movie suggestions for a 15 year old, emotionally younger, who will be taking World History next year. The idea is to plant seeds that will enrich prior to taking that course.
Of course no idea what years are covered in 10th grade world history, ideas?
I suppose History of the World, Part 1 is out.
Gandhi.
Well the first thing I thought of was
The Mission
and then
Black Robe,
but they are both pretty bleak.
I've got :
Gandhi
Lawrence of Arabia
Cesar Chavez
Spartacus
Ben-Hur (more just cause we went to Rome and talked about it)
From my History According to the Movies book:
Khartoum
Shanghai Express
Maybe
The Bridge on the River Kwai
but it has been a long time since I've seen it.
huh shanghai express doesn't even come up on Netflix.
Braveheart ?
any of the Elizabeth movies.
Jesus there are a ton of WWII and Vietnam movies.
how bad is 1492?
How violent is The Last King of Scotland?