Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Popular Culture and Mass Media in the 1950s
In the 1950s, financial prosperity allowed young Americans to participate in a shared culture of rock and roll music, movies, and television.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: Star Cross'd and Starry Eyed
From the opening lines of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows what lies in store for the tragedy's title teens: that these two "star-crossed lovers" are doomed to die. By the end of the play, an "ancient grudge"...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Movie Money
Do movie theaters make lots of money? You can find out when you try this math challenge that explores profit and loss in the theater industry. Discover why understanding problem solving, percent, and basic calculations are essential in...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Photgrapher
Use this site to learn about the career of a photographer. This Bureau of Labor Statistics website includes information on various types of jobs photographers do as well as they pay they earn.
American Movie Classics Company
The Film Site: Gone With the Wind (1939).
This resource provides information about the film, Gone with the Wind.
American Movie Classics Company
The Film Site: Forever and a Day (1943)
The Film Site provides summary and cast information about the 1943 film.
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: Making Movies, 1920
Firsthand account of the filmimg of director D.W. Griffith's movie Way Down East staring actress Lillian Gish.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Going to the Movies
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient brainstorming strategy. The brainstorming techniques involves a simulated trip to the movies.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: French Cinema Tickets
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart resource was created for a French foreign language class. The content topic is cinema tickets.
Other
Stefan Timphus: The Marx Brothers
Website devoted to the history of the Marx Brothers. Students can find individual biographies of each brother and details about the movies and shows in which they participated.
American Movie Classics Company
The Film Site: The More the Merrier (1943)
This resource provides information about the film, The More the Merrier.
American Movie Classics Company
The Film Site: Now, Voyager, 1942
This resource provides information about the film, Now, Voyager.
Other
Ampas: Student Academy Awards
An explanation of the Student Academy Awards, presented to college film students by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Includes rules of the competition, description of film categories, application information, highlights...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Cine El Rey: The King Cinema
Theater was and is an important cultural point in entertainment for Hispanics. Cine El Rey symbolized part of that cultural importance. Learn about it's history here.