🎬 New #HollywoodOrHistory podcast! Dr. Thomas Malewitz discusses teaching with comic book films, while Dr. Sarah Beach explores AI, ethics, media literacy & innovation through Avengers: Age of Ultron. 🦸‍♂️🤖 Watch: youtu.be/yyqk3HNgsEY #SocialStudies #AI #Education

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📽️ My cousin Justin helped spark my love of history at Fort Frederica and supported every Hollywood or History? project. He passed away last week at 53. Tell people thank you while you can—their impact matters more than they know. ❤️ #HistoryEducation #Gratitude

characters): 🎬 Hollywood or History? Tip of the Week! In Glasgow, I visited a monument to William Wallace of Braveheart fame. While the film is historically inaccurate, that's what makes it a great teaching tool! Use monuments, plaques & memorials as sources for critical analysis.

Exciting News! 🎙️ Episode 12 of Hollywood or History? is LIVE! I’m joined by Drs. Elfer, Monreal, Tirado & Ferreras-Stone to explore teaching Latinx history through Vivo (2021). 🎶🇨🇺 🎬 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlcG... #HollywoodOrHistory #Vivo #LatinxHistory

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🎬✨ Hollywood or History? Suggestion of the Week ✨🎬 New article out in The History Teacher! 📖 I explore using The Great Gatsby (novel + films) to teach the American Dream, class, & nostalgia through inquiry-based learning. 🔗 www.thehistoryteacher.org #HistoryEd #TeachingWithFilm

Excited for a big June for #HollywoodOrHistory! 🎬 Two new podcast episodes discussing film-based teaching strategies for history & social sciences. Also excited to announce my new article in The History Teacher on using The Great Gatsby to teach contemporary societal issues!

🎬📚 Hollywood or History? Suggestion of the Week Featured article: “Till: using human rights education to examine citizenship and civil rights” by Sean Corrigan. A great resource for teaching civil rights, anti-Black racism, and history through film. 🔗 www.emerald.com/ssrp/article...

Till: using human rights education to examine citizenship and civil rights

Purpose. This practitioner article uses human rights education (HRE) to frame issues of social justice, particularly anti-Black racism, depicted in the film Till. Teachers cognizant of the need to add...

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🎬📚 Hollywood or History? This week’s featured article from the 2024 SSRP special issue explores how films in Indian social studies classrooms can foster awareness, critical thinking, discussion, and action. A great resource for educators! www.emerald.com/ssrp/article...

Films as emergent educational resources in Indian upper primary social studies classrooms: a multimodal inquiry

Purpose. This study explores the relevance of film texts in Indian social studies classrooms for students at the upper primary level. It examines how different types of visual texts can facilitate awa...

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🎬📚 Hollywood or History? This week’s feature: “The power(s) of Bridge of Spies to learn about the Cold War” Using film + primary sources (like Powers’ prison letters) to help students unpack Cold War complexity—and connect it to today’s world. 🔗 www.emerald.com/ssrp/article...

The power(s) of Bridge of Spies to learn about the Cold War

Purpose. In this article, we use the film Bridge of Spies – which depicts the case of U-2 spy pilot Francis Gary Powers – and relevant primary sources, particularly Powers' letters from prison, to pro...

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🎬📚 Hollywood or History? – Suggestion of the Week This week: “Civic education and the pedagogy of sports films” (McClure, Halvorsen & Thomas). Explores how films like 42 & Battle of the Sexes can teach patriotism, justice, equity & liberty in social studies. 🔗 www.emerald.com/ssrp/article...

Civic education and the pedagogy of sports films

Purpose. This study explores the value of sports films for engaging youth in issues related to patriotism, justice, equity and liberty. The authors analyze how two sports films, 42 and Battle of the S...

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🎬 Hollywood or History? Had a great time at the MI Council for the Social Studies Conference! Inspiring keynotes, awesome sessions, and proud to see my students engaged. My Podcasting 101 session was a hit—reach out for slides! #SocialStudies #EdTech #C3Framework

🎬 Hollywood or History? Had a great time at the MI Council for the Social Studies Conference! Inspiring keynotes, awesome sessions, and proud to see my students engaged. My Podcasting 101 session was a hit—reach out for slides! #SocialStudies #EdTech #C3Framework

🎬 Hollywood or History? – Suggestion of the Week 🎙️ Presenting at MCSS Friday, 2–3 PM (Tower A)! Podcasting 101: Creating C3-Aligned SS Podcasts (K–16) Focus: film analysis, teacher podcasting, & student creation (C3 D3 & D4). Want slides? Message me! 🎧📚

🎬📚 Hollywood or History? – Suggestion of the Week This week: “Learning about geographic mobility with film” by Joshua L. Kenna & Dennis M. Stevenson. Explore how film can teach geography, mobility, and power. 🔗 www.emerald.com/ssrp/article... Great resource for teachers!

Learning about geographic mobility with film

Purpose. Geography is an exciting discipline involving the interrogation of place, space, and mobility. Film is too powerful and assessable tool that engages audiences. Therefore, this article builds ...

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🎬 Final reminder! Proposals for the Hollywood or History? volume are due April 1, 2026. Seeking educators & scholars using documentaries for inquiry-based U.S. history teaching. Learn more or email: dr.scottroberts@gmail.com Podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=puIP... Please share! 📚

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🎬📚 Hollywood or History? Suggestion of the Week. This week’s feature: “Part of whose world? The Little Mermaid…” by Batt & Joseph Explores race, representation, and backlash in fantasy media—and how to bring these discussions into social studies classrooms. 🔗 www.emerald.com/ssrp/article...

The deadline for proposals for our upcoming volume Hollywood or History?: An Inquiry-Based Strategy for Using Documentaries to Teach U.S. History (Beginnings–Reconstruction) has been extended to April 1, 2026. Interested? Email: dr.scottroberts@gmail.com

🎬📚 Hollywood or History? Tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. (EST), Dr. Starlynn Nance and I are leading a @NCSSNetwork webinar on The C3 Framework and Film and how movies can spark powerful inquiry in social studies classrooms. Join us! 🍿✨ 🔗 www.socialstudies.org/node/29038

NCSS Book Spotlight: Bringing Hollywood to the Social Studies Classroom as a Catalyst for Teaching Inquiry

This is a member-exclusive webinar. If you are not yet a member of NCSS, check out more information here!Editors Starlynn Nancy and Scott Roberts lead an exploration and discussion on their recently p...

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🎬📚 Hollywood or History? – Suggestion of the Week Honored to have guest edited a Social Studies Research & Practice issue on film in social studies. This week: “The Unity Productions Foundation Film and the C3 Framework.” A great resource for teachers! 🔗 www.emerald.com/ssrp/article...

The unity productions foundation film and the C3 framework

Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to engage readers with Unity Productions Foundation (UPF) films, which provide a powerful, inspirational digital tool for teachers. The organization's mission is ...

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🎬 Hollywood or History? Proposals for Hollywood or History?: An Inquiry-Based Strategy for Using Documentaries to Teach U.S. History (Beginnings–Reconstruction) are due Feb. 28, 2026! Questions? 📩 dr.scottroberts@gmail.com | rober4s@cmich.edu #SocialStudies #HistoryEducation #EdChat

🎬 Hollywood or History? podcast returns this summer with 2 new episodes! Featuring the newest volumes edited by Tim Monreal & Jesús A. Tirado and Adam P. Zoller & Thomas E. Malwitz. Episodes drop in May! 📘🎙️ 👉 www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/book-series/...

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Using the Hollywood or History? strategy, each lesson plan offers teachers an inquiry-based approach which allows students to analyze motion pictures, television shows, documentaries, and cartoons usi...

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🎬📚 Hollywood or History? Suggestion of the Week Excited to co-lead an @NCSSNetwork webinar with Dr. Starlynn Nance on The C3 Framework and Film—using Hollywood as a catalyst for inquiry in social studies. 🗓 Feb 26, 2026 | ⏰ 7pm EST 🔗 www.socialstudies.org/node/29038

NCSS Book Spotlight: Bringing Hollywood to the Social Studies Classroom as a Catalyst for Teaching Inquiry

This is a member-exclusive webinar. If you are not yet a member of NCSS, check out more information here!Editors Starlynn Nancy and Scott Roberts lead an exploration and discussion on their recently p...

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🎬📚 We’re excited to announce a Call for Proposals! Hollywood or History? turns its lens to documentaries in U.S. History classrooms (Beginnings–Reconstruction). We’re seeking practitioner-focused lesson ideas for elementary & secondary classrooms using the H or H strategy. DM me for more info!

🎬📚 Hollywood or History? Suggestion of the Week In 2024, I guest edited a special issue of Social Studies Research & Practice. This week’s highlight: 🎥 “Reel Critical: Using Film to Teach Indigenous Studies in the Elementary Classroom” by Kate Van Haren & Abigail Stevens

Reel critical: using film to teach Indigenous studies in the elementary classroom

Purpose. Film has long been an instructional tool in social studies education; however, most research and methods for using film to teach social studies are situated at the secondary level. As such, t...

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🎬📚 Happy 2026 from the Hollywood or History? Podcast! 📊 2026 “UnWrapped”: ▶️ YouTube: 1,225 viewers | 44 subs 🎧 Podcast: 562 downloads in 22 countries 🌍 🎯 2026 Goals: • New podcast episodes by summer • New education podcasts • PD nationwide Thanks for listening—like, subscribe & share! 🎉

Volume 12 of Hollywood or History? is out just in time for the holidays! This inquiry-based book offers classroom-ready lessons—many featuring the Marvel & DC universes—to engage K–12 students while building critical thinking & civic skills. 👉 Available: bookstore.emerald.com/an-inquiry-b...

An Inquiry Based Approach for Using Comic Based Stories to Teach Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

An Inquiry Based Approach for Using Comic Based Stories to Teach Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, illustrates the belief that film can serve as a powerful tool in the social studies classroom and, where appropriately utilized, foster critical thinking and civic mindedness.

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Had a great time reconnecting with colleagues at CUFA & NCSS! Loved presenting with Nancy Sardone & Kate Van Haren about our book The C3 Framework and Film. 🎬📚 Check it out—great holiday gift for any social studies teacher! ncss.users.membersuite.com/shop/store/b...

Excited to share that I’ll be presenting at the NCSS Conference on Fri, Dec 5 (9–9:55am, Room 204)! We’ll be discussing my new book The C3 Framework and Film with chapter authors Kate Van Haren and Dr. Nancy Sardone. Book signing to follow—hope to see you there! 📚🎬

Happy (American) Thanksgiving! Since the H or H series hasn’t tackled Thanksgiving or Plymouth Colony yet, here’s a non-film social studies recommendation: Beyond Pilgrim Hats and Turkey Hands by Christie & Montgomery. A great read on using holidays to teach citizenship, not crafts.

Hollywood or History? Suggestion of the Week: If you’re looking to bring film into your social studies classroom—and want a great holiday read—check out Teaching History with Film by Marcus, Metzger, Paxton & Stoddard. A seminal work and major influence on the Hollywood or History? series.