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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Can Television Be Considered Literature in English Classes?"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Other

Wes Tech Vision: Tips for Presentations With Movies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article written in May of 2004 presents four different strategies educators and students can use to include movies in their presentations.
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Other

Wes Tech Vision: Tips for Presentations With Movies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article written in May of 2004 presents four different strategies educators and students can use to include movies in their presentations.
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Other

Digital Storytelling: A Practical Classroom Management Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the pre-production phase of a digital storytelling project, and includes some practical advice for using digital storytelling in a classroom.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: You Know the Movie Is Coming? Now What?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for three lessons that ask students to adapt texts that they are reading to cinematic, screenplay format. These plans use "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl as an example, but the lesson plan can be adapted...
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Molecular Movies: 3 D Tutorials for Biologists

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of visualization-oriented tutorials for creating 3D animations for use in your biology classroom. Search by difficulty level, software package, or 3D topic area.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students compare a book to its film adaptation, and then perform readers theater of a scene from the book that they feel was not well represented in the movie version.
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Left Foot Right Foot: Integrating I Movie [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PDF document is a PowerPoint Presentation on integrating iMovie into your classroom. The five basic steps of plan, shoot, capture, edit and publish are outlined and examples of how to use iMovie in your classroom are given. Finally,...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Bell South Digital Storyteller: Generations of Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Information and advice for participating in a digital storytelling project that documents the experiences and memories of those who have served the United States in war or other military conflicts. Step-by-step instructions, useful...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Zoom Playhouse

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This PBS kids site features dozens of short plays that have been performed on the children's television series "Zoom." Includes short scripts for skits which students can perform together, and lists of props to include in the performance.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Magical Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students watch video clips from the October Sky and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movies to see examples of projectile motion. Then they explore the relationships between displacement, velocity and acceleration, and calculate...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Don't Be a Square

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After watching video clips from the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie, students explore the use of Punnett squares to predict genetic trait inheritance. The objective of this lesson is to articulate concepts related to genetics...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Wolf Behavior

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this classroom activity, students will observe different wolf behavior, facial expressions and body language to identify as either submissive or dominant behavior. Wolfs are observed in photos and short movie clips. Students will also...
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Curated OER

Slide Show

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of J.R.R. Tolkien in your classroom with interdisciplinary lessons for grades 6-12.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Decoding the Matrix Exploring Dystopian Characteristics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson uses clips from The Matrix and other dystopian movies to introduce students to the characteristics found in dystopian works, such as Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and 1984.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: So What Do You Think? Writing a Review

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to write critical literature reviews after reading reviews of movies, music, restaurants, and books. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering Out of Harry Situations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Under the "The Science Behind Harry Potter" theme, a succession of diverse complex scientific topics are presented to students through direct immersive interaction. Student interest is piqued by the incorporation of popular culture into...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hedy Lamarr: Engineering and Invention

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover Hedy Lamarr's contributions as a woman in STEM in this video from the American Masters film, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. Lamarr has received belated acknowledgement for inventing frequency hopping, the basis of secure...