Maywood Middle School
November 4, 2015,
To Parents/Guardians of Mr. An’s 8th Grade Social Studies Classes,
This is a letter to inform you that from time to time we will view and take
notes/discuss information from videos (DVDs) to supplement the curriculum we
are learning about in U.S. History. All of the following videos were purchased
through Social Studies catalogs meant for teachers to use in their classes that I
have accumulated over the last 10 years of having taught U.S. History at the 8th
grade level. That said, I also want to be sensitive and respectful anytime material
is being presented and taught which is why I am sending out this letter. Because
this letter is important and I want to make sure I get this looked at and signed by
each of you, I am making the return of this letter worth 10 points for your student
bringing this back to me by/before Friday, November 13. I know all of you are
busy so I appreciate you taking the time to view this.
Respectfully,
David An
8th Grade Social Studies Teacher
I understand and have read this letter produced by Mr. An: Parent/Guardian
signature_________________________ required for students to receive 10 pts.
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The List of Videos are on the back side of this paper. Thanks. Please return by/before Nov. 13 -by
student
These are the videos that we potentially show (don’t have time to show all). If you object to any of
these, please cross out the name of the video(s) and initial it/them.
PBS Videos
 Slavery by Another Name (TV-PG-L,V)
 The Civil War by Ken Burns
 Death and the Civil War by Ric Burns (American Experience series)
 Looking for Lincoln
 Reconstruction The Second Civil War (American Experience series)
 Underground Railroad The Willliam Still Story
 Slavery and the Making of America
 The Donner Party
 Mill Times
 Liberty! The American Revolution
 The Dust Bowl
 D*Day 360
 Destination America
 When Seattle Invented the Future (The 1962 World’s Fair)
History Channel Videos
 America the Story of Us
 Famous Figures of the Civil War
 Gettysburg by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott (2011)
 Underground Railroad hosted by Alfre Woodard
 The American Revolution
 Founding Fathers
 American History Series: Lewis & Clark, War of 1812, Remember the Alamo, the Real West: Rush for Gold
 The Louisiana Purchase
 The Alamo
 The Spanish American War
 Founding Fathers
 We Shall Remain (Tecumseh, Trail of Tears, Geronimo, Wounded Knee)
A & E’s Biography Series
 Frederick Douglass
 Barack Obama
 George Washington
 Thomas Jefferson
 Christopher Columbus
Just the Facts Learning Series: United States History: A Nation Divided The American Civil War, Westward
Expansion, Our Founding Fathers, Wild West, Reconstruction, Lewis & Clark, the American Revolution, The Election
Process in America, The U.S. Constitution & Bill of Rights, Native Americans
Sunburst Visual Media: Civil War, Wild West, Colonial Days, Revolutionary War
National Geographic: Lewis & Clark, The National Mall America’s Front Yard
NBC News Project Twenty Series: The Great War, End of the Trail, The Real West, The Jazz Age, Early Days of the
Automobile, Mark Twain, Not So Long Ago, The Innocent Years, Will Rogers, Life in the Thirties
Miscellaneous Distribution Companies: Westward Expansion, The Trail of Tears, Sacagawea, At the Western
Frontier, The Greatest Speeches of All-Time, Forms of Government and Economic Ideologies
Glory (Morgan Freeman)- School Version