[LM_NET] HIT:HS Compare/Contrast Research

[Vicki Builta <vickicb2001@YAHOO.COM>]

I was asked to post a hit on this topic.  Here is what I received.  A big thanks to 
those of you who responded!

Try the series  Opposing Viewpoints - lots of different subjects


A friend of ours does a research paper using film/books/articles. 
The students watches a movie based upon a real event/person.  They also
must read book(s) and magazine/newspaper articles about the event or
person.  They then compare real life with the Hollywood version.  

Why not have the students use a history topic from the late 20th century
and compare what the historians say with an oral history interview. 
There are a great number of new histories being written from depression
times to current wars.  They could also read about an event in foreign
policy i.e. the history of the Spanish American war and interview
someone who grew up in Cuba
to see the differences in the interpretation of events. They could do
this with literature also such as comparing the written history of the
twenties with Great Gatsby.
There is a great PBS series Foyle's War which was on mystery.  It is about a police 
detective who investigates crimes during WWII but is gives a great picture of what 
life was really like during the war.
Hope this might spur some other ideas.

vcb







Vicki Builta
Anderson High School Librarian
Association for Indiana Media Educators 2010 President
Library of Congress Ambassador
4610 S. Madison Ave.
Anderson, IN 46013
765-641-2037, ex. 1058
765-641-2041 (fax)
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