Teaching Difficult History through Film explores the potential of film to engage young people in controversial or contested histories and how they are represented
Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on
Hetherington's light and undogmatic style encourages class discussion and independent thought rather than the memorization of “book” answers
and he shows how familiar moral ideas such as fairness and responsibility can be understood through their role in this process of mutual justification and criticism
Publication Date: 01 Dec 1988
The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune Marilyn Seow Teaching Difficult History through FilmThis substantially updated edition tells the story of Chuck Feeney, the secretive billionaire turned philanthropist, who is determined to give away his fortune before he dies. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to a blue collar Irish American family during the Depression, Feeney made a fortune as founder of Duty Free Shoppers, the worlds largest duty free retail chain. By 1988, he was hailed by Forbes Magazine as the twenty fourth richest American alive.