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SOCIAL STUDIES
History of Cinema on Society
Explore the birth of cinema as an industry an examine the impact it had on American societyDiscuss how new techniques and genres developed and influenced filmmaking in the 20th and 21st century Examine how film was affected by the political, economic and social changes experienced throughout the 20th and 21st century.Identify key figures, films and moments in film history that impacted the history of cinema.
War & Glory I CP
World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). The United States joined the war effort late but had an ever lasting impression on the post-war world.Thanks to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, World War I saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory.The instability created in Europe by the First World War (1914-18) set the stage for another international conflict, World War II. The conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war. Among the estimated 45-60 million people killed were 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of Hitler’s “Final Solution,” now known as the Holocaust.
War & Glory II CP
During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies. However, the relationship between the two nations was a tense one. Americans had long been wary of Soviet communism and concerned about Russian leader Joseph Stalin’s. Postwar Soviet communism in Eastern Europe fueled many Americans’ fears of a Russian plan to control the world. The Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf to implement the policy of containment. The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3 million people (including over 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War.Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait. Neighboring Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene.
Credits: 0.5 Length: Semester Grade: 11-12
Credits: 0.5 Length: Semester Grade: 11-12
Credits: 0.5 Length: Semester Grade: 11-12
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