RobinL in Canada Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 My youngest will be doing Early Modern/ Modern history next year for gr 8. Any suggestions for appropriate movies to accompany this study? Or documentaries? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bobby Soxer Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familia Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Here's something I just found that looks like a great resource for all historical time frames and then some. http://www.teachwithmovies.org/index.html HTH, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Here are some of the movies on our list from this year (modern)... I wasn't looking for movies that most illustrate the period, though some of them do. I was looking for a range that I thought the family could enjoy together and that would expose the kids to a variety as well as occasionally coinciding with our history. These are the ones that most coincide with our history... Ken Burns' Civil War (and other Ken Burns documentaries) Friendly Persuasion Gone With the Wind Little Women (1990s version) Jeeves and Wooster Rabbit-Proof Fence Sergeant York Murder on the Orient Express (there are at least three versions of this) The King and I The Spirit of St Louis The Untouchables Swing Kids Empire of the Sun Titanic The Great Escape Gandhi (hm, there should be an edited-for-length version...) The Hiding Place The Right Stuff October Sky The Hunt for Red October (fiction, but gives an idea of the tensions of the cold war) Those are the ones I can think of right now anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iona Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I enjoyed The Way Back. It is based on a true story of a group of gulag escapees who walked from siberia to india in the early 1940s. It is beautifully shot as well. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023114/ It is on netflix instant streaming right now if you have that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 My youngest will be doing Early Modern/ Modern history next year for gr 8. Any suggestions for appropriate movies to accompany this study? Or documentaries? Thanks. For WWI, some movies we've enjoyed include Flyboys and Beneath Hill 60. Both are well shot and show the brutality and tragedy of the war, while still acknowledging that many involved were courageous men. Warnings: Don't watch if you need a happy ending. Both movies have many characters who don't survive. Flyboys had a scene in a bordello. Hill 60 an ending where a commander must choose between his mission and one of his men. Joyeux Noel is also a good WWI movie, about the Christmas Truce in the trenches. If I remember correctly, it is heavily in French and German, with subtitles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I think I'd try to get some real movies from the time period. Both Chaplin and Keaton are actors to look for in the silent area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinL in Canada Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Thank you for all the suggestions. I had also thought of Life is Beautiful--sad yet uplifting. I want to be careful that what we watch is appropriate for a 13 yr old boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phathui5 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Any more suggestions for Early Modern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 My daughter studied the time period 1700 to 2000 as a ninth grader. Here is a list of that year's videos which she watched with her father. Amadeus (video) The Scarlet Pimpernel (three part video, BBC) Longitude (video, A&E) C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower (set of 8 videos, A&E) Cartouche (video) A Tale of Two Cities (video) Young Frankenstein (video) Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (video with Kenneth Branagh) Master and Commander (video) Pride and Prejudice (video with Kevin Firth) A Christmas Carol (video with George C. Scott) Jane Eyre (video with Timothy Dalton) Amistad (video) The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns, Volume 1 (video) Gone with the Wind (video) The King and I (video) Anna Karenina (video with Greta Garbo) The Miracle Worker (video) The Elephant Man (video) Winsor McCay: The Master Edition (The Sinking of the Lusitania) The Battleship Potemkin (video) Influenza 1918 (video from PBS) “The Butcher Boyâ€, “The Garage†and “Rough House†from The Best Arbuckle Keaton Collection (video) Inherit the Wind (video) All Quiet on the Western Front (video) Cabaret (video) Rabbit-Proof Fence (video) 1940s House (video) Shane (video) Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics, Volume 8: Legends of Rock (video) Atomic Café (video) All the President's Men (video) Forrest Gump (video) Hair (video) Good Morning, Vietnam (video) The Mouse that Roared (video) W;t (video) Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Will you be watching Canada: A People's History along with world history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinL in Canada Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Will you be watching Canada: A People's History along with world history? No, saving that to do Canadian History in particular next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 My dd really enjoyed Thirteen Days about the Cuban Missile Crisis (so did I). She also enjoyed All the President's Men. Right now we are working our way through the TV mini-series Roots and we are both really enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Okay I just finished watching a really good documentary. It is called One Day in September. It is about the 1972 Munich Olympics when Palestinian terrorists took 11 Israeli hostages. Some images at the end are gruesome, but it was a very well-done and informative documentary. I recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) Here's a past thread on movies for Modern History for logic stage -- the titles may be more recent than what you're looking for, though. Here is another past thread with tons of suggestions that cover a much larger time period, BUT is based around U.S. History. Edited October 5, 2012 by Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thanks for the video suggestions! We love to watch movies and documentaries! We just watched Jesse James! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I've gotten so many wonderful suggestions that I now have about 44 movies on my list for history this year. Since we can't possibly watch this many movies, I need to start whittling down selections. Have any of you seen the movies Michael Collins or The Wind that Shakes the Barley? If you've seen both, please tell me which one you prefer. If you've only seen one, please give me a rating on a scale of 1-5. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Also, Saving Private Ryan or Das Boot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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