{"id":757,"date":"2023-06-29T16:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T16:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/?p=757"},"modified":"2023-07-11T18:46:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:46:42","slug":"a-new-history-for-a-new-century-activity-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/a-new-history-for-a-new-century-activity-7\/","title":{"rendered":"A New History for a New Century: Activity 7 (Essay Question)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:168px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#bf5700\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"226\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-459\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/Module-2-Header.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/Module-2-Header.jpeg 1019w, https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/Module-2-Header-300x67.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/Module-2-Header-768x170.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Hollywood&#8217;s History<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/History-Through....jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-219\" width=\"118\" height=\"94\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#333f48\">History Through&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#bf5700\">&#8230;Film<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>During the past century, a growing amount of what Americans know about history came from the movies. Popular films both represent and misrepresent the historical past. On the one hand, the movies expose the public to the look and feel of a particular era.&nbsp;&nbsp;Film helps audiences to visualize the past in a way no written text can, and introduces viewers to key historical episodes that they never know about otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, movies also distort the past. Historical movies typically simplify the historical record, condense timelines, collapse several personalities into a single character, invent dialogue and situations, and take liberty with facts. Much of the complexity of the past disappears, as movies populate the screen with clearly identified heroes and villains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#bf5700\"><em>The following film clips present two opposing viewpoints on American history. In this activity, you will compare and contrast the two clips.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#bf5700\"><em>Spirit of America<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that left nearly 3,000 Americans dead, and which destroyed New York City\u2019s World Trade Centers and severely damaged the Pentagon, an Academy Award winning filmmaker, Chuck Workman, created a 3-minute long montage that spliced clips from 110 Hollywood movies. The trailer was shown in more than 10,000 movie theaters in the weeks after the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"360\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 360;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/Spirit-of-America.mp4\"><track src=\"https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/Spirit-of-America.vtt\" label=\"English\" srclang=\"En\" kind=\"subtitles\" \/><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#bf5700\"><em>Brief History of the United States of America<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In his 2002 documentary,&nbsp;<em>Brief History of the United States of America:&nbsp;Bowling for Columbine<\/em>, filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of the United States\u2019 fascination with guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"356\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 356;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/Brief-History-of-America-Bowling-for-Columbine.mp4\"><track src=\"https:\/\/embed.la.utexas.edu\/his-315k-external\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/Brief-History-of-America-Bowling-for-Columbine.vtt\" label=\"English\" srclang=\"En\" \/><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History Through&#8230; &#8230;Film During the past century, a growing amount of what Americans know about history came from the movies. 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