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Top 10 U.S. History Movies & Historical Day Trips ← Back to All Pages

Mr. Braislin

Top 10 Movies About American History

Mr. Bs Top Ten American History Movies

Get parental permission before seeing the following movies!

10. Saving Private Ryan - WWII

9.  John Adams- The topic is obvious.

8. The Patriot- The Revolutionary War

7. JFK-  The topic is obvious.

6. Glory- Civil War

5. Apollo 13- Space Race

4. Mississippi Burning- Civil Rights Movement

3. Jeremiah Johnson- Westward Expansion

2. Platoon- Vietnam War

1. Last of the Mohicans- French Indian War 

Earn extra credit by visiting and bringing something meaningful back from a historical sites!  Here are a few ideas. They are daytrips from Amenia!

1. Handcock Shaker Village http://hancockshakervillage.org/content.php?section_id=14&page_id=48

2. Fort William Henry http://www.fwhmuseum.com/

3. FDR Presidential Library and Museum

4. Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum http://www.intrepidEmuseum.org/

5. New York State Museum at Albany http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/ 

6. Fort Ticonderoga http://www.fortticonderoga.org/

7. Ellis Island http://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm