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Re: Andersonville vs Salisbury/Danville

David,

Here is an article about a study that was conducted at the Washington University in St. Louis:

http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/14516.html

The study results suggest that showing popular history movies in a classrooom setting can be a double-edged sword when it comes to helping students learn and retain factual information in associated textbooks.

The "Historical Inaccuracies in Popular Films" section at the bottom of the article has some interesting examples of how Hollywood takes liberties with facts to tell a more entertaining story.

Alice

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