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OpenStax

Open Stax: Prosperity and Cold War Fears 1945 60: Popular Culture and Mass Media

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the impact that rock and roll music, movies and the invention of television had on America in the 1950s.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Hedy Lamarr

For Students 9th - 10th
Major support for Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This is a collection of four video lessons about Hedy Lamarr including her acting career and her inventions. Teaching materials are included.
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Website
Other

Official Website of the Hfpa and the Golden Globe Awards

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site for the Golden Globes. Search website for winner's video interviews, photos.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Sam Goldwyn

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS presents biographical information and a career timeline on one of America's greatest producers and Academy Award winner, Sam Goldwyn.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Carlton Moss

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Carlton Moss, a filmmaker who inspired later African American filmmakers with the industrial, training, and educational films that he made in the era when segregation and discrimination...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Bill Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and career of Bill Robinson, an American dancer of Broadway and Hollywood, best known for his dancing roles with Shirley Temple in films of the 1930s.
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Article
Stanford University

Stanford University: Alcohol, Tobacco Staples of Movies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Stanford University shows how you can learn how the entertainment industry sends both positive and negative messages concerning substance use through movies and music. This article summarizes government research that...
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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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