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For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, through musical improvisation and utilizing a video, demonstrate how music is used to advance a storyline. They are introduced to program music and as they enter the room they will see the opening scene from Jaws playing on the...
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The Influence of Advertising

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze advertisements and develop guidelines for viewing advertising. In this advertising lesson, students discuss print ads, TV commercials, and other examples of ads. Students survey their friends or relatives about their...
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The War of the Worlds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discover the concept of media based on literature. In this War of the Worlds lesson, students read the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells and listen to the 1938 radio broadcast adaptation by Orson Welles. Young...
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Social Life in the 1950's and Domestic Politics and Policy

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the cultural mood and politics of the 1950's in the United States. They read a section of their text and take notes, view a clip of the movie "Pleasantville" and discuss societal roles in the 1950's, and listen...
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Can You See It?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the concept of visualization and how it works to help them comprehend what they read. They read 'Tuck Everlasting' and visualize what has happened in the story. They draw a picture of what they visualized and then watch...
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Scriptwriting Skill Module

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify and analyze conflicts in plots. For this conflict lesson students recall stories, novels and movies they've read or seen and discuss the conflicts contained therein.  They then complete some written exercises to...
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You Name It!

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this proper nouns worksheet, students are timed to write as many movies, songs, books, cities, and countries as they can. Students get points for the correct words they write.
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Miracles of the Heart

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch a movie. In this cultures lesson, students read A World Without Black People and then discuss segregation. Students watch the video Partners of the Heart or Something the Lord Made and then reflect on the video in their...
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Skyline Vocabulary

For Students 5th - 6th
In this skyline vocabulary learning exercise, students list, define and use each of the twenty four words in a complete sentence and then memorize the spelling words for a test.
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Simpson's Lesson

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In these Simpson's themed worksheets, students will respond to 10 comprehension questions and then synthesize a new ending to an episode of the Simpson's television show.
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Hank Williams: My Inspiration

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students research Hank Williams and explore his life and career. In this Hank Williams lesson, students complete Internet research, listen to example songs, and watch a movie all to analyze Hank Williams. The ultimate goal is to decide...
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NGA Kids Inside Scoop Summer 2007

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the art of Roy Lichtenstein. In this art instructional activity students study reworked images and adapted scenes from books made into movies.
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Final Performance of a Play

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study theatre by designing a play, studying actors, and work in partners to create a story to perform. In this theatre study lesson, 2nd graders discuss theatre as live theatre, television, film, and radio. Students act...
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The Journey of the Magi

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create storyboards. In this pre-Christmas special lesson, students produce a storyboard for a TV version of the poem, "The Journey of the Magi". Options to complete with or without technology are included.
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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete activities to investigate parallel and perpendicular lines. In this plane geometry activity, 5th graders watch a movie about parallel and perpendicular lines. Students work in pairs to describe and draw the lines...
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The Tempest: Fishbowl Discussion Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Readers learn together with a group discussion activity. As they read William Shakespeare's The Tempest, high schoolers prepare for a fishbowl discussion in which three or four learners sit in the middle of a large circle and...
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Exploring Self-Esteem 1: What Is Self-Esteem?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Adolescents explore self-esteem and the various factors that influence a person's sense of self in this four-part lesson series. Through a combination of whole class instruction, small group discussions, and independent work,...
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Dating Violence: Are You a Victim?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The teenagers in your class are probably involved in romantic relationships, but are they keeping themselves safe? Guide learners through the warning signs for dating violence with a series of lessons and discussions. 
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Minding the Media

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils reflect on the fairness of rating movies, television, radio, books, magazines, Web sites and other media. They submit their own entries for a media rating guide.
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Ethnic Stereotypes in the Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the existence of stereotypes and how various forms of media help to reinforce them. Groups discuss common stereotypes on a list of popular television shows. Student groups design a storyboard for an autobiographical...
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Building Fiction: Elements of a Short Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and interpret the elements found in a short story. Then they identify the elements of plot found in a short story. Students also apply knowledge of plot to an original work of fiction. Finally, they identify the...
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Using a Matrix to Compare, Contrast, and Analyze Connections

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore writing techniques by comparing fiction vs. non-fiction. In this literature analysis lesson, students read stories from Aesop's Fables and compare the themes and characters to stories from their own life. Students...
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Maverick

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students apply probability to real life situation. In this statistics lesson, students play poker and make predictions on what hand they will get next. They apply their knowledge of how probability works to make their predictions.
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Click!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students think about what it was like when audiences flocked to movies that simply showed glimpses of everyday life. They make a film n the style of the earliest cinema, when moving pictures were just that -- moving images of everyday life.

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