https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/ 2026-04-17T14:02:54+00:00 https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/ https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2020-08-27T13:28:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--introduction_week_questions_comments_meme_posts-2020&rev=1598534902&do=diff Week 1 post assignment: Summarize your key takeaway from the readings using a meme or two. Don't forget to sign your post. This is a brilliant post by Dr. McClurken in which he is wrong. -- J. McClurken National Treasure is entirely accurate, except for Nicholas Cage's hair, which is clearly fake. (cite source). text/html 2024-08-28T23:26:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--introduction_week_questions_comments_meme_posts-2022&rev=1724887579&do=diff Ignorance is most certainly bliss. - Michaela Fontenot (childhood ruined) Week 1 post assignment: Summarize your key takeaway from the readings using a meme or two. Don't forget to sign your post. I think Winter Soldier has some serious plot holes, I don't care what Logan thinks text/html 2024-08-29T14:25:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--introduction_week_questions_comments_meme_posts-2024&rev=1724941541&do=diff Week 1 post assignment: Summarize your key takeaway from the readings using a meme or two. Don't forget to sign your post and include your sources/links. <https://imgflip.com/i/91phd6> -- Made by Me (Ewan Highsmith) using imgflip Meme Maker <https://imgflip.com/i/91pzdw> -- Richard Ferris <https://imgflip.com/i/91q25i> -- Alex Arnett text/html 2018-08-30T19:57:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_1_questions_comments-2018&rev=1535659048&do=diff Reel History, Introduction Type your awesome comments here.--Jeff M. This really sort of opened my eyes a little bit considering, I've never really watched a film and thought of the historical inaccuracies presented in them. Reading this Intro, I can understand more of how using a critical eye can potentially shift your thoughts and feelings towards a film. Considering what I've learned over the course of the years about Pocahontas, it's easy to point out that the film contains many inaccuraci… text/html 2016-09-13T14:48:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_1_questions_comments&rev=1473778135&do=diff 1 Reel History, Introduction I want to complain about the waterfalls in Pocahontas. There aren't any near Jamestown. --- jmcclurken 2016/08/30 10:15 Please correct me if I am wrong, but let’s be honest, when we find out that our favorite novel is being made into a movie part of us gets excited because we get to see a novel come to life. Then again, part of us also dies because we just know that Hollywood is going to mess up the novel. However, I never thought it in terms of historical events… text/html 2018-09-06T14:57:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_2_questions_comments-2018&rev=1536245821&do=diff Errors in fact In the movie, they made Pocahontas much older than she really was at the time of meeting John Smith in 1607. Which in a way, could be considered a 'good' thing for the movie based off of her love interest with John, which was also never a thing text/html 2024-09-02T21:42:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_2_questions_comments-2020&rev=1725313361&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? I do not believe the 1995 Disney film of Pocahontas would make a good secondary source. Especially after reading John Smith’s ‘True Relation of Such Occurrences’. I think it is extremely problematic and only has very shallow accuracies in its portrayal of relations betwee… text/html 2024-09-05T01:30:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_2_questions_comments-2022&rev=1725499822&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS -- Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. text/html 2024-09-05T19:48:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_2_questions_comments-2024&rev=1725565685&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2016-09-13T14:47:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_2_questions_comments&rev=1473778023&do=diff 1 Errors in fact The film, while generally attempting to portray Natives as accurately as possible, still botches some details by Westernizing their characters and their society. For example, the women are shown harvesting crops and the men are seen hunting and fishing. Based on current knowledge, this is accurate. However, the crops were shown as being planted in very neat rows where they were mixed together with various other crops as well. text/html 2018-09-18T13:06:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_3_questions_comments-2018&rev=1537275963&do=diff Errors in fact Include your sources!—Dr McClurken The main characters of the film have no historical background & the women partaking in war has no evidence; in fact it's highly unlikely that they were. -- Lindsey Sowers There is no evidence Munro had daughters, or that if he did, they were there during all the fighting. text/html 2020-09-08T14:44:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_3_questions_comments-2020&rev=1599576271&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? I used to work as a historical interpreter at an 18th century fort site (Fort Michilimackinac [MISH-I-la-mack-in-aw].) It was built by the French in the early 18th century, and taken over by Great Britain near the end of the Seven Years' War. I mention this because those of… text/html 2022-11-11T00:21:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_3_questions_comments-2022&rev=1668126095&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. Please do include links to sources, clips, images that are relevant to your point. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? text/html 2024-08-25T18:08:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_3_questions_comments-2024&rev=1724609298&do=diff This discussion will take place entirely online, so we will talk about process in class. Make all posts this week in Canvas, as directed in class. text/html 2016-09-15T11:55:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_3_questions_comments&rev=1473940533&do=diff 1 Errors in fact The biggest error in fact would have to be the fact that Colonel Munro had daughters. Not only did he have daughters, but he had a daughter that was in love with another fiction character. However, this movie is based off a book in which these characters exists so in novel standards they got this right. In history standards, it is just plain wrong. I do have a question though and this can probably go under the questions about interpretation but I’ll put it here: when looking at… text/html 2018-09-25T13:36:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_4_questions_comments-2018&rev=1537882612&do=diff Errors in fact In the movie, all the Continental Soldiers are wearing the same outfits but in reality the officers and normal recruits wore different attire from each other-- Lindsey Sowers Although there was a 'Wilderness' Campaign in the French and Indian war, the only text/html 2020-12-03T02:26:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_4_questions_comments-2020&rev=1606962405&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? The movie the Patriot can work as a secondary source due to the fact that the movie does take place in a historical setting. text/html 2022-09-15T05:35:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_4_questions_comments-2022&rev=1663220128&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. Please do include links to sources, clips, images that are relevant to your point. -- Dr. McClurken Please, please, please do not delete other people's comments! text/html 2024-09-24T13:55:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_4_questions_comments-2024&rev=1727186145&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2016-09-22T12:49:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_4_questions_comments&rev=1474548591&do=diff 1 Errors in fact There are no records of the British ever burning down churches, as well as the the real person that Tavingtons character is based off of, never commented such intense attacks. Uniforms on both sides had details that were not correct like coloring and paring of certain pieces of clothing would actually be seen worn less than shown in the movie. That ambush is also pretty impressive with a musket reload time of like 20 seconds. text/html 2018-10-04T13:01:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_5_questions_comments-2018&rev=1538658061&do=diff Errors in fact Nowhere in America during the 1840's and for many decades after, was a black man allowed to sit in a courtroom as a witness or a defendant.-- Lindsey Sowers 1) I could find no supporting evidence that President Van Buren campaigned for reelection via train. 2) There are repeated references to a coming 'civil war' by former Vice President Calhoun during a presidential dinner with Van Buren, and Spain's minister to Washington, Angel Calderon de la Barca if the slaves are given th… text/html 2020-09-24T13:27:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_5_questions_comments-2020&rev=1600954033&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? I think the movie works well in that it focuses on a time that is not really discussed in the average history class. It focuses on the actual Amistad case and the main individuals involved, with a majority of individuals being actual individuals. They emphasized the importa… text/html 2022-10-29T16:05:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_5_questions_comments-2022&rev=1667059546&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. Please do include links to sources, clips, images that are relevant to your point. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? text/html 2024-09-30T21:34:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_5_questions_comments-2024&rev=1727732041&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2016-09-29T15:01:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_5_questions_comments&rev=1475161280&do=diff 1 Errors in fact Historical records confirm that slaves onboard La Amistad were never actually thrown overboard --- Natalie Sciadini 2016/09/25 4:13 The film does correctly address all the different groups who issued legal cases in the Amistad, however how and when they issued those claims is incorrect. All of the different parties are shown coming together at the first trial as a surprising turn with each announced party. text/html 2018-10-11T13:21:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_6_questions_comments-2018&rev=1539264101&do=diff Errors in fact Lacks the horrifying aspects of enslavement and fails to represent the rather large portion of slaves that were fleeing plantations in hopes of a better future, contributing to the start of The Civil War. -- Lindsey Sowers Where to begin text/html 2020-10-01T13:20:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_6_questions_comments-2020&rev=1601558447&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? Gone with the Wind presents a romanticized story on the horrors of the Old South. Though, there are a few accuracies in the film. For example, the idea that women were left at home to care for the households and plantations is shown throughout the film. Any of-age men went … text/html 2024-10-03T04:03:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_6_questions_comments-2022&rev=1727928222&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. Please do include links to sources, clips, images that are relevant to your point. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? text/html 2024-10-03T16:53:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_6_questions_comments-2024&rev=1727974430&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2016-10-06T14:18:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_6_questions_comments&rev=1475763525&do=diff 1 Errors in fact One of this issues in the film is that Scarlett and Melanie's roles as nurses is more interactive then it would have been in actuality. Scarlett is asked to help amputate a soldiers leg which would not have been done. Women are also shown bandaging and moving dead bodies activities far out of the duties given to rich white women. Meanwhile Melanie’s active role as a nurse is used to humanize her and women taking care of the men. Oh the other hand Scarlett’s role as a nurse emp… text/html 2018-10-25T13:33:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_7_questions_comments-2018&rev=1540474403&do=diff Errors in fact The movie gets a lot right historically with the liberties mostly for characters. One minor thing about Robert Gould Shaw's depiction is that historically he initially rejected the offer to command the 54th Massachusetts the first time, and a few days later changed his mind. While in the movie he accepts the offer the day he was given it. Historically he was given the offer by a letter delivered by his father, while in the movie he was asked in person by Governor Andrew and Frede… text/html 2020-10-08T10:47:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_7_questions_comments-2020&rev=1602154050&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? Compare to most of the other films we have seen in this class, text/html 2022-11-11T00:31:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_7_questions_comments-2022&rev=1668126696&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. Please do include links to sources, clips, images that are relevant to your point. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? text/html 2024-10-10T16:42:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_7_questions_comments-2024&rev=1728578552&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2016-10-13T14:45:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_7_questions_comments&rev=1476369947&do=diff 1 Errors in fact In the film it depicts that it was the soldier’s idea to refuse the money but in actuality it was Shaw that encouraged them not to take it. However, in the film it makes it seem that Shaw went along with their idea which was to probably make it more dramatic since the soldiers were all rallying together. text/html 2018-11-02T12:56:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_9_questions_comments-2018&rev=1541163405&do=diff Errors in fact There can only be one 'Doc Holliday', and that is Val Kilmer. --Andrew Mullins At the beginning of the film, Wyatt Earp and two of the brothers go into Tombstone to check it out, only to return to their camp to find their youngest brother, James, murdered, and the cattle stolen. When Wyatt buries him, text/html 2020-10-28T01:41:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_9_questions_comments-2020&rev=1603849263&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? In terms of this movie being a used as a secondary source, the film does not have a lot of merit. However, it should be worth mentioning that this was the third film that focused on Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, and the fight at the O.K. Corral. Like many historical films used a… text/html 2022-10-03T18:58:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_9_questions_comments-2022&rev=1664823505&do=diff This discussion will take place entirely online, so we will talk about process in class. Make all posts this week in Canvas, as directed in class. text/html 2024-10-24T12:06:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_9_questions_comments-2024&rev=1729771573&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2018-10-31T19:33:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_9_questions_comments&rev=1541014422&do=diff 1 Errors in fact The first introduction to Tombstone depicts the town as unruly and full of people bustling throughout the night. Within the first few seconds of being in the town the Earps almost got killed by stray bullets. Tombstone stands as a representation for the stereotypical idea of a lawless western town. The original marshal and his deputies all quit within seconds to avoid doing their job. Everyone in Tombstone is shown as quick to anger and immediately resorting to violence. Anothe… text/html 2018-11-01T06:07:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_10_questions_comments-2018&rev=1541052439&do=diff Errors in fact The union organizer character, Joe Kenehan (played by Chris Cooper) did not exist in the Matewan massacre. Kenehan is essentially a metaphorical stand-in for Eugene V. Debs (founder of the IWW) and Kenehan’s background is loosely based on Debs: democratic socialist, pacifist, spent time in prison, etc. text/html 2020-10-29T13:01:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_10_questions_comments-2020&rev=1603976494&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? The movie, Matewan, is one of the most historically accurate movies that we have discussed so far in class. This movie recounts the events that took place with the 1920s coal miner's strike in Mingo County, West Virginia, which results in a bloody encounter between the mine… text/html 2022-11-11T00:54:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_10_questions_comments-2022&rev=1668128040&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. Please do include links to sources, clips, images that are relevant to your point. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? text/html 2024-10-31T13:29:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_10_questions_comments-2024&rev=1730381391&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2016-11-08T14:22:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_10_questions_comments&rev=1478614979&do=diff 1 Errors in fact This might not even really be an error but in the film Kenehan warns the strikers against resorting to violence to get what they want but a lot of union organizers, like Mother Jones, said that sometimes violence was the only way to achieve their goal and encouraged taking up arms text/html 2018-11-08T14:26:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_11_questions_comments-2018&rev=1541687199&do=diff Errors in fact I didn't notice any factual errors in this movie, probably because the audience would have immediately noticed anything, since it shows the very recent past for the audience at the time.- Jessie Fitzgerald The only possible “error text/html 2020-11-05T14:08:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_11_questions_comments-2020&rev=1604585333&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? For the most part, especially compared to other films we have watched this semester, text/html 2022-11-03T05:15:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_11_questions_comments-2022&rev=1667452500&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. Please do include links to sources, clips, images that are relevant to your point. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? text/html 2024-11-07T15:56:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_11_questions_comments-2024&rev=1730995013&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2016-11-15T13:55:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_11_questions_comments&rev=1479218145&do=diff 1 Errors in fact An error in the film is when people are depicted as believing that the war caused many soldiers to be left out of work and believe that their job would not be waiting for them. In reality, due to many bills enacted during the war, returning vets were guaranteed their jobs after returning (unless the company got bought out, etc.) text/html 2018-11-15T08:54:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_12_questions_comments-2018&rev=1542272076&do=diff Errors in fact The ending of the movie in the carpool lot never happened. However, the hate times committed by the White Citizens Council were plenty. The movie mentions the bombing of Martin Luther King's home which as likely the fault of the WCK or a group of segregationists. -Lake Wiley text/html 2020-11-12T14:21:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_12_questions_comments-2020&rev=1605190907&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? I think A Long Walk Home text/html 2022-11-10T15:40:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_12_questions_comments-2022&rev=1668094839&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. Please do include links to sources, clips, images that are relevant to your point. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? text/html 2024-11-14T13:31:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_12_questions_comments-2024&rev=1731591065&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2016-11-17T07:46:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_12_questions_comments&rev=1479368810&do=diff 1 Errors in fact I'm gonna talk about women again. This movie, with its clear emphasis on women, is a good representation of how they (namely the black working women) handled the bus boycott. Miriam, however, feels more like an apology than a historical player in the movie. text/html 2020-11-19T14:26:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_13_questions_comments-2020&rev=1605795991&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? There are many aspects of this movie by Oliver Stone that ring truthful. With the general consensus that the Vietnam Conflict was not a very supported war in the eyes of the American people. This movie does a great job of capturing how the main character himself was so exci… text/html 2022-11-17T06:35:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_13_questions_comments-2022&rev=1668666916&do=diff eYou should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. Please do include links to sources, clips, images that are relevant to your point. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? text/html 2024-11-21T14:23:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_13_questions_comments-2024&rev=1732199038&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2016-09-15T09:59:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_13_questions_comments&rev=1473933569&do=diff 1 Errors in fact 2 Things the Movie got right 3 Questions about interpretation 4 Movie as a Primary Source about the time in which it was made 5 Comparing the reading to the movie 6 The "So, what?" question text/html 2021-04-09T06:45:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_14_questions_comments-2018&rev=1617950715&do=diff Errors in fact In the film, Ron is beaten up and arrested at an anti-war protest in Syracuse, New York. In real life, the event was peaceful and not broken up by police, and Kovic didn't even attend. After complaints from the Syracuse Police Department, Oliver Stone sent a letter of apology in March 1990. text/html 2020-12-03T14:20:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_14_questions_comments-2020&rev=1607005203&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? All the President's Men does an excellent job at depicting a serious event that happened in our country. While many films tend to cut a lot of information out due to the copious amounts of information that is involved, this story is told very well. As a secondary source, th… text/html 2022-12-01T15:21:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_14_questions_comments-2022&rev=1669908079&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. Please do include links to sources, clips, images that are relevant to your point. -- Dr. McClurken I. How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history? text/html 2016-12-01T18:39:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_14_questions_comments&rev=1480617560&do=diff 1 Errors in fact While the film stays true to history and its source material, it does get one thing wrong about the Vietnam War. My dad pointed out that the U.S. Marines did not use the Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter. That was strictly a U.S. Army helicopter. The Marines used Hueys at the beginning of the war, but they were phased out for the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight and the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King. text/html 2018-12-07T16:58:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_15_questions_comments-2018&rev=1544201931&do=diff Errors in fact One scene in the movie that never happened in real life is the scene where Bernstein lures Dardis’ receptionist away with a fake phone call in order to speak to Dardis. It is said that this scene is not found in Woodward and Bernstein’s book. text/html 2024-12-05T13:52:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_15_questions_comments-2024&rev=1733406736&do=diff You should do a total of 2-3 comments/questions/observations this week. You do not need to post to all areas. – Dr. McClurken DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS – Please be careful as you add your posts that you are not deleting anyone else's work. – Dr. McClurken text/html 2016-12-08T15:24:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=329:question:329--week_15_questions_comments&rev=1481210696&do=diff 1 Errors in fact This may be a nitpicky thing, but when Woodward came home and was listening to the radio, it said the Dow Jones market had dropped substantially, but wasn't there an economic upswing in the States around that time? --- Fanghella, Amy E. 2016/12/06 18:07