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Allons Au Cinema: French Movies

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students study reviews of French movies. They research French movies on the Internet, identify key vocabulary used in movie reviews and design a promotion for a movie based on its reviews.
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Making the Movie Antigone

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create a movie prospectus for Antigone being faithful to the major themes and conflict. They include the plot, setting, characters, and conflict while making them relevant to contemporary audiences.
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Yankee Doodle: How Has It Changed over Time?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Grab your feathers and your hat! And perhaps some macaroni! It's time to investigate the evolution of "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Groups do a close reading of sheet music covers, lyrics, and even YouTube videos to see how this political song...
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Making The Holidays Special

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine ways in which holiday television specials reflect some of the religious, historic and cultural themes of the holidays on which they focus. They create their own holiday television specials in groups, each focusing on a...
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Did Disco Change America?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the economics of a time period along with the music.
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Finding Our Place in Time

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students utilize interviewing skills of an historian to research the time period of the 1970's. They use prior knowledge of the 1960's to explain the mood of the country in the 1970's.
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Bestiarity and Gargoyles

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete an art project. In this gargoyles lesson, students learn about gargoyles and other medieval architecture features and discuss their purposes. Students create their own monsters using an etching technique. This lesson...
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Disco - Voices of a New Generation

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze lyrics of selected Disco songs for content, theme and vocabulary. They write an extended response citing specific lyrics in response to three general themes.
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Internet Movie Database: Luis Bunuel

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet Movie Database provides a brief biography and complete filmography of Luis Bunuel.
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Media History Digital Library: Global Cinema Collection (1904 1957)

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of original publications from other countries that focus on the film industry.

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