This film ought to be shown in history class.
I was fortunately enough to witness this film at an age where critical thinking will shape my understanding of fellow mankinds for eternality
Others should also have such oppertunity
There is no escaping reason, no denying purpose. To deny history is to deny the very meaning of our existence.
If this was shown in a lot of U.S. public schools, you can bet some overzealous child welfare group would be angry that teachers were showing kids "R" rated movies.
I did see it again in 11th grade U.S. History class, though.
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We watched it for Year 10 English in Australia. It's for a topic on justice, and we have to do an essay comparing this to To Kill A Mockingbird (book, not film). In fact, i'm doing it right now...
shareSo they are teaching them to hate Mississippi down in Australia?
That's sad. To my knowledge Mississippi doesn't teach hate for Australia.
The only problem I see with using this film in a history class is that it isn't historically correct and like it or not, many kids would take the film as documentary rather than docudrama. Another example of this would be "JFK". While an entertaining film; not always historically accurate. I would say you could use the film along with an extensive discussion of the real facts and explaining how the film tries to portray a societal problem more than it relates historically factual information. On the other hand; a good film for literature class (with similar explanation of the facts) or for film class.
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I saw it in history. Here in Australia. At the start of the year when we were doing the Black Civil Rights Movement.
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