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High school informational text movie guides for Microsoft Word
American Factory Documentary Worksheet (Netflix)
This product is a close examination of the excellent documentary, American Factory, which is currently available on Netflix. This multi-part assignment is broken into 6 separate worksheets and is meant to be taught over the course of a full week. This assignment is a great way for students to learn about unions, corporations, business, and culture. This product also includes a very short pre-reading assignment which defines unions and gives some brief background information.The premise of this f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Blindside Viewing Guide
This guide focuses on the motivational story of Michael Oher in The Blindside, released in 2009. This great guide include 35+ questions that mainly focus on comprehension but also include creative response questions.
Creative response questions include creating character interview questions, writing a review, and summarizing/sketching a scene.
Use this great guide to help students find motivation and appreciation in their everyday lives.
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5th - 12th
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The Dark Side of Chocolate Comprehension Questions
Twenty multiple choice and short answer questions on the documentary 'The Dark Side of Chocolate.' The questions are sequential and are divided into Part One and Part Two (roughly first and second half of the documentary in case you want to break it up a little or discuss what they've seen.)Created for the seventh grade as an introduction to documentary film.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Edgar Allan Poe Biography Video Guided Notes + Key
***Updated with NEW video link***A "fill in the blank" style guided notes handout that I made to go along with this 43 minute video about the great Edgar Allan Poe! Answer key included.NEW YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5two65m1QE The video is engaging, informative, and a great length. If you can stream in your classroom, this would also make a perfect sub plan. There are some slightly disturbing images and content in this video, so I would not recommend it for young students.
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9th - 12th
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A Million Miles Away movie guide in English and Espanol
This is a video guide in Word in English and Spanish about A Million Miles Away movie and Hispanic astronaut Jose Hernandez. It was designed for high school grade ELS, ELL students. It has sentence prompts and is numbered. It has vocabulary at the beginning to preview for learners.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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The Danger of a Single Story: Viewing Guide to Chimamanda Adichie's TED Talk
This 2-page printable asks students to track Chimamanda Adichie's language regarding specific, chronologically listed elements of her talk. Additionally, they must take the direct quotes they write down and make meaning out of them by making connections to their own lives. This is designed to facilitate, not replace discussion, and depending on the students' level, I often pause the talk once or twice and draw from their notes to help them make sense of Adichie's ideas. This is a great lesson to
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8th - 12th
Diary of Anne Frank Background Information on Holocaust/WWII Minilesson
This product is a minilesson for 90-120 minutes using the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s video entitled “The Path to Nazi Genocide”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRcNq4OYTyE
It includes questions for teachers to orally ask students prior to beginning each section of the 38 minute video (which includes a timeline). Students can answer these questions independently or in groups. A test (with answer key) based on this information is provided after the teacher questioning sheet. This may be used as b
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7th - 11th
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Rescue Dawn Movie Analysis Packet
This packet was created to be a critical thinking assignment, and not a scene-by-scene move question packet. Context reading is encouraged. Also, a daily description section promotes summary writing of what was seen in the movie by the student.Violence: scenes depicting beheading, shooting, etc. is in this movieLanguage: this movie has mild use of curse words throughoutSex: none
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Film Study Guide Rabbit Proof Fence
Activities including short answer questions on plot, theme and visuals on Phillip Noyce's non fiction film Rabbit Proof Fence with an extension activity at the end for older students.
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8th - 11th
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Something the Lord Made (video) Analysis
The 2004 HBO video "Something the Lord Made" tells the story of Dr. Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas's collaboration to pioneer a new heart surgery to save the lives of "blue babies." This nonfiction drama stars Alan Rickman and Mos Def as an unusual partnership that begins at Vanderbilt Univ. and ends at Johns Hopkins University.
Along with the film, students may complete the analysis of the film as literature with examination of themes and conflict while watching to complete Bloom's level 1
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10th - 12th
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Witches Curse Video Worksheet
This worksheet is intended to be an introduction to Arthur Miller's The Crucible. The PBS show Secrets of the Dead featured an episode called "Witches Curse," which focuses on a theory that explains the strange behaviors that took place during the Witch Trials. This worksheet asks a series of questions for students to complete as the 60-minute video plays (all questions are in order). An answer key is included with this purchase.
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9th - 12th
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Blackfish Movie Questions - Intro to Persuasive Writing
Blackfish is a documentary about SeaWorld and how the orcas are treated there. It is a very engaging movie and the students gain a new perspective on a park that many of them have visited before. I use this movie as the jumping off point for my Persuasive Writing unit - the students write an essay answering the question "Should SeaWorld be shut down?"
These questions are meant to help students not only identify their feelings about various topics broached throughout the movie but also to practi
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7th - 9th
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ERWC Complemetary Video Questions
Enhance your Grade 12 ERWC curriculum with these complementary videos and questions! Both documentaries and films, these 7 videos and their connecting questions are meant to enhance, deepen, and grow students' understanding of 5 different modules of the grade 12 curriculum including Rhetoric of the Op Ed, Good Food Bad Food, Value of Life, Language/Gender/Culture, and The Bullying Research Unit.
Grades:
12th
Super Size Me - DOK 1 Viewing Questions
This worksheet corresponds to Morgan Spurlock's documentary film "Super Size Me." They are DOK and Bloom's level 1 questions that require students to focus on all parts of the film.
They could be used as a springboard for deeper discussion questions.
I used this in conjunction with "Fast Food Nation," and a nonfiction unit in Contemporary Lit, but it could be used in health class.
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10th - 12th
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John Grisham Webquest - A Time to Kill Introduction
Before beginning "A Time to Kill," students research background information about the novel's author, John Grisham.
I used it in a Contemporary Lit class for a fiction unit.
It is uploaded as a Word document so you may scaffold for struggling learners or so your students may type their responses allowing the boxes to expand with their answers.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Blackfish Documentary One Pager
Did your class watch Blackfish? This is a GREAT way to assess their understanding of the film in an engaging and creative way!Students create a one pager that represents the themes present, how the world views the exploitation of whales, and they'll use symbols to show their understanding of complex content from the movie. Your students will surprise you with this assignment! This includes a rubric for them self assess their work (saves you time!) and a reflection where they explain the meaning
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Blackfish Film Guide, One Pager, and Animals in Captivity Essay!
Media Studies: Reel Injuns
Package includes pre-reading and post-reading questions for "Reel Injuns: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian."The video itself is available from the the National Film Board of Canada at http://www.nfb.ca/film/reel_injun See also the film's webpage: http://www.reelinjunthemovie.com/site/There are currently no answers, but they are being developed. Buyers will be able to download the answers for free once they are added. See also my "Recreational Media Tracking Assignment," "Media Free Challeng
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Media Studies: Race Video Bundle
Hero's Journey and Film Analysis: Cool Hand Luke and Truman Show
This 20-page product is a student study guide for the hero's journey and film analysis of Cool Hand Luke and The Truman Show. The product includes an outline of exactly what the assignments are for the students and a general rubric for the teacher to use in grading the study guide. The packet then moves into a non-fiction reading (it's all about research and non-fiction sources now!) of an excerpt from Joseph Campbell's fifth chapter of his book, The Power of Myth (The actual excerpt is not in
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
13th Film: Rhetorical Analysis (after viewing)
After having your students view the film 13th on Netflix, have them complete this rhetorical analysis outline! The outline has a thesis statement included already, so all students need to do is complete a miniature, 3-paragraph essay outline analyzing the film's use of rhetorical appeals. This outline could easily be modified for any documentary you might be showing in your class (with a simple thesis change). This activity will most likely take between 30-50 minutes.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
October Sky (video) - A Study of Themes
This assignment asks students to analyze two themes present in the movie version of Homer Hickum's story.
It is uploaded as a Word document so your students may have an electronic version or you may alter to fit your curriculum or instruction
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9th - 12th
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The Social Dilemma - Film / Movie Guide and Reflection
Students will be completely engaged as they watch The Social Dilemma, breaking down how Social Media platforms are manipulating them every day. Some students will claim "it's biased and anti-social media!" others will agree with the documentary once the facts are laid out in front of them. One thing is for sure, students WILL leave your classroom debating and arguing the value of Social Media!This guide is a mix of multiple choice, short answer, and critical thinking questions that will keep the
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Social Media Impact Unit
Media Studies: Reviving Ophelia
Package includes pre-reading and post-reading questions and ANSWERS for the video, Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls.See also my "Recreational Media Tracking Assignment," "Media Free Challenge," and "Media Studies: Women in the Media" Packages. I always use these assignments together. I have also posted packages based on numerous videos from the Media Education Foundation, including the Killing us Softly series, Tough Guise, and many more.Check out the complete preview. Pac
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Media Studies: Gender Videos Bundle
"He Named Me Malala" Rhetorical Analysis
Worksheet analyzing the rhetoric of the documentary "He Named Me Malala." Used successfully in AP Language and Composition with discussion after the documentary.
Grades:
11th - 12th
Infographic Outline and Rubric
This assignment is designed to be used with any infographic creator, e.g. Piktochart. However, students can also create infographics the old-fashioned way with colored pencils or other art supplies. This is a good warmup assignment to use before assigning formal informative essays, as it helps students outline their thoughts visually while preserving the basic structure of a 5-paragraph informative essay. Page 1Brief overview of assignmentPossible topics for the infographicRubric (1-4 mastery sc
Grades:
6th - 12th
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