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Cold War Era Film Censorship: High Noon- a Slice of Americana Or Communist Lesson Plan

Cold War Era Film Censorship: High Noon- a Slice of Americana Or Communist Lesson Plan

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Cold War Era Film Censorship: High Noon- a Slice of Americana Or Communist

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Young scholars study of the effects of the Cold War on the home front. They analyze the film High Noon according to an abbreviated version of the standards that films were judged by in the early 1950s and determine whether or not High Noon is "fit" to be released to the American public.

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9th - 12th

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Social Studies & History

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