Author: bisbeej

8th Grade American
History Video
Permission Form

At the conclusion of four different units that we are studying this year in American History class, we will be watching sections of four separate videos. We send this sheet out to give you an idea of the different topics we are studying in class. In order for your child to view the videos, we need your permission. Please sign the bottom of this sheet to give your child permission to view the videos. If you choose no, an alternative assignment will be given. Please read the following the get an understanding of each video.

“The Crossing”
This video will follow our Revolutionary War Unit. The video portrays the story of the famous crossing of the Continental Army across the Delaware River. The video contains some mild profanity and violence.

“Race to Freedom”
This film portrays a realistic view of what it would have been like to travel on the Underground Railroad. This will follow our unit on slavery and be one of the causes of our next unit, the Civil War.

Childs Name: ______________________________
Parent Signature: ____________________________
_______My child has permission to watch the videos
_______ I request my child not watch the video; I understand an alternative assignment will be given

“Glory”
The movie “Glory” will conclude our Civil War unit. The movie tells the story of the 54th Mass., one of the first African American regiments. The film has been edited for educational use but still contains mild profanity, violence, and racial terms (which we will discuss in class prior to the video.)

“Dances with Wolves”
We will watch this Academy Award winning movie as an introduction to the next 50 years project completed the last two weeks of school. It is a PG-13 movie with mild profanity and some violence. I skip two sections that are more inappropriate.