: William B. Russell III, Stewart Waters
: Russell III, Ph.D., William B.; Waters, Stewart
: Cinematic Social Studies A Resource for Teaching and Learning Social Studies With Film
: IAP - Information Age Publishing
: 9781681237350
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: CHF 56.70
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: Gesellschaft
: English
: 533
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Action! Film is a common and powerful element in the social studies classroom andCinematic Social Studiesexplores teaching and learning social studies with film. Teaching with film is a prominent teaching strategy utilized by many teachers on a regular basis.Cinematic Social Studiesmoves readers beyond the traditional perceptions of teaching film and explores the vast array of ideas and strategies related to teaching social studies with film. The contributing authors of this volume seek to explain, through an array of ideas and visions, what cinematic social studies can/should look like, while providing research and rationales for why teaching social studies with film is valuable and important.

This volume includes twenty-four scholarly chapters discussing relevant topics of importance to cinematic social studies. The twenty four chapters are divided into three sections. This stellar collection of writings includes contributions from noteworthy scholars like Keith Barton, Wayne Journell, James Damico, Cynthia Tyson, and many more.
Cover1
Series page2
Cinematic Social Studies4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data5
Contents6
SECTION I: FILM, FUNDAMENTALS, AND FOUNDATIONS10
CHAPTER 1: The Fundamentals of Teaching With Film12
CHAPTER 2: “I See the Same F****** Movies You Do, Man”26
CHAPTER 3: Movies and Suggestibility46
CHAPTER 4: ”They’re Gonna Sing the Songs Anyway”64
CHAPTER 5: Film Music as a Tool for Fostering Critical Thinking and Historical Empathy88
CHAPTER 6: Going “Full Retard”110
SECTION II: FILM AND HISTORY138
CHAPTER 7: Historical Films140
CHAPTER 8: Viewing the World Wars through Media Literacy166
CHAPTER 9: Interrogating the Medium and the Message192
CHAPTER 10: Teaching Immigration to Elementary School Students Through Film Analysis and Digital Storytelling222
CHAPTER 11: “This Is Where the Soul Goes”242
CHAPTER 12: Hollywood or History?264
CHAPTER 13: Beyond the Waterfront294
CHAPTER 14: “And That’s a Wrap!”314
SECTION III: FILM AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (NONHISTORY)332
CHAPTER 15: Using Sci-Fi Films to Explore the Theme of Science, Technology, and Society in the Social Studies334
CHAPTER 16: This Changes Everything!356
CHAPTER 17: Geography and Film378
CHAPTER 18: Using Film to Contextualize Simulations394
CHAPTER 19: Making the Political Personal414
CHAPTER 20: What Ifs? of LGBTQ Inclusion and Integration of Film in the Social Studies Classroom428
CHAPTER 21: Bending the Curriculum450
CHAPTER 22: How to Survive a Plague470
CHAPTER 23: Exploring Controversial Issues in the Economics Classroom Using Music Video492
CHAPTER 24: Leonardo DiCaprio504
About the Editors522
About the Contributors524