Movies are often based on historical events. However many times Hollywood takes liberties with the facts to create dramatic scenes. In some cases, when a particular movie becomes popular, Hollywood’s version of the events become the accepted version. This paper gives you the chance to explore the historical background of your favorite movie. You may choose any movie whose subject matter is within the time periods covered in this class. Once you have watched it, pick 3-5 specific (no less than 3 and no more than 5) facts that the movie presents and analyze them for their historical accuracy. Your analysis could include such topics as the clothes of the time period (Were they accurate?), the roles of the female characters (Would the character really have acted the way they did?), factual errors such as laws that were in effect in the movie that were not in effect in actual history (EX: Portraying women voting in 1860 when women did not get the right to vote nationally until 1920). When gathering your facts, you MUST include at least 2 primary sources in your paper. A primary source is something written in the time period. (A secondary source is something written after the event has occurred) For example if you are discussing the role of women during Word War Two in the Pacific you could refer to the War Department’s training manuals for nurses, published during the war as a primary source. You will be graded on the academic quality of your sources. For example: MTV.com is NOT a valid academic source unless you are writing a paper about MTV. www.whitehouse.gov, www.libraryofcongress.gov or www.newyorktimes.com are valid sources. Encyclopedias etc use should be kept to a minimum and make up NO MORE than 10% of your bibliography. 20 points will be deducted if your bibliography has more than 10% of its sources as encyclopedia etc. (This included wikepedia.com etc)