HISTORICAL MEDIA ANALYSIS. all of Duty WWII (2017) – Video Game.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES STRICTLY!
EXTRA CREDIT HISTORICAL MEDIA ANALYSIS
To earn up to 50 points extra credit towards your final grade, you will choose a historical
film, tv show, or videogame that deals with a topic we have discussed in this class. You
will watch the move and research its historical accuracies and inaccuracies. You can
use the textbook, assigned course readings, YouTube videos, and even Wikipedia for
this assignment. You will then write a 2-3-page analysis of the content and argue either
for or against the film’s validity as a work of historical media. You will upload this paper
to Carmen in Word doc/docx format by Monday, December 7th at 11:59PM EST.
Technical Requirements
1. Papers should be 2-3 pages in length.
2. Papers must be written in 12pt TNR font, be double-spaced, and have 1” margins
3. Papers must have a cover page indicating your name, paper title, and chosen film
4. You should cite your sources using parenthetical citations as explained in the
Discussion Submission Guidelines. You should also include a Works Cited page at
the end of your paper to indicate was sources were used in your text.
5. Papers must be uploaded to Carmen in Word doc/docx format
List of Potential Media
You are welcome to analyze a relevant film/TV show/videogame that is not on this list;
just clear it with Dr. Douglas first to ensure it’s an acceptable focus.
- 1917 (2019)—A story set during WWI about a British mission to prevent a German ambush
- A Bridge Too Far (1977)—Retelling of Operation Market Garden
- A Pearl in the Forest (2008)—Stalin’s purges in Mongolia (1930’s)
- Anastasia (1956)—Story of Anna Anderson, who claimed to be Princess Anastasia
- Assassins Creed: Unity—VG about an assassin during the French Revolution
- Battle of Britain (1969)—Recounts the Battle of Britain
- Battlefield 1—videogame where players can be various figures in World War I
- Call of Duty: WWII (2017)—first person videogame set during WWII
- Catherine the Great (1995)—The life of Russian Tsarina Catherine the Great
- Charles II (2003)—Discusses the life of English King Charles II
- Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)—CIA involvement in the Russo-Afghan War
- Conspiracy (2009)—Reenactment of the Wansee Conference
- Cromwell (1970)—Recounts the life and rise to power of Oliver Cromwell
- Downfall (2005)—Account of Hitler’s final days in the Berlin Führer Bunker
- Dunkirk (2017)—Film about the vital Allied evacuation at Dunkirk in 1940
- Elizabeth I films (there are many)
- Enemy at the Gates (2001)—Russian perspective on the Battle of Stalingrad
- Flyboys (2006)—film about American pilots in WWI
Dr. Sarah K Douglas
History 1212
- Henry VIII films (there are many)
- Les Misérables (any version)—France post-Napoleon
- Luther (2003)—Story of Martin Luther’s life and the beginning of the Reformation
- Man in the Iron Mask (2001)—Early reign of Louis XIV
- Marie Antoinette (1938/2006)—Dramatization of the life, death of Marie Antoinette
- Master and Commander (2003)—The British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars
- Midway (1976)—Recounts the Battle of Midway
- Mrs. Brown (1997)—film about the later life of Queen Victoria
- Napoleon (2002)—A multi-part series chronicling the life of Napoleon Bonaparte
- Nuremberg (2000)—Retelling of the post-WWII war crimes trials in Nuremberg
- Peter the Great (1984)—Recounts the life of Russian absolutist Tsar Peter the Great
- Red Tails (2012)—film about African American pilots in WWII
- Reds (1981)—Story of an American reporter who witnessed the Russian Revolution
- Reign—TV show that dramatizes the life of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)—Fictional American soldiers on a mission starting after D-Day
- Schindler’s List (1993)—Deals with the life of Oscar Schindler, a German industrialist who
used his factories to save Jews from concentration camps
- Sink the Bismarck! (1960)—Recounts British efforts to sink the Battleship Bismarck
- Stalingrad (1993)—Recounts the Siege of Stalingrad
- Swing Kids (1993)—film about the rise of Nazism, conflicts with youth culture in Germany
- The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)—Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
- The Battle of Algiers (2002)—Documentary of the French war in Algeria
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)—The British during the Crimean War
- The Dam Busters (1955)—British development of the “bouncing bomb”
- The Darkest Hour (2016)—Recounts Winston Churchill’s first months as Prime Minister
- The Favourite (2015)—film about the later reign of British Queen Anne
- The French Revolution (1989)—A dramatization of the French Revolution
- The King’s Speech (2010)— King George VI overcoming his speech impediment
- The Last Samurai (2003)—Post-Meiji Restoration in Japan (rapid Westernization)
- The Last Valley (1970)—Germany during the 30 Years’ War
- The Longest Day (1962)—Retelling of the Normandy invasion
- The Pianist (2002)—Poland and Polish ghettos during WWII
- The Tudors—TV show that dramatizes the reign of Henry VIII
- Titanic (1997)—Recounts the sinking of the HMS Titanic
- To Kill a King (2003)—Reign of Oliver Cromwell
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)—Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- Valkyrie (2008)—German plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944
- Victoria & Abdul (2017)—film about the friendship between Victoria and servant Abdul Karim
- Victoria—TV series dramatizing the early reign of British Queen Victoria
- War and Peace (1956/2007)—Russia during the Napoleonic Wars
- Waterloo (1970)—A recounting of the Battle of Waterloo (Napoleon’s final defeat)
- We Were Soldiers (2002)—Retelling of the Battle of la Drang (Vietnam War)
- Young Victoria—film dramatizing the early reign of Queen Victoria
- Zulu (1964)—British vs. Zulu in South Africa at the Battle of Roark’s Drift