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Lesson Objectives: To analyze the effects of the Dust Bowl on tenant farmers by using a visual document. To analyze the film "The Grapes of Wrath" as a "cultural document" of its time. To view film critically by using a film guide to Full Review »
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Students Discuss the contributions of Albert Maysles to documentary filmmaking and learn how to correctly operate video recording and editing equipment to create a short film. Full Review »
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Students examine the music used in films today. They define three ways in which the music is used to create meanings in films. They also examine how the images create meaning for the film. Full Review »
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Students examine how various painting styles anticipated the new artistic medium of film in 1895. They identify what makes film unique as a medium, view a Powerpoint presentation, and construct an animation toy or flip book. Full Review »
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Students use computer to type a response to what they learned during their documentary film project. They share with the class what they did for their project and ask for questions. Full Review »
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Students are given a film vocabulary terms packet and a variety of graphic organizers. They view excerpts of films that illustrate the vocabulary terms and record their observations on the graphic organizers. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the routine of film studies class. They view a short film from Jiri Trnka called "The Hand" and write out a response. They also complete a film survey to identify and discuss their film viewing habits. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use films to identify the characteristics of a good parent. In groups, they research the different types of parenting methods used during colonial times, the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement. As a class, they develop their own definition of a good parent and compare and contrast their own parents with those seen in the films. They are encouraged to examine the characteristics shown in the film to become more responsible parents. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students begin the lesson by reading a book on film study. After watching the movie "Citizen Kane", they work together to identify the issues concerning the United States before World War II. As a class, they discuss how the ideas and views of the directors make their way into a film. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine films from the Harlem Renaissance period. Using the films, they analyze them from the perspective of a white dominated film industry. They discuss the influence of the Harlem Renaissance on other film portraits of African-Americans. Full Review »