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\nAngel Island Immigrant Journeys\n

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\nYoung historians study the Angel Island Immigration Station with activities examining primary and secondary source materials, maps, and websites. The unit begins with individuals creating a map of Angel Island, labeling sites on the...\n
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\nKen Burns in the Classroom: Hemingway\n

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\nHemingway: BH, AH. Before Hemingway and after Hemingway. A collection of PBS lessons, authored by Julia E. Torres, uses clips from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s documentary to EXPLORE the influence events in Hemingway’s life had on his...\n
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\nCrash Course: Media Literacy\n

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\nViewers take a Crash Course in Media Literacy. They watch 12 videos that take them through media history, the positive and negative effects of media, and regulations and policies affecting media producers. The series aims to help viewers...\n
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\n2001 - A Space Odyssey: Crash Course Film Criticism\n

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\nWill the advancement of technology doom interpersonal relationships? Like the score for Jaws, the music for the opening sequence of Stanley Kubrick's 2001- A Space Odyssey stirs the imagination of viewers. Cinema lovers and film...\n
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\nSeeing the Image in Imagery: A Lesson Plan Using Film\n

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\nIn our increasingly visual society, it is often difficult for some readers to create a mental picture of a picture created only with words. An image-rich text like F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby can therefore, present a real...\n
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\nBeasts of No Nation: Crash Course Film Criticism\n

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\nBeasts of No Nation, a gripping tale of child soldiers, is the focus of an analysis that examines the techniques director Cary Joji Fukunaga uses to create his horrifying yet deeply compassionate film.\n
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\nShakespearean Comedy on Film\n

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\nThis lesson will focus on the aspects of Shakespeare's comedy that become more evident in performance. By viewing clips of the same Shakespeare scene in different film versions, high schoolers have the opportunity to engage in a close...\n
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\nFilm Festival: Documentaries for Hispanic Heritage Month\n

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\nIn honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the New York Times provides links to five short documentary films depicting Hispanic themes and culture. Learners can click on each embedded link to view the films, then answer each set of related...\n
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\nLost in Translation\n

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\nThe narrator of a film criticism episode on Sofia Coppola's bittersweet Lost In Translation asks viewers to consider the many aspects of relationships that Coppola suggests are lost in translation.\n
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\nDiversity in Media: Looking Critically at What We See\n

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\nThis learning experience fosters awareness of representations we see, and don't see, in the media. Learners list TV programs, games, and films they enjoy, identify characters' ethnic, religious, (dis)ability, and sexual orientation...\n
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\nThe Day The Earth Stood Still: Film Language And Elements Of Style\n

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\nIn this, the third in a series of four resources that use Robert Wise's 1951 version of The Day The Earth Stood Still as the core text, young film makers examine the language of film including shot composition, camera angle, lighting,...\n
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\nFilm Language and Elements of Style\n

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\nHow do you read a frame? How do you read a shot? Here's a resource that shows viewers how to read films. As part of the study, class members examine the camera angles, lighting, movement, and cinematic point of view in Mr. Smith Goes to...\n
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\nDo the Right Thing\n

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\nDid Mookie do the right thing? Spike Lee's film Do The Right Thing, which discusses race violence and community, leaves viewers to decide. The cogent analysis of a film criticism video examines not only Lee's filmmaking techniques...\n
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\nIn the Mood for Love\n

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\nEnglish-speaking viewers don't need to read the subtitles to understand Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood For Love. The colors, the music, and the framing of the shots so beautifully express the emotions of the characters that dialogue, in any...\n
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\nPan's Labyrinth\n

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\nGuillermo del Toro's beautiful and bloody Pan's Labyrinth, a fantasy adventure/political drama, is the focus of the ninth episode of a film criticism playlist. The narrator looks at the film through two interpretative lenses: as a story...\n
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\nSteven Soderbergh's The Limey may seem like a strange choice for one of the top ten films in a playlist on film criticism. The narrator makes clear that the story is a simple tale of revenge, but it is Soderbergh's filmmaking...\n
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\nWhere Are My Children\n

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\nLois Weber's ground breaking Where Are My Children is the focus of a film criticism video that explores not only Weber's treatment of the subject of abortion but also the techniques she developed to enhance the impact of her tale.\n
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\nCitizen Kane\n

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\nWhat's your favorite movie? Citizen Kane (1941) leads off a playlist on film criticism playlist that examines films that hold up due to their historical context and/or quality and deserve a spot on a best films list.\n
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\nWomen in Early Film Lesson Plan\n

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\nThe role of women in the early film industry, both on screen and behind the scenes, is the focus of a resource that asks class members to analyze movie posters and DVD covers from the 1910s and 1920s. Using examples drawn from the...\n
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\nViolence on Film: The Ratings Game\n

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\nLearn about film and TV ratings systems in Canada (includes a comparison to the MPAA system) and how they influence appropriate viewing for youths. A detailed commentary about the film Seven pointed at revealing flaws in ratings systems...\n
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\nThe 2014 film Selma is the focus of a film criticism video.  The narrator examines how director Ava DuVernay brought to the screen the story of the voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama and how she uses...\n
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\nEverybody's a critic—even your pupils! Using the included resources as a guide, screen films related to social justice and ask film enthusiasts to critique them. Publish the reviews for your school community or develop a film festival...\n
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\nThe Old Man and the Sea: Critical Interpretations\n

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\nHemingway's The Old Man and the Sea won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; however, the critical interpretations of the novel have called it everything from \"ordinary\" and \"schoolboy writing\" to a \"masterpiece.\" Readers are allowed to...\n
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\nThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas Film Study\n

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\nAccording to John Betjeman, \"Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.\" With The Boy in the Striped Pajamas film study, scholars work in small groups to discuss the quote and other...\n
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