Lesson Plan
Curated OER

United States -- Soviet Cooperation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the competition between the United States and Russia to put the first man in space. In groups, they use the internet to identify areas in which the two countries cooperated with one another to promote space exploration....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

24 Hour Party Robots

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners read an article about robots and social behavior. As a class, they write down new vocabulary words they are unfamilar with in the article. In groups, they discover what all the words have in commom and identify the type of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alexander The Great

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the historical person of Alexander The Great. They view a video in order to create the context for the lesson. They read some biographies and conduct research using a variety of resources. Then students create their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Housing Problems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers comprehend why slum clearance occurred. They consider the benefits and longer-term problems caused by high-rise housing blocks. Students view the "Housing Problems" which shows the shift from old slums to new housing...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flip Flop Diplomacy

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the dress of diplomats. In this American Government lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer guided questions. Students participate in a quiz on the reading.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Non-Defining Relative Clauses

For Students 7th
In this non-defining relative clauses worksheet, 7th graders review and discuss what non-defining relative clauses are and how to use them in writing. Students answer six questions regarding relative clauses.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Translating Short Stories Into Original Short Films

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After reviewing the elements of the short story, students develop a script and storyboard from a published or original story. Students then film and edit a video of the story to present during a class film festival.
Activity
Goethe-Institut

German Film From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German Film sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German film, film archives and film catalogues from Germany and world-wide sources, film projects...
Website
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Film Competition 2021

For Students 1st - 9th
For the last 12 years, the Childnet Film Competition has challenged young filmmakers to create a short film or a storyboard in response to a given theme. All entries must contain a positive message and be able to educate other young...
Handout
Other

The British Film Institute: Charlie Chaplin

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful celebration of the life and work of film great Charlie Chaplin. Fantastic resources including a biography as well as current global projects to restore his films.
Website
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Film Competition 2021: International

For Students 1st - 9th
This year, Childnet is introducing the brand new International Category, to enable young people who attend school outside of the UK to also enter. Whilst this will run alongside the UK competition, please note that the International...
Handout
British Council

British Council: Directory of International Film & Video Festivals

For Students 9th - 10th
An essential reference tool for finding film, terlevision, and video festivals all over the world. This directory lists details on how to enter these festivals which are searchable by location, title, category, or date.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: The Tempest 2010 Film Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a film guide to the Into version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, a mystical thriller with a modern twist (available free from intofilm.org). It provides a short summary, prereading and...
Website
Other

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin: Berlin International Film Festival

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the International Film Festival in Berlin. Read press releases and information on the films, and see photo archive of past award winners.
Professional Doc
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Star Films

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Four animated learning films to support and reinforce the key messages from the teaching toolkit. Each film contains: A short 2-3 minute animated film covering issues related to each section of the toolkit, a pause function to prompt...
Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Macbeth: Power Players

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson on the Power Players in Shakespeare's Macbeth; it includes a PowerPoint lesson, video clips of the "Battle Scene" and a Macbeth movie trailer, and a variety of activities...
Article
Senses Of Cinema

Senses of Cinema: Buster Keaton

For Students 9th - 10th
Buster Keaton is a famous director and actor who insisted that his interest and intention in filmmaking was to get a laugh from his audiences. This is a wonderful article outlining his life career and some of his more famous films.
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Other

Teach With Movies: Lesson Plans Based on Shorts and Clips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Links to many video-clip based lessons in the areas of health, English language arts & drama, mathematics, music, biology, earth science, inventions, astronomy, physics, chemistry, U.S. history and culture, and world history and...
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters:charlie Chaplin

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this site for biographical information on one of the best known silent movie stars of all time. His style of acting is still evident in films of today.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: The Father of American Animation

For Students 3rd - 8th
American cartoon animation owes its beginnings to British-born filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton, who combined drawings and stop-motion photography to create animated short films.
Lesson Plan
BBC

Bbc: Shakespeare Unlocked: A Midsummer Night's Dream [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Midsummer Night's Dream Teacher Pack (lesson unit). Shakespeare Unlocked brings Shakespeare's most popular plays to life for young people by showing how actors and directors work to interpret and take ownership of Shakespeare's text....
Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream 2011 Teacher Pack (Shakespeare Unlocked)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This teacher resource for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, from the Royal Shakespeare Company, includes an introduction to each of the three scenes, ideas for before and after film viewing, and...
Website
PBS

Pbs: The Jewish Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS has produced this short film documenting the experiences and stories of Jewish Americans. Jewish life in America is shared through stories, short videos, and a series of images. This informative feature is supported by lesson plans...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Describe Themes in Literary Texts (English 7 Reading)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is about themes, the central messages in literature. Whatever their genre might be, writers have some wisdom, some universal truth or insight to share; this...

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