This volume advocates for including feature films in secondary history classrooms through examining the ways in which filmscan promote students' historical understanding while also addressing the potential drawbacks to using film.In part one the essays explore three frameworks for the analysis of film by secondary students. Part two fills a void in thescholarship, reporting on four recent studies that explore how the use of film may encourage the development of students' historicalunderstanding. Finally, part three describes the results from two secondary teachers incorporating film into their historyclassrooms.