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Employment Spot

Employment Spot: Hollywood Jobs

For Students 9th - 10th
Who hasn't dreamed of running off to Hollywood and rubbing elbows with the rich and famous? And it isn't only aspiring actors, writers and directors who dream. After all, the stars need someone to cook for them, fix their computers,...
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Hong Kong Education City: English Campus

For Students 9th - 10th
English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...
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Consumer Report: Buy Me That Too: A Kid's Survival Guide to Tv Ads

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This video [14:45] A Kid's Survival Guide to TV Advertising from Consumer Reports Television helps children understand television advertising by showing tricks advertisers use to fool viewers, revealing facts that ads don't provide, and...
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IMDb

Internet Movie Database: Black October (2000) (Tv)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet Movie Database entry for the Canadian documentary film "Black October". Accessible is a movie trailer for the film, a plot summary, and full credits. "Black October" is a film about the 1970 October Crisis.
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Gene Autry Entertainment: Gene Autry: America's Favorite Singing Cowboy

For Students 9th - 10th
Deemed the official website of Gene Autry, this site provides a century of information including movie and TV clips, recordings, radio interviews, a timeline of personal appearances, family information, and the beloved Cowboy Code.
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Smithsonian Institution

Tween Tribune: How Would You React if We Discovered Alien Life?

For Students 9th - 10th
There are many books, movies, and television shows speculating what it would be like if aliens actually came to Earth and humans interacted with them. Let's consider some possible scenarios.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Sports Screeners

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine how physical activity and sports are depicted in movies and on television. Hypothesize how images of physical activity and sports depictions in entertainment can influence young people's attitudes and behaviors.
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The Association of Moving Image Archivists

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of what the Association of Moving Image Archivists is, and what they do. Links to information about scholarships available to students intending to pursue careers in film archives.
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PBS

Ipt: The Haywood Trial: Class Warfare in an Idaho Courtroom

For Students 9th - 10th
A television documentary from Idaho Public Television that recreates the trial of Big Bill Haywood, leader of the Western Federation of Miners, charged with hiring a hit man to kill an Idaho ex-governor. Read about how he was captured,...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Walt Disney

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the biography of entrepreneur Walt Disney including early life, work as an artist, beginning animation, movies and television, theme parks, and fun facts on this site.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why the Shape of Your Screen Matters

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video, Brian Gervase explains how the size a of television screen affects how much of a movie people are able to watch. [3:33] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Writers Guild of America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the Writers Guild of America homepage. It is an organization for writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable and new media industries. In addition to other services, the site provides a mentoring service for its members.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading

For Students K - 1st Standards
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...
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The Walt Disney Family Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a great look at the life and work of American film director Walt Disney. Most of this museum is dedicated to him and includes his biography and audio interviews. However, there are several clips from some of his...
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University of Maryland

Romantic Circles Praxis Series: Immortals, Vampires, Ghosts: Byronic Heroes

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay considers modern-day examples of Byron's heroic ideal found in the popular culture of movies, music, popular novels, and television.
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Ben Turner's Robin Hood Page: Robin Hood Legend

For Students 9th - 10th
Site-creator Ben Turner shares his passion for the Robin Hood Legend, including Robin Hood's biography, Robin Hood's England, and the Merry Men. Perhaps the most entertaining section, Multimedia, contains audio clips and links...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Zoom Playhouse

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This PBS kids site features dozens of short plays that have been performed on the children's television series "Zoom." Includes short scripts for skits which students can perform together, and lists of props to include in the performance.
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A&E Television

History.com: 6 Key Inventions by Thomas Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
Edison's genius was improving on others' technologies and making them more practical for the general public. Thomas Edison applied for his first patent in 1868, when he was just 21 years old. The famous inventor's first brainchild was...
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IMDb

Im Db: Christopher Durang

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by the Internet Movie Database, this website offers the complete "filmography" of Durang, including his acting, writing, and TV guest appearances credits. Each title listed also links to more information about it.
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New York Times

New York Times: Batman's Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Audio slideshow explains differences in Batman characterizations that have evolved over time as the superhero, first created in 1939, moved across media formats from print, to television, to film. An interesting overview of a favorite...
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New York Times

New York Times: Learning Network: 401 Prompts for Argumentative Writing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a list of 401 writing prompts for argumentative writing including topics about social media and cellphones, technology in the schools, gender issues, sports, TV, movies, video games, and much more. W.9-10.10 Write Routinely....
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New York Times

New York Times: Harold Pinter

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The New York Times offers a collection of resources about famous British playwright, Harold Painter, who died in December 2008. Content includes: photos, theater and movie reviews, film, TV and Broadway...
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Kenya

For Students 3rd - 8th
Even if you've never been to Kenya, chances are you know what it looks like. Kenya's savanna is familiar from movies, TV shows, books, and commercials. It's the landscape many people imagine when they think of Africa.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Animation Basics: Homemade Special Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
Animation is used everywhere to communicate big ideas-- in movies, television, and media. Do you ever stop and wonder about the magic of it all? And have you ever wanted to create your own special effects? TED-Ed animators show just how...

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