Class Structure
The class will be organized in units by decades of movies.  Throughout the class, students will draw conclusions between movies that are shown, such as themes, political issues, cultural norms and issues, etc.

1920’s
•    short, silent films

1930’s
•    monster movies
•    depression era
•    1940’s
•    depression/post depression
•    patriotic movies
•    film noir

1950’s
•    cold war paranoia, interest in the atomic bomb
•    beginning of science fiction

1960’s
•    epics
•    historical drama
•    psychological horror
•    spaghetti westerns
•    more elaborate comedies

1970’s
•    gritty crime film
•    rise of bollywood
•    harsh truths of war
•    blockbuster

1980’s
•    continued rise of blockbuster
•    science fiction
•    thrillers
•    teen comedies
•    right of passage