ACTION+Drama

﻿**__Action Drama__** 

Carrying over from the '70s and early '80s, action dramas continued to do well. The country was still recovering from the Vietnam War, so military dramas began gaining popularity after //Apocalypse Now// did so well in the late '70s. Films such as //Platoon//, //Top Gun//, and //A Few Good Men// made their mark showcasing different parts of the military on the front lines and domestically. //Platoon// has become one of the highest grossing films of all time.

Action drama television shows continued to focus on the military in the early-mid '80s. //The A-Team// centered around a group of Vietnam vets falsely accused of committing a crime. As the decade progressed into the early '90s, these military shows began to fade out, making way for more law and criminal based shows such as //Law & Order// and //NYPD Blue.//

These movie would lend themselves well to cross curricular studies in English and History. Since many of these are based on the Vietnam War, students could read newspaper and magazine articles comparing them with how the war was represented in the films. Students could also investigate the propaganda that was centered around the war. Using clips from //Braveheart//, //Platoon// or //Born on the Fourth of July//, //Glory//, and reading //All Quiet on the Western Front//, students could closely examine four different wars by discussing the underlying themes of each film or literature representation.
 * Teachable Moments**

//The A- Team (’83-’87)// //Law & Order (’90-’10)// //NYPD Blue ('93-'05)//
 * TV:**

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 * Movies:**

//The Illiad// by Homer //All Quiet on the Western Front// by Erich Maria Remarque //The Hunger Games Trilogy// by Suzanne Collins //Beowulf//
 * Literature To Tie In:**

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