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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Rookie Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a three-part writing project which includes a research paper, a creative short story, and a movie review inspired by the movie, The Rookie. The lesson is easily adapted to other appropriate films of similar themes.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Shakespeare and Love

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short article looking at the ways in which Shakespeare has been portrayed in the film 'Shakespeare in Love,' and in Oscar Wilde's story, 'The Portrait of Mr. W.H.' This would be particularly useful for encouraging students to think...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Gone With the Wind

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1990 to commemorate the film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's famous Civil War romance, "Gone with the Wind." Includes a short write-up about the film, which explains some of the...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: The Old Man and the Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
Short encyclopedia entry providing basic information about the book and film versions of The Old Man and the Sea. Contains links to additional information by clicking on keywords within the text.
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Orson Welles, 1915 1985

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of Orson Welles, director of many films including the acclaimed Citizen Kane. Welles is also well known for his reading of War of the Worlds over the radio in 1938, which caused many people to believe that the Earth was...

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