History 101 Prof. Luedtke

Assignment for Prof. Luedtke's HIS 101 Winter 2021

Students need to write two different essays, each about a single film.

The films are grouped as

1A) Braveheart and Cleopatra

1B) Becket and A Man for All Seasons

2A) The King and 1492

2B) Merchant of Venice and Seventh Seal

If a student chooses a film from 1A, they will need to choose from 2B for their second film. If they choose from 1B, they will need to choose from 2A for their second.

How to find the films

Merchant of Venice and Seventh Seal are available in a streaming format through the SC4 library. Use your SC4 portal username and password to access them. Some of the other titles are available in DVD format at the St. Clair County Public Library. If you are a resident of the county, you can check out the DVDs though curbside delivery. If you are not a resident of St. Clair County, your local public library may have the title. 

Braveheart (1995 - Mel Gibson) 

• St. Clair County Public Library DVD.
• Available to rent on Amazon Prime & Netflix.

Cleopatra (1963 - Mankiewicz)

• St. Clair County Public Library DVD
• Available to rent Prime Video & Netflix.

Becket (1964 - Glenville)  ​

• St. Clair County Public Library on Hoopla (streaming) and DVD.
• Available to rent on Amazon Prime & Netflix. 

A Man for All Seasons (1966 - Zinnermann)

• St. Clair County Public Library DVD
• Available to rent on Prime Video & Netflix.

The King (2019 - Michod)

• Available to rent on Prime Video & Netflix.

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992 - Scott)

• Available to rent on Prime Video & Netflix.

Merchant of Venice (2004 - Radford)

• Available streaming through SC4 library databases  https://sc4.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/the-merchant-of-venice-2 Log in with your SC4 portal username (up to the @ symbol) and password. 

Seventh Seal (1957 - Bergman)

• Available streaming through SC4 library databases https://stclair.kanopy.com/product/seventh-seal Log in with your SC4 portal username (up to the @ symbol) and password.