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AP World History – Extra Credit Opportunity

Movie or Book Review Form

20 extra credit points available per quarter

  • To receive any credit on this project all sections of the review form must be completed properly.
  • Complete your 250-word review on a separate sheet of paper. Typing is preferred. If you cannot type, please be sure to write LEGIBLY. You MUST refer to your textbook, lecture notes, and/or class discussions from this semester in your review. If your movie or book relates to a topic we have not yet covered, you will need to read ahead in your textbook in order to make connections. I will not accept it without that connection and application to the course. (In other words, you can’t copy a review from a website -or- just ‘make it up’)
  1. Name of movie or book: ______
  1. Year released or published ______
  1. Main actors and their characters and/or characters of the book:
  1. Rating by the Motion Picture Association of America (if you are reviewing a movie): ______(G, PG, PG13, R)
  1. Mandatory parent/guardian signature verification: ______a parent must sign the line above to verify you completed this assignment as per instructions. It will not be graded without a signature.
  1. Your quick rating:

Shade the number of stars your movie/ book deserves. 5 Stars = AWESOME, 1 Star = Yuck!

  1. Review: Write a 250 word (minimum) review. Include a brief summary and your opinions about what worked and what didn’t work. Also, you must relate the content back to the class and specifically to what we have studied as mentioned above. I will not grade a review unless you apply it back to the course. ★ DO NOT just give a “review” of the movie or book. ★ Use course Vocabulary ★ Explain course concepts and objectives. Make recommendations (suggestions on how you would have adjusted or changed it) and commendations (things you really liked). Give specific examples to support your views. At the very bottom of your review, please give the total word count.
  1. Due dates:

  • 1st quarter – October 3, 2016
  • 2nd quarter – December 5, 2016
  • 3rd quarter - March 6, 2017
  • 4th quarter –May 15, 2016

You may only do one extra credit review during each 9 week period. Suggested movies and booksare listed on the back of this sheet. You may also suggest one to get approval if it is not on the list. You might be interviewed by students in the class or your teacher to determine what you learned from the book or movie.

The list of suggested books and movies will be updated for second semester in January.

Semester One Suggested Books:

Salt: A World History, by Mark Kurlansky

A History of the World in Six Glasses, by Tom Standage

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jared Diamond

Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit, by Daniel Quinn

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford

Gates of Fire, by Steven Pressfield

Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond

A Voice in the Wind, by Francine Rivers

Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse

Semester One Suggested Movies:

10,000 BC (2008)

Alexander (2004)

Alexander Nevsky (1938)

Apocalypto (2006)

Attila (2001 mini series)

Becket (1964)

Ben Hur (1959)

Beowulf (2007)

Braveheart (1995)

Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

Cleopatra (1963)

Confucius (2010)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

The Eagle (2011)

Gladiator (2000)

Henry V (1989)

History of the World, Part One (1981)

I, Claudius (1976)

Julius Caesar (1953)

King David (1985)

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

Little Big Soldier (2010)

Masada (1981 mini series)

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

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)

Mulan (1998)

The Odyssey (1997 mini series)

One Night With the King (2006)

Passion of the Christ (2004)

The Pillars of the Earth (2010 mini series)

Pompeii (2014)

Red Cliff (2008)

Rome (2005 mini series)

Salome (1953)

Siddhartha (1972)

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Troy (2004)

Ulysses (1954)