Humanities Homework Help

WWII and the Holocaust; Religion and Politics
DUE: Questions (11); Final Paper Proposal (Canvas)
HOMEWORK:
1. Watch: Schindler’s List (1993)
a. Rating: R (sex and nudity (severe; instance of sexual assault), violence and gore (severe; death, shooting,
gas chambers), profanity, moderate alcohol, drugs, and smoking (moderate), intense and frightening
scenes (severe), anti-Semitism)
b. Link: —
2. Read:
a. Bert Cardullo, Schindler’s Miss, 48 The Hudson Review 121 (1995).
b. Geoffrey Hartman, The Cinema Animal: On Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, Salmagundi: Skidmore College
127 (1995).
c. Omer Bartov, Chapter 2: Spielberg’s Oskar: Hollywood Tries Evil, Spielberg’s Hollywood: Critical
Perspectives on Schindler’s List. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (1997).
d. Franklin G. Mixon and Len J. Treviño, Did Strategic Behavior Save the Schindler Jews? 30 Eastern
Economic Journal 493 (2004).WWII and the Holocaust; Religion and Politics
DUE: Questions (11); Final Paper Proposal (Canvas)
HOMEWORK:
1. Watch: Schindler’s List (1993)
a. Rating: R (sex and nudity (severe; instance of sexual assault), violence and gore (severe; death, shooting,
gas chambers), profanity, moderate alcohol, drugs, and smoking (moderate), intense and frightening
scenes (severe), anti-Semitism)
b. Link: —
2. Read:
a. Bert Cardullo, Schindler’s Miss, 48 The Hudson Review 121 (1995).
b. Geoffrey Hartman, The Cinema Animal: On Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, Salmagundi: Skidmore College
127 (1995).
c. Omer Bartov, Chapter 2: Spielberg’s Oskar: Hollywood Tries Evil, Spielberg’s Hollywood: Critical
Perspectives on Schindler’s List. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (1997).
d. Franklin G. Mixon and Len J. Treviño, Did Strategic Behavior Save the Schindler Jews? 30 Eastern
Economic Journal 493 (2004).

THIS FORMAT GONNA BE THE SAME EVERY WEEK!

*Goal: I know you have watched the film, read the articles, and analyzed both

Do’s:

• Try to complete watch the film and complete the reading before asking questions. Take notes and spend some time reflecting on both!
• Include Specifics (e.g. note on specific scene or scenes, insight from article, etc.)

Questions that lead to discussion, rather than simply a yes or no answer (i.e. How? Why?)

a. Remember, you will appreciate this when it is your turn to lead the discussion?

• What do you want to know more about? What do you want to hear your classmate’s opinions on?
• Compare to what you have learned in other courses or current events (news)
• Focus on the scholarship
• A part of the film that you found confusing and why

Comments:

• Personal insights (This reminds me of)(I thought that)
• Provide analysis
• Feel free to get creative! You could comment something such as, “If I were to recreate this film” or “If I had written this film…”
• This film/article taught me…
• How could this film be used to…?
• This film does not accurately portray
• The film’s use of x… (lighting, dialogue, etc.)
• The author of X article might state that…
• Based on the film, people may assume that… (can be positive or negative)
• The people/events portrayed in the film…
• Comparison to other films we have watched
• Critique: you do NOT have to like the film or agree with its point of view! We will always talk about both the positives and negatives
• Interpretation with context
  • I do not think this film portrayed X event well because…
  • The author of X article accurately analyzed the film…
  • The author of X article DID NOT accurately analyze the film…
• This film does a good job of explain X topic/politician/branch of government.

Don’ts:

• Do not summarize the movie or articles
• Do not ask biographical info. about the film (“Who directed this film”)
• Broad question: “What is the theme”
• Obvious answers (Is this film about Vietnam?)
• Ask the same question each week (I will check/know!)
• Ask questions before watching/reading
• Assume the film is a perfect representation of what it sets out to portray!