Using Film to Conduct Historical Inquiry with Middle School Students.

The article offers information on teaching history to middle school students through the use of films with historical themes. The author says that such films influenced his historical understanding and motivated him to read about and study the past. He admits that he never used film for much more than to guide students get a sense of the past. He adds that he never considered how film representations affect students' ideas about the past. He discusses the findings of a classroom research study designed to explore and improve how he uses film to teach history to middle school students.