4.+Making+History

=MAKING HISTORY= Objective: Students will evaluate the subjectivity, bias and, sometimes, distortion inherent in the retelling of history in media texts.

What is history? How can we capture the past? How do we accurately cover, catpure, recreate and package history? Authentic past – history can only be imagined. Historical distortion. Bias and fabricated. Overtime movie version. Deer Hunter, Apocalpyse now equated to what happened in Viet Nam. Pearl Harbor. 9/11 movies/docs. Tell history of neighborhood, This American Life, Story Corp. Write own chapter for history book. National History Day project. Raise awareness for an atrocity (ad campaign, video documentary, other media text)

Key Terms history memorial archive transcript

Lessons Opening activities: discussion on history. Point of View of history - 25 retllings of an event - only one survives. Go through process and identify purpose, message, etc. "Watching Suffering from a Distance" p. 391

Memorial - elements of design, color symbolism, purpose, etc.

Looking at War: Civil War photography and spectatorship of battles, newspaper reports World War I - poetry World War II - Band of Brothers vs. Letters from Iwo Jima, war posters and propaganda Vietnam - "I am the Grass", "Letters from Vietnam", Lt. Calley Transcript (p 402) Iraq - embedded journalism, war reporting, Marlboro Soldier

911 graphic novel, poetry, magazine articles, newspaper accounts, television news coverage (CNN, network, BBC, etc), photographs, memorials, ​ Examing Bias Questions to ask when information comes your way: • Who said this? • Is it verified by reliable sources? • Does the giver have a bias, and should I look for other sources? • Do I have a bias on this subject? • Where can I discuss this with others or find more information to form my opinion?

//Outfoxed// 1. How are corporations influencing media and how might this have an effect on society? 2. How does political bias and propaganda effect public opinion?

Field Trip: National Archives, Constitution Center (dramatic packaging), Wagner Science, Eastern State Penn (ruins)

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Culminating Activities Write a chapter in a history text book (group activity) Create a historical re-enactment (original film) Brochure? Museum exhibit??

Lies My Teacher Told Me (Amazon)
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