AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE MOVIES

Remember that AHIM Presentations questions will appear on the Final Exam.

project directions & grading criteria in the syllabus
Suggested Movies

There are plenty of other films not listed here that may be good candidates for the project. These will be considered upon request. The Internet Movie Database is a good place to start for information about these films.
For other ideas and for research, see the Modern History in the Movies and the Internet Modern History Sourcebook, ed. Halsall. Please note that the modern list includes more than American history.

Amistad Jeremiah Johnson
Pale Rider

Buffalo Soldiers

Glory
Gone with the Wind
Johnson County Wars Grapes of Wrath
Dances With Wolves
The Patriot Cold Mountain
The Claim
Places in the Heart Gangs of New York
White Fang
Son of the Morning Star Far from Heaven
To Kill a Mockingbird
Iron Jawed Angels Newsies Ragtime
Sometimes a Great Notion Johnny Got His Gun
Inherit the Wind Black Robe Into the West
Disney films (Pocahontas, American Tail)
critically analyzed or compared with another historical film
Westerns (Tombstone) or older films analyzed for accuracy and historiography
Presentation Schedule
Date
Teams Presenting

Friday
11/14

 Jen Evershed
Gabriel Kellman
Mike Trotto
Michelle Minnoe
Garrett Brancy
Black Robe
religious imperialism of French Jesuits, relations with Huron Indians
John Gilbert
Caitlin Chism
Einat Sandbank
Samantha Vant
Samantha Goss
Last of the Mohicans
Indian and European aliiances in French & Indian Wars
Kim Gardner
Mark Leffler
Paulette Lloyd
Zaidee Powers
The New World
Pocahontas historiography and herioification

Monday
11/17

 Alex Brown
Lauren Koerner
Ryan Doherty
Benjamin Porush
Cullen Carbone
The Scarlet Letter
historiography of witches and witch hunts
Rory Rosenbarker
Josh Hawley
David Scott
Shonesia Davis
Sue Fassler
The Patriot
environmental circumstances/effects in Revolutionary War
Nate Forster
Deanna Russell
Courtney Owens
Alex Holt
Sami Mohr
1776
ideals and ideology of the Constituion

Wednesday
11/19

 Claire Wietig
Anne Leadley
Sean Allers
Bill Hennessey
Buffalo Soldiers
Indian and American relations before, during, and after the Civil War
Lucas Tiffany
Barbra Smith
Josie Bonham
Mark Simonin
Josh Ruzansky
Into the West
Indian boarding schools & acculturation
Matt Coll
Joe Gonzalez
Caleb Lyndaker
Mike Shriever
Karl Silberzahn
Son of the Morning Star
historiography of Custer
Friday
11/21
 Zachary Rayno
Michael Stolfi
Chris Pelosi,
Nathan Hudson
Jeremiah Johnson
historiography of westward expansion and manifest destiny
Lucas Wachob
Amanda Diebel
Kayleigh Adsitt
Katie Dibble
The Claim
the importance of railroads to homesteaders' socioeconomic development
Andrew Maggiolino
Claire Yeager
Liz Keyser
Douglas Kabat
White Fang
Klondike gold rush influence on American development
Monday
11/24
 Zack Haggerty
Ryan Marsh
James Soucy
Casey Langendorfer
Felicia Culverwell
Gone With the Wind
amputations in wars
Neil Foley
Althea Spencer
Carolyn Engels
Anna Karczewski
Jade Gabri
Gangs of New York
political corruption, Boss Tweed & Tamany Hall
Erinn Field
Fernando Maldonado
Ashlee-Rose Schuler
Joe Schafran
The Untouchables
the mafia's influence on alcoholism in the 1920s
Monday
12/1
 Victoria Frank
Robert Murphy
Peter Joyce
Ryan Fogg
Amistad
impact of this Supreme Court case on race relations
Erica Brown
David Urffer
Jenny Loewenstein
Jennie Kurtz
To Kill A Mockingbird
race determining job acquisition, court decisions
Jessica Telano
Luke Sarrantonio
Laura Brown
Amy Fox
American History X
neo-Nazi groups and race relations
Wednesday
12/3
 Julie Van Winkle
Cate Davie
Ashley Miles
A.J. Kohler
My Man Godfrey
the motion picture industry during the Great Depression
Mitchell Hart
Jake Sickmond
Steve Smolarek
Brian O'Malley
Of Mice and Men
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