FILM/ARTICLE/STUDY GUIDE: Howard Zinn's 'The People Speak'
Woza, if, just say, you're a history teacher and, just say, you like using primary sources in your classes you'll LOVE this new documentary on the History Channel!
I read an article today in the New York Times about a Howard Zinn documentary, The People Speak a special they will be airing Sunday, December 13, 2009.
In Janurary of '09 I wrote a blog post (FRAMING AMERICAN HISTORY) that talked about the graphic novel adaptation of Howard Zinn's famous book A People's History of the United States titled A People's History of the American Empire and a bunch of other great comic adaptations of US History.
This show looks to be an equally exciting effort to bring "the people's history" to life...
First a trailer:
The History Channel website for the show contains a series of great clips & lesson plans.
Clips include:
Mutiny in George Washington's Army performed by Mike O'Malley
The Declaration of Independence performed by Matt Damon
Susan B. Anthony's Suffrage Trial performed by Christina Kirk and J...
J.W. Loguen's Letter to Sarah Logue performed by Benjamin Bratt
Website: http://www.history.com/content/people-speak
Short Lesson Plan w/Discussion Questions available as a PDF here.
The backstory on the show and Zinn's vision from The New York Times:
New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Howard Zinn Traces Social Change
By BRIAN STELTER
Published: December 11, 2009
In Howard Zinn’s new documentary, “The People Speak,” the actress Marisa Tomei is shown reading aloud an essay by a worker at a 19th-century textile mill in Lowell, Mass., who led other women to protest wage reductions and demand better working condition
In the woman’s description of oppression at the hands of a company, Mr. Zinn, the left-wing historian, hears both past and present tense. “She says the same thing of the 1830s that we hear today — that you are at the mercy of your employer,” Mr. Zinn said in an interview.
So much of Mr. Zinn’s career, reflected in his “People’s History of the United States” book, has been about the struggle for social change. With “The People Speak,” which has its premiere on the History Channel on Sunday (at 8 p.m., Eastern and Pacific times; 7, Central time), he is having a raft of celebrities recount that effort through the words of people who were there. “It’s the people’s point of view of history,” said the actor Josh Brolin, an executive producer of the film.
Full article available here
I read an article today in the New York Times about a Howard Zinn documentary, The People Speak a special they will be airing Sunday, December 13, 2009.
In Janurary of '09 I wrote a blog post (FRAMING AMERICAN HISTORY) that talked about the graphic novel adaptation of Howard Zinn's famous book A People's History of the United States titled A People's History of the American Empire and a bunch of other great comic adaptations of US History.
This show looks to be an equally exciting effort to bring "the people's history" to life...
First a trailer:
The History Channel website for the show contains a series of great clips & lesson plans.
Clips include:
Mutiny in George Washington's Army performed by Mike O'Malley
The Declaration of Independence performed by Matt Damon
Susan B. Anthony's Suffrage Trial performed by Christina Kirk and J...
J.W. Loguen's Letter to Sarah Logue performed by Benjamin Bratt
Website: http://www.history.com/content/people-speak
Short Lesson Plan w/Discussion Questions available as a PDF here.
The backstory on the show and Zinn's vision from The New York Times:
New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Howard Zinn Traces Social Change
By BRIAN STELTER
Published: December 11, 2009
In Howard Zinn’s new documentary, “The People Speak,” the actress Marisa Tomei is shown reading aloud an essay by a worker at a 19th-century textile mill in Lowell, Mass., who led other women to protest wage reductions and demand better working condition
In the woman’s description of oppression at the hands of a company, Mr. Zinn, the left-wing historian, hears both past and present tense. “She says the same thing of the 1830s that we hear today — that you are at the mercy of your employer,” Mr. Zinn said in an interview.
So much of Mr. Zinn’s career, reflected in his “People’s History of the United States” book, has been about the struggle for social change. With “The People Speak,” which has its premiere on the History Channel on Sunday (at 8 p.m., Eastern and Pacific times; 7, Central time), he is having a raft of celebrities recount that effort through the words of people who were there. “It’s the people’s point of view of history,” said the actor Josh Brolin, an executive producer of the film.
Full article available here
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