Yale University
Yale University: Film Analysis Guide
A guide to the vocabulary of film and to the cinematic techniques of filmmaking, with links to film clips that illustrate select terms or topics. Includes two examples of film analysis to illustrate how shots in a filmed sequence can be...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Common Themes in Literature
This tutorial focuses on common themes in literature, beginning with a slide show discussing 11 different, common themes and literary examples. This is followed by a 11-minute YouTube video with students acting out common themes in...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell
Exhibition featuring Norman Rockwell paintings from the collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg explores the relationship between the iconic images of American life and the movies. RL.9-10.7 analyze 2 media
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Beautiful Noise Poetry
In this lesson, students will listen to just the sounds from two YouTube videos; they will use a graphic organizer to create a mind movie. Inspired by the images that their minds created, they will then listen to Neil Diamond's...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Can Television Be Considered Literature in English Classes?"
Movie days in the classroom are infrequent and far between, but what if teachers used television as a means of teaching? Shelby Ostergaard discusses whether or not television can be considered a form of literature and the benefits and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Analysis of to Kill a Mockingbird
Used as a follow-up lesson after reading the novel and viewing the entire video of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, students will analyze the opening title credits which show the cigar box and its contents which Jem and Scout have found in the...
PBS
Billy Wilder: Film Noir Inventor and Genius
This site is a lesson plan focused on post-World War II America and the film making career of Billy Wilder. Details on the Film Noir genre and its reflection of shifting American values. Click to a biography and timeline of Billy...
PBS
Nova Online: Special Effects, Titanic and Beyond
This site is on special effects. Play a game and learn "where the science of perception meets the art of special effects."
Other
Manner of Speaking: Analyses of Speeches
This is a collection of videos of speeches by well-known personalities and celebrities. Each one is accompanied by an analysis of the speech's structure, devices, and arguments. Some videos are excerpts from movies, some are from...
PBS
Pbs: All About Special Effects
PBS and NOVA's presentation on Special Effects. Student can read interviews with a director and producer and learn about the history of special effects.