Month Eight
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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Plays:
Four Scenes From the Time of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: A Play
Movies:
Plays:
Four Scenes From the Time of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: A Play
Movies:
- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Starring Henry Fonda
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- Lincoln (2012) Starring Daniel Day-Lewis (parental advisory)
SLAVERY, CIVIL RIGHTS AND STORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
Movies:
- Song of the South (1946) animated Disney, difficult to find. Uncle Remus stories.
- Amazing Grace (2006) Wilberforce's fight against slavery in England. Highly recommended.
- Gifted Hands (2009) True story of Dr. Ben Carson
- Roots (1977) TV mini-series tracing the roots of author Alex Haley. (parental advisory)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Depression Era in the South (parental advisory)
- The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) Black regiment in WWII. (parental advisory)
Music:
- Summertime from Porgy and Bess
- I Got Plenty o' Nothing from Porgy and Bess
- Negro Spirituals with images and commentary
- Songs from Slavery with images and commentary
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- This Little Light of Mine
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child sung by Marian Anderson
- Deep River sung by Mahalia Jackson
- When the Saints Go Marching In sung by Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye
- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho sung by Mahalia Jackson
- Dvorak's From the New World, 1st movement
- Dvorak's From the New World, Largo, 2nd movement
- Dvorak's New World Symphony, 3rd movement
- Dvorak's New World Symphony, 4th movement
AFRICA
Blank outline map of Africa
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Music:
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Music:
- Traditional African music for background listening
- Oldest African drumming music footage
- Traditional African dance performed in Ghana
Movies for the Family:
- The Lion King (1994) animated Disney
- Tarzan (1999) animated Disney
- Born Free (1966) True story of caring for 3 orphaned lion cubs in Kenya
Movies -- check parental advisory:
- God Grew Tired of Us (2006) Excellent documentary of Lost Boys of Sudan relocated in America
- The Good Lie (2014) Lost boys of Sudan.
- Roots (1977) Part One takes place in Africa. The brutality of slavery.
- Zulu Dawn (1979) Zulu nation. Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole
- Hotel Rwanda (2004) Tragic story of Tutsi-Hutu struggle in Rwanda.
- Invictus (2009) Story of Nelson Mandela. Morgan Freeman.
- Africa Trek Fascinating footage of a young French couple who trekked 3700 miles across Africa, relying entirely on the hospitality of villagers along the way. It used to air on TV, but I think you can only buy DVD's now. Check with your library. This is modern Africa up close and personal.
Old Classic movies for your more mature children:
- Albert Schweitzer (1957) Award winning documentary of his life.
- Casablanca (1942) Takes place in Morocco, Humphrey Bogart
- The African Queen (1951) Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn
- Khartoum (1966) Story of General Gordon, Laurence Olivier, Charlton Heston
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939) Spencer Tracy
- Beau Geste (1939) Tale of brothers in French Legion in Northern Africa, Gary Cooper, Robert Preston
ANCIENT EGYPT
Blank outline map of Egypt
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
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Music:
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
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Music:
- Song of the Pharaohs with images
- Music of Ancient Egypt for background listening
- Through Heaven's Eyes from Prince of Egypt--perfect message for Well-Educated Hearts:)
- When You Believe from Prince of Egypt
- Triumphal March from Verdi's Aida, set in Ancient Egypt's war with Ethiopia
- Chorus of Hebrew Slaves by Verdi
- Mozart's Magic Flute takes place in the days of Pharaoh Ramses I. It doesn't look like they kept the setting, but here is an adapted animated version that was created as an afterschool special to introduce children to the story of the opera and the music.
- BBC animated version of Mozart's Magic Flute
- Magic Flute for children, Zurich opera house
Movies for the family:
- Prince of Egypt (1998) animated story of Joseph
- Joseph in Egypt (1995) starring Ben Kingsley (check parental advisory--maybe not suitable for all family members.)
- The Ten Commandments (1956) Epic Charlton Heston version, for the whole family
Old classic movies for mature family members:
- The Egyptian (1954) 18th Dynasty Egypt, 1300 BC
- Land of the Pharaohs (1955)