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Social-Emotional Learning Index
"FATHER/SON" to "HUMAN RIGHTS"

Father/Son       Female Role Model       Fighting       Friendship
Gambling Addiction      Grandparents       Grieving       Human Rights

(Suggested age shown in brackets.   For other Social-Emotional Learning topics Click Here.)
FATHER/SON    -- Social and Emotional Learning: relationship skills
  • All My Sons (Crime; Marriage; Father/Son; Suicide; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1991; Drama/U.S.) [13+]
  • Bach's Fight for Freedom (Friendship; Father/Son; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical; World/Germany) [6 - 12]
  • Billy Elliot (Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; Sexual Orientation, Education; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]
  • A Dry White Season (Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/South Africa) [14+]
  • Field of Dreams (Grieving; Father/Son; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trutworthiness; Subjects:Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Iowa) [10+]
  • Finding Nemo (Father/Son; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Subjects: Marine Biology (Science/Technology)) [9-12]
  • Goya: Awakened in a Dream (Father/Son; Friendship; Illness; Human Rights; Talent; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis --- Caring;Subjects --- Visual Arts; World/Spain & the Enlightenment; Biography) [8 - 13]
  • High School Musical (Breaking Out; Friendship, Peer Pressure; Father/Son; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Dance; Drama/Musicals) [8 - 14]
  • Hoosiers (Teamwork; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Male Role Model; Father/Son; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Caring; Subjects: Sports/Basketball; U.S. 1945 - 1991 & Indiana) [11+]
  • James' Journey to Jerusalem (Friendship; Father/Son; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Respect; Fairness; Subjects: World/Israel; Religions) [12+]
  • Life With Father (Coming of Age; Father/Son; Marriage; Parenting; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 & New York) [8+]
  • Mr. Holland's Opus (Education; Male Role Model; Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Marriage; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Caring; Respect; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S. 1945 - 1991) [10+]
  • October Sky (Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Breaking Out; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Space Exploration; U.S./1945 - 1991 & West Virginia; Science-Technology) [10+]
  • Quiz Show (Ambition; Father/Son; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & New York) [11+]
  • Roots Vol. V (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860 & Diversity) [12+]
  • Searching for Bobby Fischer (Talent; Father/Son; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Sports/Chess; World/Canada) [10+]
  • Smoke Signals (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Father/Son; Grieving; Child Abuse; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: U.S./1991 - present, Diversity (Native American) & Idaho) [12+]
  • The Yearling (Male Role Model; Coming of Age; Running Away; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 & Florida; Literature/U.S.) [8 - 12]
FEMALE ROLE MODEL
  • Angels in the Outfield (Families in Crisis; Friendship; Parenting; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & California) [9 - 12]
  • Anne of Green Gables (Coming of Age; Subjects: World/Canada) [8+]
  • The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Diversity; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1991 & Diversity) [10+]
  • Cross Creek (Female Role Model; Parenting; Friendship; Suicide; Running Away; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 and Florida; Literature/U.S.) [14+]
  • Eleanor Roosevelt (Leadership; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Citizenship; Subjects: Biography; U.S./1865 - 1991; Politics) [10+]
  • A Gentleman's Agreement (Female Role Model; Male Role Model; Parenting; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [12+]
  • Gone with the Wind (The female role models are Melanie and Mammy, not Scarlett; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: U.S./1860 - 1865 & Georgia; Cinema) [12+]
  • The Grapes of Wrath (Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941; Oklahoma & California; Literature/U.S.) [12+]
  • Little Women (Female Role Model; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Sisters; Coming of Age; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1860 - 1865 & Massachusetts; Literature/U.S.) [6+]
  • The Long Walk Home (Female Role Model; Breaking Out; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Alabama) [12+]
  • Madame Curie (Grieving; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; World/France) [10+]
  • Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye SEL: Female Role Model; Mother/Daughter; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography; World/France & WW I; Medicine; Science-Technology) [8 - 12]
  • The Miracle Worker (Disabilities; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Biography/Keller; U.S./1865 - 1913) [10+]
  • Mrs. Miniver (Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/England & WW II) [10+]
  • Mulan (Breaking Out; Female Role Model; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: World/China; Mythology) [6-9]
  • A Raisin in the Sun (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Drama/U.S.) [12+]
  • Small Wonders (Education; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 - Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari)) [6+]
FIGHTING    -- Social and Emotional Learning: self-management, relationship skills, responsible decision-making
  • Good Will Hunting (Child Abuse; Marriage; Romantic Relationships; Fighting; Friendship; Male Role Model; Talent; Breaking Out; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Medicine (Psychiatry); U.S./1991 to present & Massachusetts) [14+]
  • Hamlet (Revenge, Fighting, Grieving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Drama/England) [12+]
  • Matewan (Male Role Model; Fighting; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & West Virginia; Religions/Christianity) [12+]
  • The Outsiders (Brothers; Coming of Age; Courage; Fighting; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; U.S./1945 - 1991) [11+]
  • Romeo and Juliet (Fighting; Romantic Relationships; Suicide; Revenge; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Drama/England) [12+]
  • West Side Story (Fighting; Revenge; Romantic Relationships; Bad Associations; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & New York; Dance/Performance [12+]
FRIENDSHIP    -- Social and Emotional Learning: relationship skills
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Breaking Out; Friendship; Running Away; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860, Diversity & Missouri; Literature/U.S.) [6+]
  • An American Tail (Friendship; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York) [9 - 10]
  • Angels in the Outfield (Families in Crisis; Friendship; Parenting; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & California) [9 - 12]
  • "Antz" and "A Bug's Life" (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect, Responsibility; Subjects: Science-Technology) [5-12]
  • Au Revoir Les Enfants (Coming of Age, Human Rights, Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Caring; Subjects: World/France & WW II (Holocaust)) [11+]
  • Bach's Fight for Freedom (Friendship; Father/Son; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical; World/Germany) [6 - 12]
  • Beautiful Dreamers (Male Role Model; Mental Illness; Breaking Out; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: Biography/Whitman; Literature/U.S.; World/Canada; Medicine) [12+]
  • Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Friendship; Grieving; Disability; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Music/Classical; World/Austria; Biography/Beethoven) [9 - 12]
  • Billy Elliot (Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; Sexual Orientation, Education; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]
  • Breaking Away (Coming of Age; Parenting; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: Sports/Bicycle Racing; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Indiana) [12+]
  • Brian's Song (Friendship, Grieving, Sportsmanship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Sports/Football; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [10+]
  • Captains Courageous (Friendship, Parenting; Male Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941 & Massachusets; Seafaring) [8 - 12]
  • Cross Creek (Female Role Model; Parenting; Friendship; Suicide; Running Away; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 and Florida; Literature/U.S.) [14+]
  • Finding Nemo (Father/Son; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Subjects: Marine Biology (Science/Technology)) [9-12]
  • Gallipoli (Courage in War; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/ WW I; Australia and Turkey) [13+]
  • Gattaca (Breaking Out; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Human Rights; Brothers; Friendship; Suicide; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Fairness; Subjects: Science Fiction) [14+]
  • Good Will Hunting (Child Abuse; Marriage; Romantic Relationships; Fighting; Friendship; Male Role Model; Talent; Breaking Out; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Medicine (Psychiatry); U.S./1991 to present & Massachusetts) [14+]
  • Goya: Awakened in a Dream (Father/Son; Friendship; Illness; Human Rights; Talent; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis --- Caring;Subjects --- Visual Arts; World/Spain & the Enlightenment; Biography) [8 - 13]
  • High School Musical (Breaking Out; Friendship, Peer Pressure; Father/Son; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Dance; Drama/Musicals) [8 - 14]
  • Hiroshima Maiden (Courage; Friendship; Human Rights; Peer Pressure; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1991; World/WW-II and Japan) [9 - 13]
  • An Ideal Husband (Families in Crisis; Marriage, Friendship, Romantic Relationships, Justice, Redemption; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Drama/England; World/England)[12+]
  • James' Journey to Jerusalem (Friendship; Father/Son; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Respect; Fairness; Subjects: World/Israel; Religions) [12+]
  • Leonardo: A Dream of Flight (Friendship; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: Biography; World/Italy & the Renaissance; Science-Technology; Aviation) [8 - 11]
  • The Lion King (Grieving; Redemption; Friendship; Ambition, Running Away; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Subjects: The Environment; Science/Technology) [8 - 11]
  • Native Son (Justice; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Literature/U.S.) [15 ]
  • October Sky (Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Breaking Out; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Space Exploration; U.S./1945 - 1991 & West Virginia; Science-Technology) [10+]
  • The Outsiders (Brothers; Coming of Age; Courage; Fighting; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; U.S./1945 - 1991) [11+]
  • A Passage To India (Friendship; Romantic Relationships; Justice; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: World/India & England; Literature/England) [12+]
  • Remember the Titans (Breaking Out; Friendship; Teamwork; Leadership; Male Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Virginia; Sports/Football) [11+]
  • The Right Stuff (Friendship; Teamwork, Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991; Aviation; Space Exploration) [12+]
  • Rossini's Ghost (Talent; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography/Rossini; Music/Opera; World/Italy) [6 - 12)
  • Sayonara (Male Role Model; Romantic Relationships; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity; World/Japan) [12+]
  • Strauss: King of Three-Quarter Time (Friendship; Child Abuse; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical; World/Austria) [6-12]
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Fairness; Subjects: Science-Technology; World/Mexico) [12+]
    • (Some dialogue is in Spanish)
  • The Turning Point (Marriage; Mother/Daughter; Friendship; Male Role Model; Talent; Work/Career; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Dance; U.S./1945 - 1991) [14+]
  • Tuskegee Airmen (Courage; Courage in War; Friendship; Self-esteem; Grieving; Suicide; Surviving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941 - 1945, Diversity & Alabama) [10+]
  • The Wizard of Oz (Self-esteem; Friendship; Taking Care of Yourself; Breaking Out; Subjects:Cinema; Drama/Musicals; U.S./1865-1913; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Respect, Caring) [5+]
GAMBLING ADDICTION    -- Social and Emotional Learning: self-awareness and self-management
  • Around the World in 80 Days (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility, Respect, Fairness; Subjects: Science-Technology; World/England) [8 - 13]
  • The Old Curiosity Shop (Gambling Addiction; Parenting; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Literature/England) [11+]
  • Show Boat (Marriage; Romantic Relationships; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Gambling Addiction; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 & Diversity; Cinema; Drama/Musicals; Dance/Performance) [11+]
  • To Live (Grieving; Surviving; Gambling Addiction; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Fairness; Subjects: World/China) (In Chinese with English subtitles.)

VICARIOUS EXPERIENCES ARE A MAJOR RESOURCE FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Movies and film are the literature of choice for modern young people. Literature has always been a major vehicle for character education and the acquisition of emotional intelligence.

TeachWithMovies.com has developed Learning Guides to 280 feature films. Learning Guides can be used by teachers and parents to create lesson plans.


GRANDPARENTS    -- Social and Emotional Learning: relationship skills
  • Billy Elliot (Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; Sexual Orientation, Education; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]
GRIEVING    -- Social and Emotional Learning: social awareness
  • Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Families in Crisis; Marriage; Grieving; Leadership; Father/Daughter; Mother/Son; Romantic Relationships; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect, Responsiblity, Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1865; Biography) [10+]
  • Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Friendship; Grieving; Disability; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Music/Classical; World/Austria; Biography/Beethoven) [9 - 12]
  • Beyond Rangoon (Human Rights; Grieving; Rebellion; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: World/Myanmar) [14+]
  • Billy Elliot (Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; Sexual Orientation, Education; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]
  • The Black Stallion (Caring for Animals; Surviving; Grieving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Sports/Horse Racing) [8+]
  • Brian's Song (Friendship, Grieving, Sportsmanship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Sports/Football; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [10+]
  • Contact (Grieving; Father/Daughter; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring; Subjects: Religions/Judeo-Christian; Science Fiction; Space Exploration; Mathematics) [12+]
  • Cry, the Beloved Country (Grieving; Crime; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: World/South Africa) [10+]
  • A Dry White Season (Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/South Africa) [14+]
  • Field of Dreams (Grieving; Father/Son; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trutworthiness; Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Iowa) [10+]
  • Hamlet (Revenge, Fighting, Grieving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Drama/England) [12+]
  • The Lion King (Grieving; Redemption; Friendship; Ambition, Running Away; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Subjects: The Environment; Science/Technology) [8 - 11]
  • Madame Curie (Grieving; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; World/France) [10+]
  • Old Yeller (Courage; Grieving (for a beloved animal); Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913) [7-12]
  • Smoke Signals (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Father/Son; Grieving; Child Abuse; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: U.S./1991 - present, Diversity (Native American) & Idaho) [12+]
  • To Live (Grieving; Surviving; Gambling Addiction; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Fairness; Subjects: World/China) (In Chinese with English subtitles.)
  • A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Education; Families in Crisis; Father/Daughter; Grieving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & New York;) [9+]
  • Tuskegee Airmen (Courage; Courage in War; Friendship; Self-esteem; Grieving; Suicide; Surviving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941 - 1945, Diversity & Alabama) [10+]
  • Winslow Homer: An American Original (Talent; Grieving; Mental Illness; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1861 - 1913; Visual Arts; Medicine-Psychiatry; Biography) [8 - 12]
HUMAN RIGHTS    -- Social and Emotional Learning: social awareness and responsible decision-making
  • Amistad (Justice; Courage; Rebellion; Human Rights; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860 & Diversity) [14+]
  • Four Films About Anne Frank (Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsiblity; Citizenship; Subjects: World/WW II & Holland; Biography) [12+]
  • Au Revoir Les Enfants (Coming of Age, Human Rights, Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Caring; Subjects: World/France & WW II (Holocaust)) [11+]
  • Beyond Rangoon (Human Rights; Grieving; Rebellion; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: World/Myanmar) [14+]
  • A Dry White Season (Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/South Africa) [14+]
  • Europa! Europa! (Human Rights; Surviving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/Germany & WW II) [13+]
    • (In German & Russian with English Subtitles)
  • For Love or Country -- The Arturo Sandoval Story (Human Rights; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: Music/Jazz; World/Cuba and the Cold War Era; Biography) [12+]
  • Gattaca (Breaking Out; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Human Rights; Brothers; Friendship; Suicide; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Fairness; Subjects: Science Fiction) [14+]
  • Gorillas in the Mist (Caring for Animals; Courage; Human Rights; Romantic Relationships; Ethical Emphasis --- Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship;Subjects --- The Environment; Science-Technology; World/Africa) [13+]
  • Goya: Awakened in a Dream (Father/Son; Friendship; Illness; Human Rights; Talent; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis --- Caring;Subjects --- Visual Arts; World/Spain & the Enlightenment; Biography) [8 - 13]
  • Hiroshima Maiden (Courage; Friendship; Human Rights; Peer Pressure; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1991; World/WW-II and Japan) [9 - 13]
  • The Inner Circle (Marriage; Human Rights; Suicide; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: World/Russia) [15+]
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (Justice; Human Rights, Male Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect, Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1945 & The Law; World/WW II) [10+]
  • Lesson Plan on the Human Rights of Artists based on "For Love or Country -- The Arturo Sandoval Story" -- High School and Middle./Jr. High World History and any fine arts curriculum, especially music.
  • Mass Casualties Lesson Plan (Focusing on the Decision to End WW II with Surprise Atomic Attacks on Japanese Cities) (Human Rights; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsiblity; Caring; Subjects: U.S./ 1941 - 1945; World/WW II and Japan) [12+]
  • The Official Story (Parenting; Human Rights; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/Argentina) [14+]
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence (Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: World/Australia) [10+]
  • Sarafina (Rebellion; Human Rights; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: World/South Africa) [13+]
  • Sometimes in April (Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsiblity; Citizenship; Subjects: World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era) [14+]
  • Hotel Rwanda (Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsiblity; Citizenship; Subjects: World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era; U.S./1991 to present) [14+]
  • Water (Human Rights; Suicide; Breaking Out; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Fairness; Subjects: World/India; Religions/Hinduism) [12+]



SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS

(Click on the appropriate topic.)

Alcohol & Drug
     Abuse
Ambition
Bad Associations
Breaking Out
Brothers
Caring for Animals
Child Abuse
Coming Of Age
Courage
Courage in War
Crime
Disabilities
Divorce and
  Separation
Education
Families In Crisis
Father/Daughter
Father/Son 		Female Role Model
Fighting
Friendship
Gambling Addiction
Grandparents
Grieving
Human Rights
Humility
Illness (Serious)
Justice
Leadership
Male Role Model
Marriage
Mental Illness
Mother/Daughter
Mother/Son
Parenting
Peace/Peacemakers
Peer Pressure 		Rebellion
Redemption
Revenge
Romantic Relationships
Running Away
Self-esteem
Sexual Orientation
Sisters
Sportsmanship
Spousal Abuse
Suicide
Surviving
Taking Care Of
     Yourself
Talent
Teamwork
Work/Career



STIMULATE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING THROUGH THE MOVIES

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