Video Permission Slip
Student Name(print)______________________________________________________Date_____________
Dear parents/guardians,
Throughout the year the World History/Geography class will watch portions of
these videos that will support the curriculum. Most videos are rated G, PG or edited
and directly relate to the subject. The following is a partial list of videos for the year.
Please initial by the videos that your student can participate in and sign at the
bottom. Whether the student watches the video or not all students are required to
do a related write-up on the subject.
______Tora, Tora, Tora – Bombing Pearl Harbor – WWII (1970)
______Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Middle Ages Humor - PG - Edited
______Horrible Histories - BBC - PG
_______Fly Boys - WWI - PG - Edited
_______From Earth to the Moon - Cold War - PG - Edited
_______We Were Soldiers - Vietnam - PG - Edited
______The French Revolution - History Channel - PG
______Thirteen Days - Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis - PG - Edited
______Engineering Rome - History Channel - Roman Empire - PG
______WWII in Color
______How the Earth Changed History - Documentary - 2009
______The Pianist - Holocaust - WWII - Edited
______The Ghost and the Darkness - British Imperialism - Edited
______A Knight’s Tale - Chivalry - Middle Ages – Edited
______All Quiet on the Western Front – German Perspective of WWII (apx 1940)
______Spartacus – Ancient Rome – (1965)
______Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – Trench Warfare WWI (1990)
______The Agony and Ecstasy – Story of Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel(1990)
______Ten Commandments – Egypt – G – 1950 – Israel culture
______Robin Hood – Kings, Queens, Normans, Saxons (1937)
______Ben Hur – G – Ancient Rome – 1960’s
______Cyrano De Bergerac – 19th Century France
______Clash of the Titans – PG – Greek Mythology – 1980
______Jason and the Argonauts – PG – Ancient Greek Myths – 1960’s
______Jason and the Argonauts – TV-14– Ancient Greek Myths – 1993
______PBS Specials – Ancient Greece, Rome, others
______The Spartans – PG –PBS – 2003 – Ancient Greece
______The Patriot – Edited – 1998 – PG – American Revolution
______Guns, Germs and Steel – Documentary – 1995
______The Plague – History Channel – Middle Ages
______Engineering an Empire – History Channel
______Clips from Animated Disney Films
______Napoleon – History Channel
______Taming of the Shrew – Renaissance – 1967 – PG
Thank You.
Jim McDonald
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