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Author Carr, Steven Alan, 1964- author.

Title Teaching history with message movies / Steven Alan Carr, Jennifer Frost
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Teaching history with . . . series
Contents Concepts -- A brief history of the "message movie", or social problem film, in Hollywood -- Concepts and conventions of the social problem film -- Topics over time -- Labor and class conflict, according to Hollywood -- Women, sex, and family conflict on film -- Projecting racial and ethnic prejudice -- Screening private illness and public health -- Crime at the movies
Summary "This volume is a teacher's guide for teaching with "message," or social problem, films. It will cover key themes and concepts and will also provide an era-by-era overview of significant issues and related films, a tutorial in using film in historical methodology, user guides for key movies, and sample exercises and assignments for classroom use"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes filmography, bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject History -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Audio-visual aids
Social problem films -- United States
Motion pictures in education.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
Social problem films
Motion pictures in education
History -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Audio-visual aids
History in motion pictures
Motion pictures, American
United States
Genre/Form Teachers' guides
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Teachers' guides.
Guides de l'enseignant.
Form Electronic book
Author Frost, Jennifer, 1961- author.
LC no. 2018030580
ISBN 9781442278394
1442278390