Curated OER
Storyboards: The Director's Map to a Video Project
Class groups collaborate to produce the storyboard for their video project. After determining the sequence of scenes, the camera angles, and characters in each scene, each group member is assigned a number of scenes to illustrate. When...
Whitewater Valley Railroad
Teaching and Learning with The Polar Express
Use a series of extension activities to enhance your class reading of Chris Van Allsburg's holiday classic, The Polar Express. From a biography of the author to filmed book reviews and research about the railroad, kids can take...
Amnesty International
Hotel Rwanda Teacher's Guide
Here is the comprehensive, official educator's guide for presenting Hotel Rwanda and the story of the Rwandan genocide in 1994 to a classroom environment. It includes a range of exceptional hands-on or discussion activities, as well...
D-Day Normandy 1944
D-Day Normandy 1944
No study of World War II would be complete without an in-depth examination of the events of June 6, 1944. Pascal Vuong's D-Day Normandy:1944, is the perfect vehicle to convey the sheer magnitude of the events that have been called...
BBC
Julius Caesar Teacher Pack
A great actor has the ability to make or break a play. A series of lesson plans related to William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar looks closely at the choices actors make during a production of the play to help provide insight into the...
Curated OER
Fantastic Journeys
In this activity, students will design a theme park attraction based on a fantastic journey from literature, film, or their own imaginations.
Shmoop
ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3
Identifying an author’s choice, especially choices that concern craft and literary devices, is a difficult skill to teach. Here's an activity that will make your job easier. The resource breaks down how to teach the skill to novice,...
Goethe-Institut
German Theatre From Goethe Institut
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German theatre sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German theatre, new drama from Germany, theatre projects world-wide, and even brief descriptions...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Compare to Film Adaptation
Students view minute 0:40 to minute 7:45 from Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli) to explore some choices that a director can make when he/she creates a film adaptation .
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Compare to Film Adaptation
Students view minute 23 to minute 34 from Romeo and Juliet (Luhrmann) to determine what could be added to or changed about this scene by the director.
Other
The Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch
Beautifully-designed fan page of Ernst Lubitsch. Contains a biography, filmography, audio and video, quotes, images, posters, and links.
George Eastman Museum
George Eastman House: Discovery Room Tips: Think Like a Filmmaker [Pdf]
Learn about the roles of director, cinematographer, and screenwriter in the filmmaking process. Includes templates for making film-production props--director's bullhorn, cinematographer's storyboards, and a scene clapper--so that you can...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Theme
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.
Other
Alain Robbe Grillet Bibliography
Personal site dedicated to Alain Robbe-Grillet. Features a bibliography, filmography, photos, and updated news.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Theme
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.