Making Politics Palatable: Using Television Drama in High School Civics and Government Classes

References

• Alkana , Linda . 2003 . “The Absent President: Mr. Smith, The Candidate, and Bulworth ” . In Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency in Film and History , Edited by: Rollins , Peter C. and O’Connor , John E. 193 – 205 . Lexington, KY : University of Kentucky Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ayers , William . 1994 . “A Teacher Ain't Nothin’ but A Hero: Teachers and Teaching in Film ” . In Images of Schoolteachers in Twentieth-century America , Edited by: Joseph , Peter C. and Burnaford , Gail E. 147 – 56 . New York : St. Martin's Press .
   Google Scholar
• Beavers , Staci L. 2002 . “The West Wing as a Pedagogical Tool . PS: Political Science and Politics , 35 ( 2 ) : 213 – 16 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fallace , Tomas . 2008 . “Did the Social Studies Really Replace History in American Secondary Schools?” . Teachers College Record , 110 ( 10 ) : 2245 – 70 .
   Google Scholar
• Forrest , Andrew L. and Weseley , Allyson J. 2007 . “To Vote or Not to Vote? An Exploration of the Factors Contributing to the Political Efficacy and Intent to Vote of High School Students . Journal of Social Studies Research , 31 ( 1 ) : 3 – 11 .
   Google Scholar
• Gaudelli , William . 2009 . “Interpreting Democratic Iimages: Secondary Students’ Reading of Visual Texts . Teacher Education Quarterly , 36 ( 1 ) : 111 – 30 .
   Google Scholar
• Gianos , Phillip L. 1998 . Politics and Politicians in American Film. , Westport, CT : Praeger .
   Google Scholar
• Giglio , Ernest . 2000 . Here's Looking at You: Hollywood, Film, and Politics , New York : Peter Lang .
   Google Scholar
• Gladstone-Sovell , Tracey . 2006 . Prime Time Presidents: Images of Politics on The West Wing and Commander in Chief . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA
   Google Scholar
• Graber , Doris A. 2009 . “Looking at the United States through Distorted Lenses: Entertainment Television versus Public Diplomacy Themes . American Behavioral Scientist , 52 ( 5 ) : 735 – 54 .
   Google Scholar
• Hayton , Heather R. 2003 . “The King's Two Bodies: Identity and Office in Sorkin's West Wing ” . In The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama , Edited by: Rollins , Peter C. and O’Connor , John E. 63 – 79 . Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Hess , Diana E. 2004 . “Controversies about Controversial Issues in Democratic Education . PS: Political Science and Politics , 37 ( 2 ) : 257 – 61 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• ——— . 2005 . “How Do Teachers’ Political Views Influence Teaching about Controversial Issues?” . Social Education , 69 ( 1 ) : 47 – 8 .
   Google Scholar
• ——— . 2009 . Controversy in the Classroom: The Democratic Power of Discussion , New York : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Hess , Diana E. and McAvoy , Punia . 2009 . “To Disclose or Not to Disclose: A Controversial Choice for Teachers ” . In Controversy in the Classroom: The Democratic Power of Discussion , 97 – 110 . New York : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Hibbing , John R. and Theiss-Morse , Elizabeth . 2002 . Stealth Democracy: Americans’ Beliefs about How Government Should Work , Cambridge, , UK : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Holbert , R. Lance , Owen , Pillion , David , A. Tschida , Greg , G. Armfield , Kelly , Kinder , Kristin , Cherry and Amy , R. Daulton . 2003 . “The West Wing as Endorsement of the U.S. Presidency: Expanding the Bounds of Priming in Political Communication . Journal of Communication , 53 ( 3 ) : 427 – 43 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jackson , David J. 2002 . Entertainment and Politics: The Influence of Pop Culture on Young Adult Political Socialization , New York : Peter Lang .
   Google Scholar
• Jones , Robert and Dionisopoulos , George N. 2004 . “Scripting a Tragedy: The ‘Isaac and Ishmael’ Episode of The West Wing As Parable . Popular Communication , 2 ( 1 ) : 21 – 40 .
   Google Scholar
• Journell , Wayne. 2009 . “Using YouTube to Teach Presidential Election Propaganda: Twelve Representative Videos . Social Education , 73 ( 7 ) : 325 – 29 . 362–63
   Google Scholar
• Journell , Wayne. 2011a . “Staying Civil . Educational Leadership , 68 ( 6 ) http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar11/vol68/num06/Staying-Civil.aspx
   Google Scholar
• Journell , Wayne. 2011b . “The Disclosure Dilemma in Action: A Qualitative Look at the Effect of Teacher Disclosure on Classroom Instruction . Journal of Social Studies Research , 35 ( 2 ) : 217–44
   Google Scholar
• Journell , Wayne. 2011c . “Teaching Politics in Secondary Education: Analyzing Instructional Methods from the 2008 Presidential Election . The Social Studies , 102 ( 6 ) : 231–41
   Google Scholar
• Kelly , Thomas E. 1986 . “Discussing Controversial Issues: Four Perspectives on the Teacher's Role . Theory and Research in Social Education , 14 ( 2 ) : 113 – 38 .
   Google Scholar
• Kuzma , Lynn M. and Haney , Patrick J. 2001 . “And … Action! Using Film to Learn about Foreign Policy . International Studies Perspectives , 2 ( 1 ) : 33 – 50 .
   Google Scholar
• Leet , Don and Houser , Scott . 2003 . “Economics Goes to Hollywood: Using Classic Films and Documentaries to Create an Undergraduate Economics Course . Journal of Economic Education , 34 ( 4 ) : 326 – 32 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levine , Myron A. 2003 . “The West Wing (NBC) and the West Wing (DC): Myth and Reality in Television's Portrayal of the White House ” . In The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama , Edited by: Rollins , Peter C. and O’Connor , John E. 42 – 62 . Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Lindley , Dan . 2001 . “What I Learned Since I Stopped Worrying and Studied the Movie: A Teaching Guide to Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove . PS: Political Science and Politics , 34 ( 3 ) : 663 – 67 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marcus , Alan S. 2005 . “‘It Is As It Was’: Feature Film in the History Classroom . The Social Studies , 96 ( 2 ) : 61 – 7 .
   Google Scholar
• ——— . 2007 . Celluloid Blackboard: Teaching History with Film , Charlotte, NC : Information Age .
   Google Scholar
• Marcus , Alan S. and Stoddard , Jeremy D. 2007 . “Tinseltown as Teacher: Hollywood Film in the High School Classroom . The History Teacher , 40 ( 3 ) : 304 – 22 .
   Google Scholar
• Marcus , Alan S. , Metzger , Scott A. , Paxton , Richard J. and Stoddard , Jeremy D. 2010 . Teaching History with Film: Strategies for Secondary Social Studies , New York : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Marcus , Alan S. and Levine , Thomas H. 2007 . “Exploring the Past with Feature Film ” . In Celluloid Blackboard: Teaching History withFfilm , Edited by: Marcus , Alan S. 1 – 13 . Charlotte, NC : Information Age .
   Google Scholar
• Mathews , Sarah A. 2009 . “Disrupting ‘The Amazing Race’: Education, Exploration, and Exploitation . Theory and Research in Social Education , 37 ( 2 ) : 247 – 72 .
   Google Scholar
• Metzger , Scott A. 2007 . “Evaluating the Educational Potential of Hollywood History Movies ” . In Celluloid Blackboard: TeachingHistory with Film , Edited by: Marcus , Alan S. 63 – 95 . Charlotte, NC : Information Age .
   Google Scholar
• ——— . 2010 . “Maximizing the Educational Power of History Movies in the Classroom . The Social Studies , 101 ( 3 ) : 127 – 36 .
   Google Scholar
• Metzger , Scott A. and Suh , Yonghee . 2008 . “Significant or Safe? Two Cases of Instructional Uses of History Feature Films . Theory and Research in Social Education , 36 ( 1 ) : 88 – 109 .
   Google Scholar
• Miller-Lane , Jonathan , Denton , Elissa and May , Andrew . 2006 . “Social Studies Teachers’ Views on Committed Impartiality and Discussion . Social Studies Research and Practice , 1 ( 1 ) : 30 – 44 .
   Google Scholar
• Neustadt , Richard E. 1990 . Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan , New York : Free Press .
   Google Scholar
• Niemi , Richard G. and Smith , Julia . 2001 . “Enrollments in High School Government Classes: Are We Short-changing both Citizenship and Political Science Training?” . PS: Political Science and Politics , 34 ( 2 ) : 281 – 87 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O’Connor , John E. 1988 . “History in Images, Images in History: Reflections on the Importance of Film and Television Study for an Understanding of the Past . American Historical Review , 93 ( 5 ) : 1200 – 09 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O’Connor , John E. and Rollins , Peter C. 2003 . “ Introduction ” . In Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency in Film and History , Edited by: Rollins , Peter C. and O’Connor , John E. 1 – 16 . Lexington, KY : University of Kentucky Press .
   Google Scholar
• Parry-Giles , Trevor and Parry-Giles , Shawn J. 2002 . “The West Wing's Prime-time Presidentiality: Mimesis and Catharsis in a Postmodern Romance . Quarterly Journal of Speech , 88 ( 2 ) : 209 – 27 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• ——— . 2006 . The Prime-time Presidency: The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism , Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press .
   Google Scholar
• Podhoretz , Jon . 2003 . “The Liberal Imagination ” . In The West Wing: The AmericanPpresidency as Television Drama , Edited by: Rollins , Peter C. and O’Connor , John E. 222 – 31 . Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Pompper , Donnalon . 2003 . “The West Wing: White House Narratives that Journalism Cannot Tell ” . In The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Srama , Edited by: Rollins , Peter C. and O’Connor , John E. 17 – 31 . Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Quiring , Loren P. 2003 . “A Man of his Word: Aaron Sorkin's American Presidents ” . In Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency in Film and History , Edited by: Rollins , Peter C. and O’Connor , John E. 234 – 47 . Lexington, KY : University of Kentucky Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ranney , Austin . 1983 . Channels of Power: The Impact of Television on American Politics , New York : Basic Books .
   Google Scholar
• Reiser , Robert A. 2001 . “A History of Instructional Design and Technology. Part 1: A History of Instructional Media . Educational Technology Research and Development , 49 ( 1 ) : 53 – 64 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rollins , Peter C. and O’Connor , John E. 2003a . Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency in Film and History , Lexington, KY : University of Kentucky Press .
   Google Scholar
• ——— . 2003b . The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama , Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Rorrer , Audrey S. and Furr , Susan . 2009 . “Using Film as a Multicultural Awareness Tool in Teacher Education . Multicultural Perspectives , 11 ( 3 ) : 162 – 68 .
   Google Scholar
• Rosenstone , Robert A. 1995 . Visions of the Past: The Challenge of Film to our Idea of History , Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Russell , William B. 2008 . Civil War Films for Teachers and Historians , Lanham, MD : University Press of America .
   Google Scholar
• Seixas , Peter . 1994 . “Confronting the Moral Frames of Popular Film: Young People Respond to Historical Revisionism . American Journal of Education , 102 ( 3 ) : 261 – 85 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Serey , Timothy T. 1992 . “Carpe Diem: Lessons about Life and Management from Dead Poets Society . Journal of Management Education , 16 ( 3 ) : 374 – 81 .
   Google Scholar
• Skewes , Elizabeth A. 2009 . “Presidential Candidates and the Press on The West Wing and in the Real World . Quarterly Review of Film and Video , 26 ( 2 ) : 131 – 42 .
   Google Scholar
• Stoddard , Jeremy D. 2007 . “Attempting to Understand the Lives of Others: Film as a Tool for Developing Historical Empathy ” . In Celluloid Blackboard: Teaching History with Film , Edited by: Marcus , Alan S. 187 – 214 . Charlotte, NC : Information Age .
   Google Scholar
• Stoddard , Jeremy D. 2009 . “The Ideological Implications of Using ‘Educational’ Film to Teach Controversial Events . Curriculum Inquiry , 39 ( 3 ) : 407 – 33 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stoddard , Jeremy D. and Marcus , Alan S. 2006 . “The Burden of Historical Representation: Race, Freedom, and Educational Hollywood Film . Film and History , 36 ( 1 ) : 26 – 35 .
   Google Scholar
• Stoddard , Jeremy D. and Marcus , Alan S. 2010 . “More than Showing what Happened: Exploring the Potential of Teaching History with Film . High School Journal , 93 ( 2 ) : 83 – 90 .
   Google Scholar
• Sunderland , Sheri , Rothermel , Jonathan C. and Lusk , Adam . 2009 . “Making Movies Active: Lessons from Simulations . PS: Political Science and Politics , 42 ( 3 ) : 543 – 7 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Toplin , Robert B. 2002 . Reel History: In Defense of Hollywood , Lawrenceville, KS : University of Kansas Press .
   Google Scholar
• Trier , James . 2003 . “Inquiring into ‘Techniques of Power’ with Preservice Teachers though the School Film: The Paper Chase . Teaching and Teacher Education , 19 ( 5 ) : 543 – 57 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Trier , James . 2005 . “Sordid Fantasies: Reading Popular ‘Inner-City’ School Films as Racialized Texts with Preservice Teachers . Race, Ethnicity, and Education , 8 ( 2 ) : 171 – 89 .
   Google Scholar
• Vest , Jason P. 2003 . “From The American President to The West Wing: A Scriptwriter's Perspective ” . In The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama , Edited by: Rollins , Peter C. and O’Connor , John E. 136 – 56 . Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Weinstein , Paul B. 2001 . “Movies as the Gateway to History: The History and Film Project . The History Teacher , 35 ( 1 ) : 27 – 48 .
   Google Scholar
• Wineburg , Sam , Mosborg , Susan , Porat , Dan and Duncan , Anil . 2007 . “Common Belief and the Cultural Curriculum: An Intergenerational Study of Historical Consciousness . American Educational Research Journal , 44 ( 1 ) : 40 – 76 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar