Extra Credit Opportunities for 2013
Extra Credit Opportunities for 2013
You may only earn a total of 10 points which means you have to choose 2 activities. You must write up a SINGLE spaced full page review of each video (so to earn 10 points you watch two videos and write 2 one page single spaced papers)
Listed below are some suggestions, you may come and make other suggestions if you wish. I will consider your request.
Each video is worth 5 points
You may earn up to 10 points
You will need to type a one page single spaced review/critique of the video. I want to know what impressed you, what you didnt like and what new things you learned.
If you know of some OTHER VIDEO that you think might be appropriate please come and suggest it to me.
Some are available at the University Library and you can check them out for 2 days these would be free.
The Mission highly recommended Latin America somewhat long and slow, but good. (quite a bit of violence Rated PG 13) DV 365
PBS Empire series on Islam (one of the sections) DV 603
Hotel Rwanda DV 870
There are many more than this available at Brooks Library feel free to browse the titles and then get my approval for what you want to watch.
Other options for extra credit include the following:
The following are not available at the University Library you would have to rent them from a video store or online (Netflixetc)
Guns/Germs and Steel (there are three episodes in the series each one would be worth 5 points no more than 10 points)
Fiddler on the Roof
City of Joy about India
Empire of the Sun China/Japan
Last Emperor About China
Osama About Afghanistan PG 13, but do no
t watch with young children
Sometimes in April (2005) Movie made for HBO about Rwanda Available on DVD
Control Room Al Jazeera documentary
The Long Way Round The section on Russia Netflix?
The Way Back escape from Russian prison camp probably need to get from Netflix
Inside Russias toughest prisons Netflix
Khodorkovsky Netflix about an Oligarch who went on trial Putin wanted rid of him.
Other Options:
Any on campus lecture approved by the instructor
Frontline Worldlondonessays.com and or londonessays.com (stories from a small planet).
There are great ones about the Taliban and Pakistan if that interests you.
Some of these videos are not very long, so plan on watching more than one to total about 50 minutes viewing time. Write up a full page (single spaced) telling about what you have viewed and your opinions/thoughts
Please cite your sources using the URLs so I can access them if you use these online choices.
solution preview
The mission
The mission is a British drama film that depicts the experiences of Jesuit missionaries in the 18th century in South America. It is set in the 1750s and involves Spanish Jesuit Father Gabriel who moves to the jungle in South America to build a mission centre and convert the people of Guarani community to Christianity. The Guarani people ties one of the priests on a cross and matches to send him to his death by throwing him into the falls. Father Gabriel goes to the falls and plays his oboe which thrills the Guarani warriors allowing the priest to live. Mendoza, a mercenary and slaver, earns his living by kidnapping the local natives and sells them to work in
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