History trough film
Elizabeth Perez
What you will learn
In this class you will watch movies to learn about history, this class is very helpful in understanding historical events that happened in real life.You will see how movie directors sometimes change the way in which things happen to make the movies more interesting. You will compare how the events in the movie were real and how they were different by doing research on the history of the events.
Forrest Gump
The movie Forrest Gump was one of the most interesting movies to watch, this movie was about a man who tells us about his childhood and everything that happens to him throughout his life. He shows us about many different historical events that happened during this time, for example, the Vietnam war, the assassination of president JFK, desegregation of the university in alabama, moon landing, and the start of apple inc.
Forrest Gump TRAILER
forrest and bubba
Forrest goes back after they were being attacked at war to look for his friend bubba who got shot and later dies, he saved many others as he goes back to look for him.
Forrest running
forrest decides that he feels like running and runs for about 3 years and he gains many followers from around the world
Forrest meets jenny
forrest meets jenny who later becomes his best friend
Cinderella Man
This movie was about a man who loses his job as a boxer due to an injury during the great depression. He struggles to keep his family together and struggles to get a job.
jobs
In these picture jim tries to get a job and only a few men get picked
jim teaches his son to not steal even though they dont have any money or food
jim during the his big fight that will change his future
Cinderella Man (2005) Official Trailer #1 - Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger Movie HD
Schindler’s List
this movie is about a man who helps Jews during the holocaust. Oskar Schindler was a greedy man who was planning on using Jews to work for free in his factory so that he could make money out of them, he eventually changes and starts helping Jews by treating them better and not making them work as much. he pays for more than 1000 Jews to go with him to a factory somewhere else where they can be safe. he wastes all his money trying to protect them and hides them until its safe for them to go out.
Schindler's List (1993) Official Trailer - Liam Neeson, Steven Spielberg Movie HD
the list
in these picture Schindler and stern are making the list
concentration camps
the people were shoved into trains and sent to concentration camps where they were killed
Schindler kisses a Jew women and a Jew girl in front of everyone and is later sent to jail
Argo
Argo is a movie about the US embassy that was being held captive in iran. A CIA agent, Tony Mendez, tries to save them by making a fake movie as an excuse to enter the country and make fake identities for the hostages. Mendez has to first gain their trust to make them agree to go on with the plan.
Argo Trailer (2012)
airport
this scene is where they are trying to get trough the airport and they are being questioned about their identity
new identities
in this scene they are reviewing their new identities
the movie
this was the poster for the movie argo
Zero Dark Thirty
This movie is about the search for Osama bin laden after the attacks of September 11. CIA agent maya has been working on the case for several years and is determined to fin bin laden. She is lead to a house where she believes Bin Laden might be hiding, a US navy seal team is sent to kill or capture Bin Laden.
Zero Dark Thirty - Official Trailer #2 (HD)
Waterboaring
this was a form of torture they were using on a prisoner
navy seals
this was the team that killed osama bin laden
bin laden killed
This is the scene after bin ladens body was brought back to so that Maya could confirm his death