2015-05-20 Communication: movies and phones

Greg Malivuk
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WE WILL HAVE CLASS ON MONDAY MAY 25 (the MBTA will have a Sunday schedule)
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On Friday and Monday, you will give a 5-10 minute presentation about a historical movie or TV series from your country (or if you can’t find one from your country, find one about your country or region).
You will tell us basic information about it, such as who made it, when it was made, and the time period it is about.
You also should tell us something about historical accuracy. What are some things they got correct?
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Homework: p. 163 (all) (also try to choose a historical movie that you will talk about on Friday)
Weapons
5 arrow
7 bow (you draw the bow and shoot the arrow from it)
6 bullet
1 cannon
4 machine gun
9 missile (missile launcher, rocket launcher)
3 shield
2 spear
8 sword
People and events
a people
1 refugees
2 casualties
3 forces
4 troops (1 troop is a group of multiple soldiers, but 1000 troops = 1000 soldiers)
5 snipers (“snipe” is the verb)
6 civilians
7 the wounded (the + adjective = the adjective people)
8 survivors
9 ally
(“alley” is a narrow lane between two buildings, with space for maybe one car but not a whole street)
b
1 revolution
2 coup
3 ceasefire
4 civil war
5 siege
6 treaty
Verbs
1 overthrew
2 broke out
3 blew up
4 withdrew
5 shelled
6 retreated
7 surrendered
8 defeated
9 captured
10 looted
11 declared
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How important is it that historical movies be historically accurate? Why?

“History is written by the victors.” (Winston Churchill - probably)

anomaly hunting: looking for anything that you think doesn’t quite make sense, in order to doubt the official story about something (but without having any other explanation of your own)
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How long could you go without your phone? How long have you gone without your phone?
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Homework: p. 60 exercise 1a “Phone quiz”