Literature Based Movies for Jazz Age, Black History Month

One of the objections raised by people within and outside the black community, is that Black History Month further segregates (Morgan Freeman made this comment among others). It's important that we recognize contributions of this vital community, but we need to be mindful that American history is Black history is U.S. history. They are blended like strands of a braid. Perhaps nowhere in history is this so keenly felt as in  the American "Jazz Age" of the 1920s. The two are wedded.

The progressive movement was mirrored in music (Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Marian Anderson), literature (Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence Dunbar), labor, religion, film (Paul Robeson), education (W.E.B. Dubois), morality, politics, art. Large cities: New York, New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, St. Louis felt the breath of change more deeply, but there was virtually no place in the U.S. where ripples of it were not felt. Bearing this in mind, here are movies for classroom use that focus on the post-WWI Jazz Age; I recommend using them to explore African American history, too. Read more at Literature Based Movies for 20th Century Economics and History Classes: The Jazz Age: Post WWI

"Food, Inc." Documentary Lesson Plans and Activties

"Food, Inc." is a 2008 documentary that explores America's corporate-controlled food industry. "Food, Inc." looks at genetically modified foods, corporate farms, health conditions and other dangerous industry practices. Educators, "Food, Inc." provides resources for health, economics and science classes. "Food, Inc." has practical applications for government, civics, marketing, business and sociology classes also. Click here

'Capitalism: A Love Story' Michael Moore

Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Opens October 2, 2009
Michael Moore creates documentaries that rattle people: Roger and Me, Fahrenhuit 911, Bowling for Columbine, Sicko and Capitalism: A Love Story. Moore's films are 'of the people, by the people and for the people'.
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'Fitna' Not Fit for School Students

KY Student Upset Over Violent Anti-Islam 9-11 Movie Showed in Class
Somerset, KY. 17 year-old Amber Cruey is upset over a movie shown a high school class. Anti- Islam film 'Fitna' was shown on 9-11. The film shows beheaded and brutalized children's bodies other acts of violence.
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