Table of Contents

• Problems and Possibilities of Teaching with Film.
• PART I: BEGINNINGS TO 1620.
• Debunking Myths in U.S. History: Will the Real Story of Pocahontas Please Rise? Nancy Sardone.
• The New World, Gender Roles, and Issues of Point-of-View, Anne Perry.
• PART II: COLONIZATION AND SETTLEMENT.
• Pocahontas Saves John Smith, Kristen Wobler.
• Myth Busters: The Salem Witch Trials, Brianna Scatorchia and Nancy Sardone.
• PART III: REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION.
• The Various Roles of African Americans in the American Revolution, Paul J. Yoder, Katrina Yoder, and Aaron P. Johnson.
• Contributions of African Americans During the Revolutionary War, Ryan Warriner.
• PART IV: EXPANSION AND REFORM.
• John Henry vs. the Machine, Kristal Curry.
• Twelve Years a Slave: Using Film to Explore Freedom and (In)Humanity, Gregory and Amy Samuels.
• PART V: THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION. Did He Really Create the Great Lakes? Tall Tales and Their Place in History, Megan Cullen.
• Portrayals of American Slavery in Film: A Study of Gone With the Wind, Roots, and Unchained Memories, Dennis Urban.
• PART VI: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL UNITED STATES.
• Women and the Wild, Wild West, James Nunez.
• The Ox Bow Incident: A Historiographical Lesson in Vigilantism and Due Process, Michael Lovorn.
• PART VII: THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN ERA.
• Suffragettes Parade for the Vote, Michele Celani and Elizabeth Blackmon.
• The Iron Jawed Angels and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage, Wendy Rouse.
• PART VIII: THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II.
• The Economic and Social Effects of the Dust Bowl, Rebecca Bidwell.
• “The Greater Good”: Using Flags of Our Fathers for Critical Thinking and Historical Inquiry, Mark Percy.
• PART IX: POST WAR UNITED STATES.
• Rosa’s Refusal: Serendipity or Sustained Activism? Eric Groce, Theresa Redmond, and Robin Groce.
• Chicano Power and Youth Resistance: Walking Out for Civil Rights, Tim Monreal.
• PART X: POST WAR UNITED STATES. Amish Neighbors, Ronald Morris.
• Exploring The Lives of Others in the Social Studies Classroom: Where Dissent and Technology Intersect in Contemporary America, Rory P. Tannebaum.
• Little Round Top, Scott L. Roberts, Charles J. Elfer, and Brian Fahey.
• Using Film to Analyze the “Seen and Unseen” of the Leo Frank Case, Scott L. Roberts and Charles J. Elfer
• Bootleggers, Borders, and the Untouchables, Charles J. Elfer and Scott L. Roberts.
• About the Contributors

About the Author

Scott L. Roberts, Central Michigan University.

Charles J. Elfer, Clayton State University.