Student Blog Postings
Sep 5th, 2007 by jmcclurken
Eweaver's UMW Blog » Born on the Fourth of July
I have very mixed feelings about this movie. As someone who has personal experience with the aftermath of the vietnam war and how it affected veterans, it is hard to see this perspective of Kovic that was so dramatically different than my uncle’s. I felt that the movie does a good job of portraying the disillusionment of Americans with the war, ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Long Walk Home
Just aside note before I get rolling on the Long Walk Home - I didn’t post on The Best Years of Our Lives because of the fact that I was freaking out about my thesis and our projects. In a nutshell - I LOVED it. Probably because it was fictional characters with somewhat reasonable predicaments caused by coming home from WWII, ...
[Link]US History in Movies : Saving Private Ryan » Saving Private Ryan
[I hereby declare upon my honor that I have neither given nore received any unauthorized help on this work.]
The movie Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg is a story that starts on June 6, 1944, D-Day, on Omaha Beach as the United States Army’s 1st Infantry ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Matewan
Matewan is an interesting movie. From our study and discussion it is apparent that it is one of the most historically accurate of the films we have seen thus far. It does however revolve around two completely fictional characters, Joe and Danny. This is only somewhat disconcerting because they both represent well a certain view in labor history. Joe is a ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Clementine
This movie doesn’t really deserve to be talked about in great detail, at least not in a historical context. I agree with many peers’ references to Pocahontas. Wyatt and Pocahontas are much the same in that they are both historical characters whose stories have been completely mangled into myth from the perspective of ONE very wrong side of the story. Pocahontas ...
[Link]US History in Movies : Saving Private Ryan » Glory
This week we watched Glory. This was a movie I have seen before when it first came out. I thought at that time it was a great movie. This time watching it was a little different. I believe they got a number of things right in the movie, such as the costumes and the racism that the African American soldiers faced. ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Glory
Glory has an all star cast that nearly rivals that of Amistad and to me falls around the same spectrum of historical accuracy as Amistad as well. Glory has individual pieces of truth, but fell short on the grander scheme of things. While there was a fair amount of racism shown within the film, it seemed like just a drop in ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Gone with the Wind
Ok, first and foremost, I am disappointed by my classmates who did not bite the bullet and admit ignorance in regards to the carpetbagger/KKK situation. Thanks guys for letting me take one for the team. In regards to this part of the movie, let me give context and say why I was confused: In the second part of the film (disk ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Amistad
This will be a short entry for me, but I do have a few lingering comments.
First, why was Amistad not as big of a deal as Van Buren etc. thought it would be at the time? I don’t understand how it didn’t affect the abolitionist movement at all. I also am frustrated that such an all star cast and director ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » The Patriot
First of all I have to return to David’s comment in class - Yes! Every time I watch this movie I cry when Susan finally talks and runs after Mel saying “Papa! Don’t go, I’ll say anything…” Even thinking about it I get a lump in my throat. Very moving scene, and even if you hate the movie you have to ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Last of the Mohicans
I have to preface by saying that I literally have to battle my boyfriend to not watch this when a movie night occurs and we have no good new movie ideas. He is a huge fan, and therefore I have been forced to at least try to enjoy it.
I do feel that it fulfills what a historical film should be ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Bonnie and Clyde Project Bibliography
So we are doing individual projects on films. I chose Bonne and Clyde and here is the bibliography I have compiled so far…
“Barrow’s Killings Date from Parole.” New York Times, May 24, 1934, http://www.proquest.com.ezproxy.umw.edu:… (accessed September 10, 2008).
Cawelti, John G. Focus on Bonnie and Clyde. NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1973.
Crowther, Bosley. “Bonnie and Clyde” The New York Times. April ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Disney’s Pocahontas Discussion
Just for anyone reading that may not be in the class - we have a process of posting comments the day before a discussion. So…. NOW please enjoy what I would have posted last night if I weren’t an idiot who forgot to actually post all the thoughts/work I had to contribute (that was conveniently already typed up in word all ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » US History in Film Initial Reactions
So another semester begins and yet again I am enrolled in a McClurken digitally enhanced class that requires/or suggests for extra credit at least, a blog.
I am looking forward to debunking and also qualifying historical movies that have been produced for the general public. Tuesday we are watching Disney’s Pocahontas and I am intrigued to know what good came from ...
[Link]The Apothecary » Morning
This morning as I stepped out of the door of my apartment I realized that the day was going to be one of those drab cloudy days that just make me itch for it to either rain or for the clouds to clear. The clouds had settled low in the sky, leaving it drizzly [...] [Link]
Eweaver's UMW Blog » Digital History Reflections
First let me say I am happy to be done with this project. I feel that my extended information for markers complies with the contract, with the exception of only one marker, From Indian Path to Highway, which was the history of Route 1 which neither I nor Jack Bales could find a second source for, let alone our goal number ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Student Research and Creativity Day
I don’t know about you guys but I wasn’t aware this day was such a big deal. All my teachers are talking about it and saying what an honor it is to be in it… and now I am way more nervous. I do think it is a really beneficial thing for us to have BEFORE the symposium, maybe we can ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » We have link love
The Historical Marker Database now has us in its related links and books page… and yes there are more than 56 links so we aren’t even the last ones! The Editor sent me an email to let me know he had added us!!!! SWEET! AND there is a blurb on us!
56. Fredericksburg, Stafford and Spotsylvania (Virginia) Historical Markers. A ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » TWO more weeks
So today it hit me - my goodness in two weeks [plus exams] I am going to be a senior. It seems like just yesterday I was graduating high school. It’s also scary how much more we have left to do in the year - not necessarily this project, but everything else on top of it makes it seem just massive ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » April 10 Presentation Breakdown
10-15 Presentation April 10th
- Navigation tools [Shannon]
- Group Picture [Elle]
- Field Work/ show examples of pictures in posts [Amy] – Fall Hill excitement.
- What’s left [Whitney] – Shannon and Jen have more posts
– Editing for those still to be done, both text and bibliography.
— More pictures will be taken by Elle and Amy. ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Response to articles for Tuesday’s class
The first article I chose to read for Tuesday’s discussion was “Strange Facts in the History Classroom: Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wiki(pedia)by Christopher Miller. I liked Miller’s voice and personal-ness that he brought to the article. I also like his honesty in admitting to being a “wiki- victim” - having used wikipedia and having had ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Navigation
So this week has meant big things for our site. We have much better navigation options - including my All Markers page [which is linked to all completed markers], Categories [with only marker text results so that more are displayed and you can find things easier], and a Tag Cloud page. Any suggestions are WELCOME and APPRECIATED.
Check us out at ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Rolling
We have officially gotten the ball rolling…. Amy’s post states everything we did in tonights uber-long meeting. I just want to continue the love trend of my posts by saying - we are awesome.
Our site looks fantastic, we have only tweaking [time consuming but not stressful] left to do. Tonight I am finishing a page “All Markers” which will include ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Good News
We had a really good group meeting today. I feel a lot more confident now with most everything. We don’t have as much left to do as I thought which is great news. My work for this week includes: Revising the constitution, Writing up a brief description of our group project for the about page, fixing my bibliographies, and doing more ...
[Link]Eweaver's UMW Blog » Tension
So I know group projects are supposed to challenge you on your people and communication skills. I also know that group projects are not always fun or as productive as one might hope them to be. I also know that I can be a very intense person when it comes to deadlines, doing your fair share, and communicating…. but I have ...
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