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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Television Performance Techniques Module 6

For Students 9th - 10th
A slideshow based on Herbert Zettl's "Television Production Handbook" that explains techniques that one needs to be aware of when performing in front of a television camera. Discusses questions to ask the director regarding how the...
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Theme

For Students 9th Standards
Students view minutes 0:40 to 0:52 from Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli) and explore the director's choices to develop themes within the film.
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Website
IMDb

Internet Movie Database: Otto Preminger

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet Movie Database provides a complete filmography with biographical data, trivia, and links to individual films, casting information, and plot summaries.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Ossie Davis

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical resource for information on Ossie Davis, actor, director, activist.
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Activity
Other

Alain Robbe Grillet Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
Personal site dedicated to Alain Robbe-Grillet. Features a bibliography, filmography, photos, and updated news.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Alfred Hitchcock

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline and biography of Hitchcock's career focuses on much of his stormy relationship with David O. Selznick.
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Theme

For Students 9th Standards
Students view minutes 0:35 to 0:45 from Romeo and Juliet (Luhrmann) and explore the director's choices to develop themes within the film.
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Website
Emory University

Emory University: Ousmane Sembene

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Sembene, along with two essays which focus on his writing and a list of works.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: John Singleton

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features John Singleton, an American film director and screenwriter whose films often examine urban and racial tensions. He is best known for his directorial debut, Boyz n the Hood.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Gordon Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Gordon Parks, an American author, photographer, and film director, who documented African American life.
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Handout
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Charlie Chaplin

For Students 2nd - 8th
Useful biographical information and interesting facts about Charlie Chaplin, a great comedian, scriptwriter, composer, and director.
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Article
Ibis Communications

Eyewitness to History: Making Movies, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
Firsthand account of the filmimg of director D.W. Griffith's movie Way Down East staring actress Lillian Gish.
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Curated OER

Beckett on Film Dvd Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete site for the "Beckett on Film," project. There is a synopsis of each of Beckett's plays, a series of essays that seek to explain Beckett's work, as well as interviews with actors and directors. There is also a...
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Website
IMDb

Im Db: Billy Wilder

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource has a complete filmography with a link to a mini-biography, trivia, and quotes of Billy Wilder.
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Handout
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Cindy Sherman

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Cindy Sherman.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Reel Classics: John Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of film director John Ford who earned academy awards for How Green Was My Valley and The Quiet Man--includes movie posters.
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Curated OER

Reel Classics: John Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of film director John Ford who earned academy awards for How Green Was My Valley and The Quiet Man--includes movie posters.
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Lesson Plan
BBC

Bbc: Shakespeare Unlocked: A Midsummer Night's Dream [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Midsummer Night's Dream Teacher Pack (lesson unit). Shakespeare Unlocked brings Shakespeare's most popular plays to life for young people by showing how actors and directors work to interpret and take ownership of Shakespeare's text....
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Curated OER

The Birth of a Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting article that presents the different viewpoints regarding the classic silent film, "Birth of a Nation." Discusses the director, D.W. Griffith.
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spanish 2: Unit 9: Mas Tiempo Libre

For Students 9th - 10th
In this ninth and final unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn to listen, speak, and write about movies and other activities that Spanish-speaking peoples pursue in their free time. Includes modeling of oral Spanish...
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Graphic
New York Times

New York Times: From Sketch to Screen: "A Very Long Engagement"

For Students 9th - 10th
Launch an audio slideshow, narrated by the director of the film, about storyboarding sequences in "A Very Long Engagement." An interesting site for considering the work of the storyboard artist, whose sketching technique is wonderfully...
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Website
PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Norman Mailer

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of author Norman Mailer, a timeline of his life, and an interview with the directors of a PBS film about his life.
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Showbiz Safari

For Students 1st - 4th
Lights! Camera! Action! Our movie director needs your help! Help Walrus pick actors based on the traits that best fit the movie role. Which furry mammal will get the most wanted role in the blockbuster film "Paws"? Which water loving...
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Website
PBS

P.o.v. On Pbs: In the Realms of the Unreal (Outsider Art of Henry Darger)

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion site for independent filmmaker Jessica Yu's exploration of the life and work of Henry Darger, which originally aired on PBS's "P.O.V." series in 2005. Along with a synopsis of the film and Yu's insights about her subject,...

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