Hollywood Movies from the Golden Age: An Important Resource for the Classroom.

Dobbs, Charles M.

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ERIC Number: EJ353078

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Hollywood Movies from the Golden Age: An Important Resource for the Classroom.

Dobbs, Charles M.

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, v12 n1 p10-16 Spr 1987

Points out that movies from the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's are excellent resource materials for the history and social science classroom. Suggests some ways particular films can be used to study mainstream, white, middle-class attitudes toward various issues and groups. (RKM)

Descriptors: Filmographies, Films, Higher Education, History Instruction, Humanities, Popular Culture, Social History, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Sociology, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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