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Curated OER

Picturing People

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students look at the varied ways the human body is portrayed in contemporary media. They discuss what a character is and how it plays a role in telling stories. Students look at examples of objects like dolls, puppets and toys that...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Media for Democratic Citizenship

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine global development issues. In this media awareness instructional activity, students analyze current event issues and create video podcasts based on their research.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dust Bowl Depression

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the Dust Bowl and the impact it made on farm families. In this U. S. history lesson, students role play a writer searching for a family that moved during the Great Depression. Students uncover what prompted families to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Primary and Secondary Sources

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students understand what primary and secondary sources are. In this primary and secondary sources instructional activity, students take a list of sources and break down to primary and secondary sources.
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Curated OER

Navigating With Explorers

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars retrace the steps of European explorers to the New World and recreate the early exploration through online research and multimedia presentations. In this world history and technology lesson, students research early...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

European Newscast

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in cooperative learning groups to create and perform a newscast about a European country. This geography-based technology activity concludes with class presentations and student critiques.
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Curated OER

Behind the Ad: The Process of Producing a Political Commerical

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how advertisements are produced for political campaigns. In groups, they view various examples of different advertisements and create their own ad by completing the steps listed in the lesson plan. They share their ad...
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Curated OER

Sharkland Wiki

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, while researching the waters around southern Africa and viewing a video of the episode "Sharkland" from Thirteen's series NATURE, critique reliability of online resources and analyze the various components of a wiki. They...
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Primary
Other

University of Cologne: A Guide to Narratological Film Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
University-level essay that dissects films as a narrative genre. Useful reference that precisely defines many different elements of film scripts and film production and that also explores different approaches to analyzing films.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc Bitesize Revision: Writing a Script for Radio or Tv/film

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this site goes over several tips involved in writing a a script. The information includes plot, radio script, sound effects, and TV or film script.
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Professional Doc
Province of British Columbia

British Columbia Ministry of Ed: Drama 11 and 12: Film and Television [Pdf]

For Teachers 11th - 12th
An outline for how to teach this BC drama course. In Film and Television 11 and 12, students gain practical experience in some of the major areas of the industry, including acting, scriptwriting, and production.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing a Movie

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan for writing a movie deals with both summarizing and rereading a film script. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, learners will consider Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Translating Short Stories Into Original Short Films

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After reviewing the elements of the short story, students develop a script and storyboard from a published or original story. Students then film and edit a video of the story to present during a class film festival.
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Website
Other

University of Oregon: J333 Writing for Multimedia

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of resources for a course on writing for multimedia productions. Includes PowerPoints, documents, and links. The Syllabus section contains a course description and outline from the instructor. The course addresses topics...
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Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Chivalry and Courtly Love

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this 9-12 lesson, students will explore the Arthurian codes of chivalry and courtly love as portrayed in art, modern films, books, and poetry. They will examine the way in which these ideals have influenced our modern concepts of...
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Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Actors, Producers, and Directors

For Students 9th - 10th
Along with information about Directors, this site evaluates the Nature of Work, Working Conditions, Employment, Training, Other Qualifications, Job Outlook, Earnings, Related Occupations, and Additional Information for Actors and Producers.
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Website
Other

Es Lnotes: English Learner Movie Guides

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn English vocabulary via movie scripts. This site for ESL teachers provides "guides" for a number of popular and classic films. Each guide includes a short synopsis of the film and a list of vocabulary and useful expressions from the...
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Website
Other

Dashiell Hammett Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete listing of Hammett's works can be found at this site, including novels, stories and film scripts.
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Activity
Other

Movie Bytes: Contest List

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource lists several contests for script writing. Most of the contests involve an entry fee and are open to anyone.
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Website
Other

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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Lesson Plan
Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Enter Ophelia

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A instructional activity to help students learn more about Ophelia's mad scenes in Act IV of "Hamlet."

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