HISTORY (DUE MAY 9TH)

Choose one of the following.  If you do the assignment correctly you will receive 10 extra points on your lowest exam grade (not counting zeroes)

Museum visit: Visit a historical museum and write two pages about your experience
Suggestions:
Holocaust museum
African American History Museum
The Women’s Museum
Frontiers of Flight museum
Cavanaugh Flight museum (in Addison)

Option 2: Watch a historical movie and write two pages about it. (Movie must be approved by me) Please be aware many of these films are graphic and may contain scenes of violence, nudity, and adult content and deal with disturbing content.
Suggestions:
Twelve Years a Slave
Amistad
Glory
All Quiet on the Western Front
They Shall not Grow Old (documentary)
The great Gatsby (not a historical film but a good example of the Jazz age, although the latest version has modern music for some reason)
The Grapes of Wrath
Tora Tora Tora
The Longest Day (3 hours long)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler’s List
Denial
Pork Chop Hill
Good Night and Good Luck
13 Days
We Were Soldiers
Selma
Four Little Girls
All the Presidents Men
The Post
The Day after (This is not a historical movie. It is a fictional film about World War III which obviously never happened write about how it would have made people feel at the time. Also, this is Titled the Day After. Do not det it mixed up with The Day after Tomorrow. That is a different movie)
The Big Short.

Option 3: Interview a family member or friend that has lived through a SIGNIFICANT historical event. Write out the questions you asked them and their responses or record the interview.

Option 4. Write a three-page personal essay about a topic we have discussed. You can use personal pronouns and write about your thoughts on it. Be detailed and descriptive. (15 points)
The topic discussed:
WW1
WW2
COLONONIZATION
HOLOCAUST