I hear its become common for History teachers to show fictionalized movies as part of their lessons. For for example the movie Flyboys (2006) to teach about WW1. We watched films too but only once a year and as a treat or reward, and the films were at least more realistic. The last week before summer vacation we watched Das Boot. Edit: Watching a film at school was a treat because most of us late 1980's kids did not have access to a VCR or cable TV. Only the rich kids had those giant sattelite dishs.

I hear its become common for History teachers to show fictionalized movies as part of their lessons. For for example the movie Flyboys (2006) to teach about WW1. We watched films too but only once a year and as a treat or reward, and the films were at least more realistic. The last week before summer vacation we watched Das Boot.