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Extra Credit: Film Review Discussion on Battle of Marathon.
In this extra credit discussion you will review the 22 minute You Tube video on The Battle of Marathon.
Instructions:
In this graded discussion you will review the You Tube video on Decisive Battles-Episode 4-Marathon, 490 B.C. The video is about 22 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiOwZ6XWyDQ (Links to an external site.)
Once you have watched the video, answer the following questions for five extra credit points:
- What is the main argument, purpose, or point of the film?
- What sources are used? (This may include artifacts, documents, diaries, photographs, or testimony of
experts.) - What did you learn from viewing the film?
- What did you like about the film?
- What did you not like about the film?
- Should the film be viewed in future History 1 classes?
Names mentioned in film: King Darius of Persia, Athenian general Miltiades, Persian General Datis, Athenian messenger Pheidippides.