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Aug 3, 1492
Conquest of Paradise
EVENT: On this date Christopher went on his first voyage to find the New World.
FACT CHECK: On August 3,1492 the same thing happened in real life, he went on a voyage to find the New World.
CONNECTION: In the movie they told us about this date so we can know how long it took him to get to the new world.
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I rate this movie 4 out of 5 stars because the movie is cool to watch in school but I won't watch this movie on a regular at home. -
12 Years a Slave
EVENT: On this date Solomon Northup got freed from slavery by the help of his colleagues and friends.
FACT CHECK: On January 3,1853 the same thing happened in real life as his biography told me.
CONNECTION: They told us about this date because they wanted us to know when he got freed
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I rate this movie 4 out of 5 stars because the movie is really good but in the scenes where they had blood on them and getting beat I did not want to watch it. -
Lincoln
EVENT: On this event Abraham Lincoln got assassinated.
FACT CHECK: The date the movie gave me for the day Abraham Lincoln died is accurate. I know the date they gave me is accurate because on History.com they told me.
CONNECTION: This movie relates to modern day because today the representatives still have to make and pass federal laws.
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
I rate this movie 5/5 stars because the movie was very interesting. -
Avalon
EVENT: The year 1914 is when Sam Krichinsky came to America.
FACT CHECK: baltimoresun.com gave me the same year that the the movie gave me of when Sam came to America.
CONNECTION: This connects to modern day because people from different countries are still coming to America to live a good life.
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
I rate this movie a 3/5 because it was funny, and I missed the 2nd day. -
The Lost Battalion
EVENT: This year in the fall 500 men were surrounded by the Germans for five days.
FACT CHECK: My event is accurate because I got it from americanheritage.com.
CONNECTION: A connection to the real world is people from different areas or places judge each other before getting to know them.
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
I rate this movie 5/5 stars because I like war movies. -
The Grapes of Wrath Event
EVENT: Uncle John and everyone else in his house had to leave because they had dryland and could not produce crops and someone was coming to destroy their home.
FACT CHECK: The Great Depression started in 1929 and the Dust Bowl started in 1930.
CONNECTION: The event I put above relates to modern day because people still get evicted if they cannot afford their homes.
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I rated this movie a 4/5 stars because I missed the last day of the film. -
Red Tails
EVENT: They was moved to Italy to fight alongside the "white pilots".
FACT CHECK: I got my evidence from History.com.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/tuskegee-airmen
CONNECTION: This connects to the real world because today different races help each other.
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I rate this movie a 5 out of 5 because I just like war movies in general. -
Selma
EVENT: This is the year Martin Luther King Jr received his Nobel Peace Prize.
FACT CHECK: In the movie he got his Nobel Peace Prize the same year.
CONNECTION: My connection to modern day will be Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad receiving the Nobel Peace prize in 2018.
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
I rate this movie 5 out of 5 stars because it's very informational. -
Rescue Dawn
EVENT: This is the year that Dieter Dengler got captured.
FACT CHECK: 1966 was both in the movie and in real life of the year he got captured.
CONNECTION: This event relates to modern day because foreign countries are still taking Americans.
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I rate this movie a 3 out of 5 because some stuff didn't look realistic. -
Lee Daniels The Butler
EVENT: The date I put is the year that President Nixon got elected for his second term.
FACT CHECK: This is the same date the movie gave me for President Nixon second term.
CONNECTION: This connects to the modern day because Presidents still get elected for a second term now such as Barack Obama.
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I rate this movie a three out of five because I missed the first part of the movie and compared to all the other movies we have watched this semester this is my least favorite. -
Forrest Gump
EVENT: [Highlight this bracketed section and, in at least one sentence, fully describe the event
that occurred on the identified date in the film] / FACT CHECK: [Highlight this bracketed
section and, in at least one sentence, fully compare the accuracy of the event in the film with
the historical event] / CONNECTION: [Highlight this bracketed section and, in at least one
sentence, fully describe a connection you made between the event and the modern day] /
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ -
Bill & Ted Excellent Adventure Event
~The purpose of this movie was to teach us about our history
~Fact: They were starting a band
~A connection I have with this film is presenting a project in front of my peers
Rating: 3/5 -
Long walk to freedom
EVENT: The event I put is the day that Nelson Mandela got out of prison.
FACT CHECK: Nelson Mandela really got out of jail that date in real life too.
CONNECTION:
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I give it a five out of five stars because I like factual movies. -
Birthday
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The day I got my kitten
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Graduation date
