EXTRA CREDIT

Tom Schuler, Cobbler Statesman

OBJECTIVE: Watch and analyze the 1953 animated film, "Tom Schuler, Cobbler Statesman" and answer the attached questions.

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or DOWNLOAD a copy (the file is a 119 MB .mp4 - give it time to download)

DUE: No later than Monday, December 5th


WORTH: 10 points on any upcoming quiz/test

EXECUTION: Watch the film then answer the questions on the attached .pdf.

• The film tells the story of an imaginary colonial settler who observes our young nation just before and after the Revolutionary War. It is fiction, but it reveals in an entertaining way the situations and issues of our early nation during the Confederacy.
• Keep in mind the film was made by the United States Information Service (essentially a propaganda organization) in 1953, during the Cold War. What do you think the movie makers were trying to accomplish, other than just educate the youth on our nation's beginnings and government origins?

You may fill in the .pdf in Acrobat (if you have it) and email the filled out question handout, or print it out and write in your answers. If you do not have a printer you may also write out the FULL ANSWERS on a separate piece of paper.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING/STREAMING THE VIDEO, please email me and I will get the file to you in a different format.

Enjoy....and learn...


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