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Curated OER

Lights, Camera, Action!

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students participate in an alternative reading assessment using a video camera and script. In this alternative reading lesson, students work as a group to perform their reading story. students memorize their lines and film their play.
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Curated OER

Writing a Play about Immigrant Life in America

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students research why immigrants came to America and the processes involved in the settlement. They write a script for a short play explaining the causes for immigration and situations that immigrants found themselves in.
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Curated OER

YOU CAN BE A WOMAN MOVIE MAKER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research and participate in activities to find out more information about women movie-makers.The use of reading a script and making storyboards are just a couple of examples.
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Curated OER

American History Digital Movie

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a video. In this historical presentation, 5th graders watch a video clip of a dramatization of a historical event in American History. Students discuss how this video was put together. Students divide into small...
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Curated OER

Jazz Music and the Crisis Over School Desegregation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers will learn to appreciate the civil rights movement with a focus on Little Rock, Arkansas. They will also acknowledge Louis Armstrong's unparalleled contributions to American music.
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Curated OER

The Transit in Pictures

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the June 2004 Transit of Venus, write a screen play, and produce a movie or animation of the transit including a narration. The difference between storytelling and storyboarding is made clear in this lesson plan.
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Curated OER

What's the most important issue?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and compare/contrast a variety of key issues in the UK to issues in their own lives right now. They list the major issues in front of the UK people then and now. In addition, they argue the pros and cons to...
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Curated OER

Chivalry and Courtly Love

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine chivalry and courtly love. In this Arthurian legend lesson, 11th graders explore the legend and how chivalry, honor, and courtly love have been internalized into today's culture. Students author and perform plays...
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Curated OER

Movie Project: "Living History...Saul, The King of Israel"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create a movie about King Saul. They are evenly split into "production groups" composed of 5-6 students.
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Curated OER

Navigating With Explorers

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars retrace the steps of European explorers to the New World and recreate the early exploration through online research and multimedia presentations. In this world history and technology lesson, students research early...
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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.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Chivalry and Courtly Love

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this 9-12 lesson, students will explore the Arthurian codes of chivalry and courtly love as portrayed in art, modern films, books, and poetry. They will examine the way in which these ideals have influenced our modern concepts of...
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Es Lnotes: English Learner Movie Guides

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn English vocabulary via movie scripts. This site for ESL teachers provides "guides" for a number of popular and classic films. Each guide includes a short synopsis of the film and a list of vocabulary and useful expressions from the...