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Category Archives: Films
Wednesday 11/22 Class, The State of Arizona (2014)
Any student who wishes to see me regarding your bibliography or your essay, please come to my office hours on Wednesday from 1-2. In addition, I will be in my class from 2:30 to 3:15. Please watch the a documentary … Continue reading
A Family Gathering – Please watch last ten minutes!!!
Today I want to spent sometime going over the reliability of immigration sources. While oral history has many advantages over other sources if want to know what “really happened,” it also depends on the personal memory of our witnesses. After … Continue reading
Island of Hope, Island of Fear
Today we will begin watching a short documentary about Ellis Island. The documentary was made in 1989 and uses actual footage of Ellis Island and the narration of immigrants who had been processed there during the great wave of immigration … Continue reading
Slavery and the Making of America
Here is the first episode of PBS documentary Slavery and the Making of America. The Steven Mintz, “The Origins of New World Slavery” should serve as an excellent overview to add context to your viewing. The middle segment of episode one … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, American identity, Cheasapeake, indentured servants, new amsterdam, slavery, Stono Rebellion
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The Human Family Tree
On this page, we also have a space for discussion of the films that we will see in class this semester. Today, we will watch a portion of a National Geographic documentary, The Human Family Tree. Please watch the rest … Continue reading
