Possible Subject Area(s): U.S. History, Film Studies, Language Arts

Overview:

Students will watch Steven Spielberg’s Amistad movie, read reviews of the movie and determine its role in an academic setting. 

Objectives:

Students will:

• identify and use the most effective process for them to create and present an appropriate criteria for the movie
• determine the most effective means of monitoring their comprehension, then apply those methods to articles read, notes provided by the teacher and the movie they watched
• create their own criteria to judge the validity of Spielberg’s movie
• use the literary elements of the movie to draw conclusions of the validity of the movie
• analyze the appeal of the movie and determine its literary and historical value