The Exodus story (Specifically Chapters 1-14) is among the most influential writings in all of history. This story of God’s divine intervention leading to the freedom of an oppressed people has...

The Exodus story (Specifically Chapters 1-14) is among the most influential writings in all of history. This story of God’s divine intervention leading to the freedom of an oppressed people has inspired the telling and retelling of this story in a variety of media. The question that we will focus on with this project is, “who told it best?”

For this mini-project, students will be


required to view a movie version of the freeing of the Israelites, and critique the film for accuracy to the Exodus story. In class, we viewed

The Bible


Series

version of this account. Students

may not

use this as their example. Some suggestions to use for this project are:

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  The Ten Commandments
  
  (1956)
  

  
  


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  The Prince of Egypt
  
  (1998)
  

  
  


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  Exodus: Gods and Kings
  
  (2014)
  

  
  


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  (There are many other options, but these are some choices. Please see me for approval if you would like to choose another option.)