Outline

- Pictures and Images - Worth a thousand words? Where to find and how to use images to reinforce an idea. Terminology for discussing photographs, other "2D" artwork.

- Movies as Artifacts - Bringing old movie material to illustrate or depict historical events in the 20th century. Where to find original footage. Terminology for discussing primary video/film source material. Strategies for incorporating original source footage in to the classroom.

- Movies as Artifacts, part 2 - Source footage as a reflection of a specific perspective. The trickiness of propagandistic source material. The trouble with Holocaust-era footage. How to turn the discussion from thefilm to the filmmaker, from the image to the message.

- Movies as Illustrations - the benefits and dangers of using fictional material to illustrate historical lessons - especially Bible stories on screen, but also relatively recent historical events.

- Movies as thematic narratives - Using fiction films to spark class discussion.

- The Documentary - the benefits and dangers of relying on documentaries to convey information. Understanding the unreliability of documentary material. Making use of a documentary's biases in class.

- Bringing the Internet in to the Classroom - What it means to be prepared for an internet-based lecture. Useful vs. un-useful sites (images/video vs. text, blogs, etc.) Technical considerations.

- Multimedia presentation tools - spicing up the power point presentation.

Webinar

Instructor Arnon Z. Shorr

Date TBD

Cost $250

Price includes downloadable course and one month of instructor monitored discussion. At least 10 people are required to signup prior to scheduling a class.

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