LOCAL'S EXTRA CREDIT
OPTION I:
Choose a human service issue or target population. Visit two agency websites, one in the USA and one in another country. Write a two to three page report comparing the content and service delivery. .
Give the website addresses.
OPTION II:
Write a report on a book or film related to human services.
1. Describe what you saw/experienced ( for example, on a film report tell the story line, main themes)
2. Explain how the film or book relates to three terms you read in the textbook.
3. Personal reaction (what you liked, disliked, and why).
Film Options. (consult with instructor regarding other film options)
| A Civil Action | Legally Blond |
| A Day Without a Mexican | Like Water for Chocolate |
| Air America | Lovefield |
| American Beauty | Made in Heaven |
| Amistad | Matewan |
| B-Monkey | Maruice |
| The Bank | Mindwalk |
| Bend it like Beckham | Mississippi Burning |
| Benny and Joon | Mississippi Masala |
| Bhaji on the Beach | Molly Maguires |
| Breakfast Club | Monsoon Wedding |
| Born Romantic | My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
| Bowling For Columbine | My Family (Mi Familia) |
| Chocolate | My Left Foot |
| Cider House Rules | Nell |
| Circle of Friends | Nine to Five |
| Clueless | Orlando |
| The Corporation | Outfoxed |
| Cowboys and Indians | The Perez Family |
| Dances With Wolves | Real Women Have Curves |
| Dangerous Beauty | Rabbit-Proof Fence |
| Double Happiness | School Ties |
| El Norte | Schindler's List |
| Erin Brokovitch | Second Hand Lions |
| Enemy of the State | Shortcuts |
| The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill | Sioux City |
| Evelyn (with Pearce Brosnan) | Six Degrees of Separation |
| Eve’s Bayou | Stand and Deliver |
| Fahrenheit 911 | Steal Big, Steal Little |
| Far and Away | The Wedding Banquet |
| A Fare To Remember | Thunderheart |
| Four Feathers | True Believer |
| Fried Green Tomatoes | Veronika and Me |
| Gaslight (Boyer & Bergman) | Pleasantville |
| Giant | Truman Show |
| Girl Interrupted | Wag the Dog |
| Grand Canyon | Walk in the Clouds |
| House of Cards | Whale Rider |
| Haiku Tunnel | What's Eating Gilbert Grape |
| Joy Luck Club | Working Girl |
| Last of Mohicans |
Book Options (consult with instructor regarding other book options)
America: Who Stole the Dream by Donald Bartlett and James
Steele (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel '96)
There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz (NY: Anchor '91)
Creating Sanctuary: Toward an Evolution of Sane Societies by Sandra Bloom (NY:
Routledge '97)
Women and Self Esteem by Linda Sanford & Mary Ellen Donovan (NY: Penguin '85)
Within Our Reach by Lisbeth Schorr with Daniel Schorr (NY: Anchor '88)
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (NY: Scribner '96)
Lost Boys by Gabrino
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankel
Domestic Violence
The Woman Client
Men are From Mars and Women are from Venus
Engendered Lives by Ellyn Kaschak (NY Basic Books '92)