NAME______Date: ______Period______

AP World History – Extra Credit Opportunity

Movie Review Form

20 extra credit points available per quarter

  • To receive any credit on this project all sections of the review form must be completed properly.
  • Complete your 250-word review on a separate sheet of paper. Typing is preferred. If you cannot type, please be sure to write LEGIBLY. You MUST refer to your textbook, lecture notes, APWH themes (think S.P.I.C.E), and/or class discussions in your review. If your movie or book relates to a topic we have not yet covered, you will need to read ahead in your textbook in order to make connections. Try to research the topic to see how accurately the events and people are portrayed. I will not accept it without that connection and application to the course. (In other words, you can’t copy a review from a website -or- just ‘make it up’…. Anyone can write a plot summary. You need to show analysis and critical thinking.) Make recommendations (suggestions on how you would have adjusted or changed it to make it more accurate) and commendations (things you really liked). Give specific examples to support your views.
  1. Name of movie: ______
  1. Year released: ______
  1. Main actors and their characters:
  1. Rating by the Motion Picture Association of America: ______(G, PG, PG13, R)
  1. Mandatory parent/guardian signature verification: ______a parent must sign the line above to verify you completed this assignment as per instructions, and that they are aware you watched this movie, despite its rating. It will not be graded without a signature.
  1. Your quick rating:

Shade the number of stars your movie deserves. 5 Stars = AWESOME, 1 Star = Yuck!

  1. Staple this page to your movie review. Your review should be a minimum of 250 words. At the very bottom of your review, please give the total word count.
  1. Due dates:

  • 1st quarter – October 2, 2017
  • 2nd quarter – December 11, 2017
  • 3rd quarter - March 12, 2018
  • 4th quarter –May 17, 2018

You may only do one extra credit review during each 9-week period. Suggested movies are listed on the back of this sheet. You may also suggest one to get approval if it is not on the list. You might be interviewed by students in the class or your teacher to determine what you learned from the book or movie.

Movies that may be checked out from either the classroom or the library at TVHS:

1492 Conquest of Paradise

A Man For All Seasons

Amistad

Braveheart

Cry Freedom

Escape from Sobibor

Gandhi

Hotel Rwanda

Lawrence of Arabia

Les Miserables (recent version)

Rescue Dawn

Rome (mini-series)

The Message

The Mission

The Wave

Thirteen Days

Windtalkers

Other acceptable movies that you will have to acquire on your own:

A Bridge Too Far

Anna and the King

Band of Brothers (mini-series)

Ben- Hur

Blackhawk Down

Casablanca

Charlie Wilson’s War

Defiance

Doctor Zhivago

Elizabeth

Elizabeth the Golden Age

Henry V

I Am Malala

Joan of Arc

Kingdom of Heaven

Lagaan

Luther

Masada

Master and Commander

Munich

Passion of the Christ

Pillars of the Earth (mini-series)

Pompeii

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Schindler’s List

Seven Years in Tibet

The Killing Fields

The King’s Speech

The Pacific (mini-series)

The Power of One

The Red Violin

The Stoning of Soraya M.

We Were Soldiers