Chartertech High School Curriculum
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History Through Film
Course Overview History Through Film
Unit 1: Introduction From Novelty to Art Form (1870—1920)
Unit 2: German Expressionism (1920-1927)
Unit 3: The Silent Era (1913-1938)
Unit 4: The 20s and 30s in cinema: The Roaring 20’s and the Great Depression
Unit 5: The 1940s in Cinema: The War Years
Unit 6: The 1950s in Cinema: The Cold War
Unit 7: Theme 1: Man versus machine—Master becomes slave, slave becomes master
Unit 8: Theme 2: Man’s Inhumanity to Man: Are greed & corruption destroying society?
Unit 9: Theme 3: The Counter Culture and Commercial Films: Pop Culture and Big Box Office