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A Farewell to Arms: Shaping Fact for Fiction Instructional VideoA Farewell to Arms: Shaping Fact for Fiction Instructional Video
Publisher
PBS
Resource Details
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
22:44
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Video
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Closed Captions
Year
2021
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A Farewell to Arms: Shaping Fact for Fiction

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This A Farewell to Arms: Shaping Fact for Fiction instructional video also includes:
  • Fact and Fiction: Note-Catcher (.pdf)
  • Fact and Fiction: Note-Catcher - Partially Completed (.pdf)
  • Hemingway: The Man. The Myth. The writer Revealed
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Clips from the documentary Hemingway by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick reveal how Ernest Hemingway incorporated his own war experiences in A Farewell to Arms. Young writers then take an experience from their own lives and craft it as a work of fiction.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

ernest hemingway, american literature, modernism, film analysis, literary analysis

Instructional Ideas

  • Instructors should read carefully the Teacher Guide linked in the Included Materials of this review to determine if the collection is appropriate for their classrooms
  • Use the video before or after reading the novel

Classroom Considerations

  • The resource is from the PBS "Ken Burns in the Classroom"
  • Preparation requires copies

Pros

  • Teacher support materials include pre and post-viewing materials
  • Provides support materials

Cons

  • None

Common Core

CCRA.R.3 RL.7.7 RI.7.2 RI.7.3 RI.7.7 RL.8.7 RI.8.2 RI.8.3 RI.8.7 SL.8.2 RL.9-10.7 RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.3 RI.9-10.7 RL.11-12.7 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.3 RI.11-12.7 RST.9-10.2 RST.11-12.2

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