Learning History Though Movies

Historical doesn’t necessarily mean factual. Historical fiction is a genre. Use viewer discretion before watching! These movies are for various ages, so please look them over first to verify it is age appropriate before allowing your children to watch them with you. Some movies are free online, or can be obtained by rental though Amazon.com's Video on Demand or similar movie store. It would be worth taking a trip to your local library to see if they have some of these movies available. Grab the popcorn! Happy viewing!

All the President’s Men (1976)

Amadeus

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Amistad (1997)

Apocalypse Now! (1979)

Back to the Future

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Braveheart

Casino

The Color Purple movie (1985)

The Crucible (1996)

The Duellists (1977)

Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

Far and Away (1992)

Gandhi

Gettysburg (1993)

Glory (1989)

Goodfellas

Gone With the Wind

Grapes of Wrath (1940) - Great Depression

Ivanhoe(1952)

King Authur

The Last Emperor (1987)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

The Last of the Mohicans

The Last Samurai

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

Moses (The Ten Commandments

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Patton (1970)

Pearl Harbor

Pride and Prejudice

Night and Fog (1955) is a documentary about the Holocaust.

Raging Bull (1980)

The Right Stuff (1983)

Roots:
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Sergeant York (1941)

Sense and Sensibility

Spartacus (1960) \
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Titanic

Tora, Tora, Tora - WWII, Pearl Harbor, Japanese...find lesson plan at teachwithmovies.org

Triumph of the Will

White Fang

The Vikings (1958) shows difficulties the Vikings faced when navigating to the New World.

Woodstock (1970)