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Writing
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Favorite Movie Essay

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students read the essay prompt about favorite movies. Students write an essay about their favorite movie and why they like it.
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Worksheet
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DISNEY FILMS

For Students 5th - 7th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students match songs from Disney films to the title of movie in which the songs appear. They then choose a word from the title to fill in the crossword puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
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Hollywood’s Top Ten

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this entertainment worksheet, students answer 6 questions about their top ten favorite movies. The questions have no right answer because they are subjective.
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Lesson Plan
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Movie Riddles: An ESL Activity to Get Students Talking About Movies

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In this lesson movies are used with ESL students in order to start a dialogue. Students explore the terms associated with movies such as genre, setting, plot and climax. Through the use of role play students identify the various aspects...
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Lesson Plan
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Vamos al Cine

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research movies originally made in Spanish. Using the Internet, they complete a worksheet with questions in Spanish. They focus on movies in Spain or Mexico and discuss their findings. They watch appropriate films in Spanish as...
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Lesson Plan
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Making Movie Storyboards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the importance of images in telling a story in film, analyze movie clips and identify some visual cues that help them explain the story; students work collaboratively to storyboard a passage from a book and present them...
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Lesson Plan
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Movie Analysis

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss main concept, supporting details, plot, setting, major events, problems, conflicts, and resolution in two short stories. They apply these terms to a movie of their choice. They compare analysis of movies to...
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Lesson Plan
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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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Lesson Plan
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Maverick

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers 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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Lesson Plan
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Television and Movies

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore media.  In this television and movies lesson plan, 5th graders compare a variety of types of television shows and movies. 
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Lesson Plan
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Poetry Movies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research, analyze, and describe a poem using the Internet and a variety of technology applications in this Language Arts lesson for the High School classroom. Emphasis is placed on the creation of a Keynote or PowerPoint...
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Lesson Plan
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YOU CAN BE A WOMAN MOVIE MAKER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars 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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Lesson Plan
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Top Ten Movies in Montreal!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers 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...
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Lesson Plan
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How To Read A Movie

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders respond to films they have seen using literary, dramatic, and cinematic terms. They reevaluate their role as a moviegoer. Students analyze their favorite film in order to discover what good films have in common.
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Lesson Plan
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Great Escape

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a television program that explores the influence and importance of film's contribution to the rise of global culture. They discuss and write about the movies' influence in their own lives and compare and contrast different...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Movies

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Producers and Directors

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the most recent statistics and information on the careers of directors and producers. Topics covered include working conditions, training, job outlook, earnings, and links to related careers.
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Website
American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: The History of Film: The 1920's

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the history of film.
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Activity
Other

The Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch

For Students 9th - 10th
Beautifully-designed fan page of Ernst Lubitsch. Contains a biography, filmography, audio and video, quotes, images, posters, and links.
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eBook
Other

Edison:life and Inventions/motion Pictures

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is part of an online text of a book published in 1929 by Dyer and Martin on the life and work of inventor Thomas Edison. Discusses Edison's role in the development of motion pictures, but be sure to view the rest of the book...
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Lesson Plan
Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Paul Sharits: Thinking in a New Way About Movies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Information about 16mm films made by Paul Sharits is packed into his two-dimensional drawings on graph paper. Young scholars will learn about how film works to understand how to translate Sharits's drawings into information about his...
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Activity
Goethe-Institut

German Film From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German Film sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German film, film archives and film catalogues from Germany and world-wide sources, film projects...
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Activity
Goethe-Institut

German Theatre From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German theatre sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German theatre, new drama from Germany, theatre projects world-wide, and even brief descriptions...
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Olivia De Havilland

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells the life story of Olivia de Havilland, a renowned Hollywood actress. Includes a profile, interview and photo gallery.