Options for viewing the required videos Prompt: In this paper, it’s your job to compare the musical –
which is an adaptation of history, not a documentary – with the documentary (you choose one of two; see link above).
How accurate is 1776?
How does it approach historical subject matter differently than the documentary?
What type of analysis and information were the historians featured in the documentary able to provide that the
1776 filmmakers could not?
What events/facts/ideas are commonly
