US History Film Series

A group of US History teachers at the high school recently joined forces to promote a film series that complements class discussions and content. This after school program takes place in our high school library from 5:00pm to 7:30pm and students are extra credit options after viewing the film.

Our debur film "Glory" provided students with an opportunity to see an award winning film about the 54th Massachusetts to complement our student of the Civil War. We had about 35 students show up for the early evening showing.

Our most recent undertaking "Dances with Wolves" has a much lighter turn out because it had to be rescheduled twice and finally landed on a mid term week. We also had to fast forward through some of the scenes to keep the feature under 3 1/2 hours.

The next films slated for our series include:

"The Wizard of Oz" ( 3/8/2006) as a parable for the Populist movement and "Cinderella Man" (4/25/2006) for our study of the Great Depression.