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YOU CAN BE A WOMAN MOVIE MAKER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and participate in activities to find out more information about women movie-makers.The use of reading a script and making storyboards are just a couple of examples.
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Making a Movie Script Based on a Short Story

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students read William Melvin Kelly's, Brother Carlyle and write a short movie script based on the story. They either write the opening scene or a scene that could appear after the original story is over.
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Describing Vocabulary for Cinema, Movies, and Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students name their favorite actors and actresses, and then use adjectives to describe them. They go through a list of actors and actresses and discuss the adjectives they used to decribe them. As an extension, they can write about a film.
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Creating A Movie

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create and share movies using multimedia tools and the Windows Movie Maker software in this middle-level technology lesson. The lesson suggests the use of an Interactive Whiteboard, laptops, and digital cameras to create the...
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Movie Project: "Living History...Saul, The King of Israel"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a movie about King Saul. They are evenly split into "production groups" composed of 5-6 students.
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Reading the Movies: Another Approach To Teaching Critical Thinking Skills And Writing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the elements of film to analyze character, action, and the themes in the movie, "Quiz Show." The lesson encourages students to make personal connections and real life applications as they view the movie, critically.
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How much is a movie worth?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars discover how much a movie is worth. They use decimals and percentages greater than 100 to complete this activity.
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A Movie in Your Mind: Persuasive Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 9th
Students listen to a broadcast of War of the Worlds and illustrate what they hear. For this persuasive text lesson students prepare for making a movie poster intended to persuade a director to make a film based on a short story.
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Hoot, the Movie And Classroom Activities Too

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students complete various activities for the book and movie "Hoot." They read and analyze the novel, observe wildlife in their neighborhood, and compare/contrast Henry David Thoreau with a main character in the book.
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American Culture and the Movie

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the effects of radio and motion pictures on the American culture. They analyze the development of moving pictures. Students construct a movie poster that promotes cultural homogenization and consumption. They discuss...
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: Movies: How do they work, how does the science world use them?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore how movies are made and what equipment is involved in making a movie.  In this movie lesson students view video on film making and brainstorm ways to make a film.
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Movies Are Us

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students watch a movie, and answer teacher created questions in order to explore the brain.
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Top Ten Movies in Montreal!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the newspaper to create a list of movies they want to see with their friends. Using the internet, they identify the top and bottom movie in Montreal and five French words that are knew to them. They complete a chart based...
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Made for the Movies

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a movie flyer to advertise the novel that the class has just finished reading in small groups. They search the Internet, format their flyer, select a slogan for their film, write a brief plot summary, without giving away...
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Movie Heroes and the Heroic Journey

For Teachers 11th - 12th
An exciting twist on the study of the classical hero and the heroic quest! Using film to explore modern-day tales of heroes, the resource contains complete, ready-to-use lesson plans for as many as twelve days of instruction. Throughout...
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Reviews Revealed

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the benefits or drawbacks in consulting movie reviews. They analyze movie reviews from The New York Times and create a list of features in effective movie reviews. They write their own movie reviews based on this list.
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Is All Cinema Verité?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the relationship between movies and culture, looking at movies as both a part of and a reflection of popular culture. They research the specific historical and cultural realities present during the run of a particular...
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The Reel World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the ways in which the New York Times column 'Taking the Kids' analyzes whether or not current movies are appropriate for different ages of Students. They explore past articles from the column and create movie posters.
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Hollywood's Top Ten

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students gather data on top 10 highest grossing movies, and make a bar graph and a pictogram.
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Write Your Own Screen Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students critique the transition of "Holes" from a novel to screenplay and consider how the details in a book are brought to life in a movie. They then choose a scene in a book and transform it into an original script after brainstorming...
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Is the Brady Bunch Biased

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine gender bias on television and in the movies. In this social science lesson, students watch various shows and when an instance of stereotypical behavior, or gender bias situation occurs, students think about the problem....
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Animated Project for Curriculum Areas

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners use an animation program plan and create a short animation movie showing what they have learned in math or any other curriculum area.
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Elements of Art iMovie

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars are introduced to how to use the iMovie software. Individually, they write down their personal beliefs and feelings to use in their movie. To end the lesson, they use the elements of design to develop and create their...
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imovie-ski trip

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a movie using pictures taken from a class ski trip. In this iMovie-ski trip lesson the students determine which pictures they would like to represent their trip. Students then begin to construct their movie by using their...

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