Podcasts and Movies
Reading Quiz Replacement Option #1:
Listen to one of the podcasts linked below and take notes as you listen (1 page minimum). Then complete a Podcast Notes form (linked below) for each podcast and turn both in to Mr. Pondy for credit. Upon adequate completion of the assignments, Mr. Pondy will give you a Quiz Replacement Coupon to be used on a quiz of your choice. You may use it on a quiz you have already taken or save it for a future quiz. Don't waste my time or yours! Do a good job or you won't get a coupon.
Listen to one of the podcasts linked below and take notes as you listen (1 page minimum). Then complete a Podcast Notes form (linked below) for each podcast and turn both in to Mr. Pondy for credit. Upon adequate completion of the assignments, Mr. Pondy will give you a Quiz Replacement Coupon to be used on a quiz of your choice. You may use it on a quiz you have already taken or save it for a future quiz. Don't waste my time or yours! Do a good job or you won't get a coupon.
podcast_notes.pdf | |
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Michael Kazin of Georgetown University discusses America between the wars in the following TWO podcasts. He details life in the 1920's including issues such as prohibition, suffrage, the Scopes Trial, and more. (sourece: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/multimedia?category=37&theme=all&sortby=chrono&length=all&speaker=all&institution_aff=all#!3418 and https://www.gilderlehrman.org/multimedia?category=37&theme=all&sortby=chrono&length=all&speaker=all&institution_aff=all#!3419
AMERICA BETWEEN THE WARS, 1917–1940, PART 1
AMERICA BETWEEN THE WARS, 1917–1940, PART 2
Gary Gerstle of Vanderbilt University discusses the Progressive Era in American history detailing the goals, accomplishments, and outcomes of the era on the United States. (source: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/multimedia?page=1&category=37&theme=all&sortby=chrono&length=all&speaker=all&institution_aff=all#!3347)
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
David M. Kennedy (Author of your textbook The American Pageant) discusses the impact of the Great Depression on the United States and its effects on the countries involvement in World War II (source: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/multimedia?page=2&category=42&theme=all&sortby=chrono&length=all&speaker=all&institution_aff=all#!3324)
FREEDOM FROM FEAR: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN DEPRESSION AND WAR, 1929–1945
Reading Quiz Replacement Option #2:
Watch one of the features films or documentaries listed below and take notes as you listen (2 page minimum). Then complete a Movie Notes form (linked below) for each film and turn both in to Mr. Pondy for credit. Upon adequate completion of the assignments, Mr. Pondy will give you a Quiz Replacement Coupon to be used on a quiz of your choice. You may use it on a quiz you have already taken or save it for a future quiz. Don't waste my time or yours! Do a good job or you won't get a coupon.
Watch one of the features films or documentaries listed below and take notes as you listen (2 page minimum). Then complete a Movie Notes form (linked below) for each film and turn both in to Mr. Pondy for credit. Upon adequate completion of the assignments, Mr. Pondy will give you a Quiz Replacement Coupon to be used on a quiz of your choice. You may use it on a quiz you have already taken or save it for a future quiz. Don't waste my time or yours! Do a good job or you won't get a coupon.
movie_notes.pdf | |
File Size: | 295 kb |
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Feature Films and Documentaries (next to each film I have listed available location on the internet for viewing, if no location is listed, you will have to find the movie or documentary on your own. The library is another great resource for the videos, even if they don't have it, they can often times request it from another branch)
Ken Burns Surviving the Dust Bowl (Netflix)
Ken Burns Prohibition (Netflix) You must watch a minimum of 2 episodes
The Great Gatsby 1974 VERSION ONLY! (Netflix)
Inherit the Wind - movie is about the Scopes Trial
42 - Jackie Robinson's story
Unbroken - WWII
Band of Brothers - HBO Miniseries (2 episodes)
The Pacific - HBO Miniseries (2 episodes)
Imitation Game - WWII breaking the Enigma Code
12 Years a Slave
Selma - Civil Rights movement
The Grapes of Wrath (Netflix)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (Netflix)
The Untouchables (Netflix)
Cinderella Man
Bonnie and Clyde HISTORY CHANNEL VERSION
Seabiscuit
Of Mice and Men
Legacy of Attack: Pearl Harbor (Netflix)
Modern Marvels: Manhattan Project (http://watchdocumentary.org/watch/modern-marvels-s08e20-the-manhattan-project-video_da84f4ac1.html)
Ken Burns Surviving the Dust Bowl (Netflix)
Ken Burns Prohibition (Netflix) You must watch a minimum of 2 episodes
The Great Gatsby 1974 VERSION ONLY! (Netflix)
Inherit the Wind - movie is about the Scopes Trial
42 - Jackie Robinson's story
Unbroken - WWII
Band of Brothers - HBO Miniseries (2 episodes)
The Pacific - HBO Miniseries (2 episodes)
Imitation Game - WWII breaking the Enigma Code
12 Years a Slave
Selma - Civil Rights movement
The Grapes of Wrath (Netflix)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (Netflix)
The Untouchables (Netflix)
Cinderella Man
Bonnie and Clyde HISTORY CHANNEL VERSION
Seabiscuit
Of Mice and Men
Legacy of Attack: Pearl Harbor (Netflix)
Modern Marvels: Manhattan Project (http://watchdocumentary.org/watch/modern-marvels-s08e20-the-manhattan-project-video_da84f4ac1.html)