Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: David Copperfield 2: Comedy and Character

9th - 10th
Explore how Dickens's skill in creating memorable secondary characters help make his works not only memorable, but has kept them popular for more than 160 years in this video excerpt from the Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens'...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: David Copperfield 1: Meeting Mr. Murdstone

9th - 10th
Explore how filmmakers bring characters to life in this video from Masterpiece: "David Copperfield." David's first encounter with his cruel stepfather, Mr. Murdstone, shatters his idyllic childhood and begins his journey to adulthood....
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: David Copperfield 3: David and Aunt Betsey

9th - 10th
Analyze the filmmakers' choices when adapting a Dickens novel into a film. In this pivotal scene from the 2000 Masterpiece production of "David Copperfield," David, destitute and desperate, approaches his formidable Aunt Betsey for the...