Historical Accuracy in Film and Multimedia

Students in this course will gain an understanding of how authors, movies, and the media portray historical periods and events. Students will use a combination of researching historical events and reading literature (informational and nonfiction) to gain a better understanding of various historical events. Students will analyze if various forms of media (movies, TV shows, podcasts, newspapers, fiction novels, etc) portray historical events accurately. Ultimately, students will evaluate the impact of historical inaccuracies and what is more important: truth or entertainment?

Historical Accuracy Film Permission Slip

Historical Accuracy Permission Slip

This course is unique in that students will help choose the specific time periods and movies we watch. Most films are PG or PG13; however, a few of the options are rated R (typically for violence and language). This permission slip ensures transparency in what we are watching in class.

Historical Accuracy in Film and Multimedia Syllabus.pdf

Historical Accuracy Syllabus

This syllabus includes important expectations for class including the grading policies. This class will have weighted grades. Find more details in the syllabus!

Lind Agenda/Homework 2025-26

Homework/Agenda

This is a document that will be posted in google classroom where you can see what we will do in class each day and due dates for assignments and projects.

Resources

IMDb is a website that we will use to help us write about the films that we watch.

We will also use History vs. Hollywood as a starting point to determine how accurate movies are. In addition, you will be expected to find other resources to enhance your research.

The article What Makes for the Best Historical Movies will provide a basis for our class! Students will refer back to this throughout the course.

Possible Films

One of the great things about this class is that students who take it will get to help choose exactly what time periods, events, or people we will study this semester! Below is a list of the possible topics we will study and the films we will watch. For our first unit, we will study the Middle Ages and watch the film "A Knight's Tale" which will give me time to prepare learning activities for the movies students vote on. Students enrolled in the class will be required to watch the trailers and complete the linked survey.