Student learning objective- Students will record facts and quotes from the movie "Lord of War" and students will explain why the fact is important to Eurasia and/or the world and what the quote means and why it is important.
There are many movies we can watch as a class after the completion of the Former Soviet Union's and its Satellite Nations' unit. "Behind Enemy Lines", "The Beast", and "Miracle" are many that study other historically accurate facets of the region. I choose to show "Lord of War" for several reasons. First, it is a great movie that showcases topics that are deeply political and affected not just the former Soviet Union but the entire world. Secondly, it is a very different type of movie than "Map For Saturday" or "Enemy at the Gates". We try to watch many different genres of films in World Regions 11 in hopes to appeal to all students eventually. The main characters in "Lord of War" are fictional names, but this was created in attempt to understand the arms heist and ensuing arms deals after the fall of the Soviet Union. The movie points out so many true things about the current state of the world including facts about many of the things we learn in class, like the United Nations, CIA, Interpol, Ukraine, Liberia, Lebanon, Bolivia, etc.
After the completion of the film, 12/16-12/17, the class will have a film discussion. After the film discussion, that day in class, I will collect the assignment. Google docs is fine. The assignment is very simple. Record facts and quotes from the film. For facts, write down things you observe that show something about geographic, social, economic, political, historic, etc factors. Quotes that we record are spoken words that are so insightful that indicate facts, but are so interesting or powerful that we do not paraphrase. Why are the facts important? What do the quotes mean and why are they important? The class will also discuss the main point of the film- How did the end of the Soviet Union lead to arms dealers feeding war zones in Latin America, Asia and Africa? Template for facts and quotes recording is below.
FACTS QUOTES
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