Lesson Plans Based on Movies & Film!

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+]

The Chosen (Parenting; Father/Son; Friendship; Breaking Out; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices: Theme, Symbol,Irony; Religions/Judaism; U.S.: 1941 - 1945 & New York) [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; 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+]

Shiloh (Caring for Animals; Father/Son; Mother/Son, Parenting; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & West Virginia) [10+]

Smoke Signals (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Father/Son; Grieving; Child Abuse; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring (Forgiving); 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]

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: 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+]

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (Ambition; Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941 (the Great Depression) [6-12]

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+]

Whale Rider (Breaking Out; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: World/New Zealand; ELA, including characterization, symbol and foil) [12+]

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 - 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+]

War of the Buttons - Using Characterization in Literary Analysis (Fighting; Friendship; Leadership; Parenting; Subjects: ELA: characterization; World/Ireland; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring) [10+]

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+]

The Adventures of Huck 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]

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Human Rights; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: World/WW II & Germany; ELA) [13+; Literary Devices Analyzed: irony]

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+]

Bridge to Terabithia (Friendship; Grieving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Virginia) [10-13]

Captains Courageous (Friendship, Parenting; Male Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941 & Massachusets; Seafaring) [8 - 12]

Charlotte's Web - Talking and Playing for Growth (Caring for Animals; Friendship; Grieving; Justice; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Science -- Biology) [5 - 8]

Charlotte's Web (Caring for Animals; Friendship; Grieving; Justice; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Science -- Biology) [5 - 10]

The Chosen (Parenting; Father/Son; Friendship; Breaking Out; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices: Theme, Symbol,Irony; Religions/Judaism; U.S.: 1941 - 1945 & New York) [10+]

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+]

Edward Scissorhands (Friendship; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991; ELA) [13+; Literary devices analyzed: expository phase, setting, character; development, theme.]

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 - 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]

The Help (US 1945-1991, Diversity & Mississippi; SEL: Self-Esteem, Friendship, Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [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]

Horton Hears a Who! - Talking and Playing for Growth (SEL: Friendship; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Caring) [4 - 8]

Ice Age: The Meltdown - Talking and Playing for Growth (Friendship; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility (Taking Care of the Environment); Subjects: The Environment;) [6 - 8]

An Ideal Husband (Families in Crisis; Marriage, Friendship, Romantic Relationships, Justice, Redemption; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Drama/England; World/England)[12+]

Into the Wild (Literature: NonFiction; Literary Devices: theme; allusion; U.S.: 1945 - 1991; SEL: Taking Care of Yourself; Families in; Crisis Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [14+]

James' Journey to Jerusalem (Friendship; Father/Son; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Respect; Fairness; Subjects: World/Israel; Religions) [12+]

Kiki's Delivery Service - Talking and Playing for Growth (Coming of Age; Talent; Friendship; Courage. Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Caring) [5 - 8]

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (Ambition; Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941 (the Great Depression) [6-10]

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+]

Of Mice And Men (Literature - U.S.; SEL: Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [13+]

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+]

Up - Talking and Playing for Growth (Friendship; Caring for Animals; Grieing; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [6 - 8]

War of the Buttons - Using Characterization in Literary Analysis (Fighting; Friendship; Leadership; Parenting; Subjects: ELA: characterization; World/Ireland; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring) [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+]

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.)

Perks of Beng a Wallflower (Child Abuse; Courage; GBLTQ; Friendship; Romantic Relationships; Mental Illness; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility, Respect, Fairness; Subjects: Literature) [14+]