HOMEWORK
: 1. Watch: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
a. Rating: PG-13 (violence and gore (mild), discussion of rape and sexual assault, profanity (mild; including racial slurs), alcohol, drugs, and smoking (mild), frightening and intense scenes (mild), racism)
b. Link: https://www.pbs.org/video/to-kill-a-mockingbird-19…
a. Brown v. Board of Ed., 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
b. Rachel Watson, The View from the Porch: Race and the Limits of Empathy in the Film “To Kill a Mockingbird,” 63 The Mississippi Quarterly 419 (2010).
c. Thane Rosenbaum, 100 Years of Law at the Movies: Starring the Most Important Legal Films of the Past Century; Why the Movies Love Lawyers, 101 ABA Journal 36 (2015).
d. Joseph Crespino, The Strange Career of Atticus Finch, 6 UNC Press: Southern Cultures 9 (2000).
Learning Goal: I’m working on a political science writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
Learning Goal: I’m working on a political science multi-part question and need guidance to help me learn.
THIS FORMAT GONNA BE THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
*Goal: I know you have watched the film, read the articles, and analyzed both
Do’s:
- Try to complete watch the film and complete the reading before asking questions. Take notes and spend some time reflecting on both!
- Include Specifics (e.g. note on specific scene or scenes, insight from article, etc.)
Questions that lead to discussion, rather than simply a yes or no answer (i.e. How? Why?)
a. Remember, you will appreciate this when it is your turn to lead the discussion?
- What do you want to know more about? What do you want to hear your classmate’s opinions on?
- Compare to what you have learned in other courses or current events (news)
- Focus on the scholarship
- A part of the film that you found confusing and why
Comments:
- Personal insights (This reminds me of)(I thought that)
- Provide analysis
- Feel free to get creative! You could comment something such as, “If I were to recreate this film” or “If I had written this film…”
- This film/article taught me…
- How could this film be used to…?
- This film does not accurately portray
- The film’s use of x… (lighting, dialogue, etc.)
- The author of X article might state that…
- Based on the film, people may assume that… (can be positive or negative)
- The people/events portrayed in the film…
- Comparison to other films we have watched
- Critique: you do NOT have to like the film or agree with its point of view! We will always talk about both the positives and negatives
- Interpretation with context
- I do not think this film portrayed X event well because…
- The author of X article accurately analyzed the film…
- The author of X article DID NOT accurately analyze the film…
- This film does a good job of explain X topic/politician/branch of government.
Don’ts:
- Do not summarize the movie or articles
- Do not ask biographical info. about the film (“Who directed this film”)
- Broad question: “What is the theme”
- Obvious answers (Is this film about Vietnam?)
- Ask the same question each week (I will check/know!)
- Ask questions before watching/reading
- Assume the film is a perfect representation of what it sets out to portray!
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