APUSH Extra Credit
Assignment: Watch a video or movie from the list below. Create a poster reviewing the movie you watched. The movie review is
worth up to 20% points that can be applied to your lowest test score. All of the videos listed should be available through digital video
services like Netflix, Amazon, or iTunes. Many are show periodically on television and some are available at the public library.
Please select a movie that you have not seen before. Also, you must choose a movie that your parents are comfortable with you
viewing. Some of these movies are very graphic and can be upsetting. I have put those movies in bold that most likely fall into this
description. Make sure you check the details and ratings of the movie before you watch. If you choose a movie that is rated “R,” you
MUST have a parent’s signature on your poster.
Your movie review poster must include the following information:
1. Title of the Movie
2. Major characters in the movie (not the actors)
3. Time period in which the movie takes place (if you do not know the dates, explain as specifically as
possible what time frame it occurred in)
4. A brief summary of the plot (no more than 5 sentences)
5. A discussion of the historical context of the film (explain the causes and effects of the topics
discussed in the film; at least 8 sentences)
6. Summary of the film’s historical significance (What does it have to do with American History?
Why is the topic significant? At least 5 sentences)
7. Rating (G, PG, PG-13, R)
8. Length of the movie (exact number of minutes – can be found on the movie or box)
9. A brief summary of your opinion of the film (At least 5 sentences with analysis)
10. At least 4 visual aids, pictures, or graphics associated with the film.
Movies to Choose From:
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A Beautiful Mind
A Time to Kill
Amistad
Apollo 13
Beloved
Born on the Fourth of July
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Citizen Kane
Crimson Tide
Dr. Strangelove
Forest Gump
Gettysburg
Gone with the Wind
Hunt for Red October
JFK
Little Big Man
Malcolm X
Mississippi Burning
North and South
Oklahoma!
Pearl Harbor
Roe v. Wade
Saving Private Ryan
South Pacific
The Chamber
The Great Gatsby
The Manchurian Candidate
The Right Stuff
To Kill a Mockingbird
1776
A Few Good Men
All the President’s Men
Andersonville
Battle of Midway
Birth of a Nation
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Casablanca
Clear and Present Danger
Dances with Wolves
Escape from Alcatraz
Frost / Nixon
Ghosts of Mississippi
Good Morning Vietnam
Inherit the Wind
Kingfish
Little Women
MASH
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Nuremburg
Patriot Games
Platoon
Roots
Schindler’s List
Squanto—A Warrior’s Tale
The Color Purple
The Grapes of Wrath
The Patriot
The Scarlett Letter
Tombstone
12 Angry Men
An American Tail
All’s Quiet on the Western Front
Apocalypse Now
Behind Enemy Lines
Black Hawk Down
Bridge on the River Kwai
Casualties of War
Courage Under Fire
Death of a Salesman
Far and Away
Full Metal Jacket
Glory
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jefferson in Paris
Last of the Mohicans
Lonesome Dove
Memphis Belle
Nixon
Of Mice and Men
Patton
Primary Colors
Rosewood
Sommersby
Summer of ‘42
The Crucible
The Longest Day
The Postman
The Untouchables
Tora!Tora!Tora!
Tuskegee Airmen
Wild Bill
A Thin Red Line
Fat Man and Little Boy
High Noon
The Joy Luck Club
Tucker—A Man and His Dream
U-571
Wyatt Earp
Thirteen Days
Pleasantville
The Yearling
Quizshow
West Side Story
War Games
We Were Soldiers
Cold Mountain
Woodstock
It’s a Wonderful Life
Tootsie
The Pursuit of Happyness
*** If there is a movie that is not on this list that you would like to do a review on, please ask Mr. Naruta for approval.