Some strengths of watching a movie other than what we got from the book were: it gave a better view than a book, books make it hard to visualize it. The video showed more emotion. It gave you more of a feel for the war. In the video you could see what things looked like, such as: the geography of the land, what the soldiers looked like, how they dressed, what a battle field looked like after a battle, and what their artillery looked like.

The weaknesses of watching the video was: it took five days to watch it. It was a reenactment, the movie was not exactly how the battle looked in real life. It was not the same as how it was described in the book. There was too much talking and some people might have lost interest. Another weakness is that it is hard for some people to watch a movie and take notes on it at the same time.

The movie had some history that let you know what was going on, like minor details that the discussion did not have. In the discussion we talked about Heth going to get shoes and

One of the scenes that stood out to me was definitely Picketts charge. The beginning of it was very cool because of all the cannons the south had and they just kept firing over and over. There were so many cannons and it was just astonishing to see so much firepower going off at once. They just kept shooting and shooting. Another part to Picketts charge that I remember was just how the southerners just got mowed down. I loved it when the southerners climbed the fence right in front of the cannon and this one northern guy ran over and pulled the string when those southerners were right in front of the cannon. The other part I liked was when General Chamberlain had to hold “Little Round Top” the whole day. The south just kept coming over and over and the north just kept mowing them down. The bodies just kept pilling up.

meeting up with Bearuford. In the movie they never said anything about Heth going to get shoes in Gettysburg. The movie showed a detailed map to Gettysburg and of the battle site which gave a better mental picture than the drawing in the discussion. In the movie you got to see what it was like at night when they set up camp. You got to see what they had and did not have. It also showed what the generals do at night to prepare for the next day. The movie gave a better

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