while Victor Mature is still fighting the lions on the late show. I believe we must find ways to encourage our students to view more critically the history-related media they encounter away from school. My particular concern here is with the commercial film. Too often history teachers find themselves cast in the role of pedantic debunkers of good movie stories. We need to develop with our students a format which
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