Courage
Create Lesson Plans About Courage Using Movies
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Talking and Playing for Growth
(Friendship; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring) [5 – 8]
All the President’s Men
(Courage; Teamwork; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Fairness; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1945 – 1991 & Politics) [12+]
Amistad
(Justice; Courage; Rebellion; Human Rights; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1812 – 1860 & Diversity) [14+]
An American Tail
(Friendship; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1865 – 1913; Diversity & New York) [9 – 10]
An American Tail
Talking and Playing for Growth
(Friendship; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1865 – 1913; Diversity & New York) [5 – 8]
Anne B. Real
(Breaking Out; Coming of Age; Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Courage; Crime; Education; Families in Crisis; Surviving; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1991 – present and New York) [12+]
Four Films About Anne Frank
(Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/WWII & Holland; Biography) [12+]
Argo
(U.S./1945 – 1991 & Iran – The Iran Hostage Crisis; SEL: Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Citizenship) [14+]
Babe
Talking and Playing for Growth
(Friendship; Caring for Animals; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Caring) [5 – 8]
Billy Elliot
(Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; GBLTQ, Education; Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]
The Book Thief
(Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility, Caring; Subjects: World/Germany, WW-II, ELA (theme, personification, symbol, & irony) [13+; 121 minutes]
A Bugs Life
Talking and Playing for Growth
(Courage; Friendship; Teamwork; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Caring) [5 – 8]
Concussion
(Courage; Subjects: U.S. 1991 – Current; Medicine; Sports; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Citizenship) [13+]
Contagion
(Courage; Surviving; Subjects: Health; Medicine; Science-Technology; U.S. 1991 – present; World/Asia; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship) [13+]
A Dry White Season
(Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/South Africa) [14+]
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+]
Ghosts of Mississippi
(Courage, Justice; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1945 – Present, Diversity, the Law & Mississippi) [12+]
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+]
Happy Feet
Talking and Playing for Growth
(SEL: Friendship; Courage; Self-Esteem; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Caring) [5 – 8]
Harriet
(U.S. History 1812- 1865; African-American; Maryland; SEL: Human Rights; Female Role Model; Breaking Out; Courage; Disabilities; Moral/Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [13+]
The Help
(US 1945-1991, Diversity & Mississippi; SEL: Self-Esteem, Friendship, Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [13+]
High Noon
For American History and Civics Classes (U.S./The Frontier & the West, 1865 – 1913 and 1945 – 1991 (the Red Scare); Cinema; SEL: Marriage; Leadership; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship) [11+]
High Noon
For ELA Classes (Literature/Myths of the Western genre; Literary devices: symbol; motif; foil; and expository phase; SEL: Marriage; Leadership; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship) [11+]
High Noon
Snippet Lesson Plan on the Expository Phase ELA: Expository Phase [12+; snippet: 15 minutes, 20 seconds; lesson: one to two class periods]
Hiroshima Maiden
(Courage; Friendship; Human Rights; Peer Pressure; 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; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Caring) [4 – 8]
Hotel Rwanda
(Human Rights; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era; U.S./1991 – present) [14+]
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Talking and Playing for Growth
(Friendship; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility (Taking Care of the Environment); Subjects: The Environment;) [6 – 8]
The Insider
(Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Families in Crisis, Marriage, Crime, Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship Subjects: U.S./1991 – present) [13+]
Iron Jawed Angels
The Best of TWM
(U.S. 1913 – 1929; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Leadership; Female Role Model. Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Fairness) [11+]
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Talking and Playing for Growth
(Coming of Age; Talent; Friendship; Courage. Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Caring) [5 – 8]
The King and I
(Education; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/Thailand; U.S./1860 – 1865; Dance/Performance) [8+]
A Man for All Seasons
(Courage; Male Role Model; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: Biography/Thomas More; World/England & the Renaissance; Religions/Christianity; Drama/England) [12+]
The Mission
(Brothers; Redemption; Courage; Rebellion; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: Religions/Christianity; World/South America, Paraguay, Brazil) [13+]
Navalny
The Best of TWM
(World-Russia, Post-Cold War Era; SEL: Courage, Ambition, Human Rights, Leadership, Male Role Model (Navalny);
Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility, Citizenship) [15+]
Never Cry Wolf
(Caring for Animals; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: Science-Technology, The Environment; U.S./1945 – 1991; Alaska) [10+]
Old Yeller
(Courage; Grieving (for a beloved animal); Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1865 – 1913) [7-12]
The Outsiders
(Brothers; Coming of Age; Courage; Fighting; Friendship; Peer Pressure; Redemption; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring; Subjects: Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices; U.S./1945 – 1991) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: expository phase; flashback; symbol; foreshadowing; Bildungsroman; irony; protagonist/antagonist confusion and theme]
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Part of a unit on National Security Whistleblowers (Courage; Subjects: U.S. 1945 – Current, the Press; & the Law; Civics; Ethical Responsibility; Citizenship) [13+]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
(Literature/U.S.; SEL: Child Abuse; Courage; GBLTQ; Friendship; Romantic Relationships; Mental Illness; Suicide; Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [14+]
Rabbit-Proof Fence
(Human Rights; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: World/Australia) [10+]
The Right Stuff
(Friendship; Teamwork, Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1945 – 1991; Aviation; Space Exploration) [12+]
Schindler’s List
(Courage; Rebellion; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; Subjects: Biography; World/WWII) [15+]
Silenced
Part of a unit on National Security Whistleblowers (U.S. 1945 – Current, the Press; & the Law; Civics; SEL: Courage; Ethical Responsibility; Citizenship) [13+]
Sometimes in April
(Human Rights; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era) [14+]
The Time Machine
(Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: Science Fiction) [10+]
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
(Ambition; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1945-1991; Science-Technology) [10+]
The Tuskegee Airmen
(Courage; Courage in War; Friendship; Self-esteem; Grieving; Suicide; Surviving; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941 – 1945, Diversity & Alabama) [10+]
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
(Human Rights; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1812 – 1865; 1865 – 1913; and African Americans & the Civil Rights Movement; Literature/U.S. (Narrative Writing)) [10+]
Warm Springs
(Courage; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subject: U.S./1913 – 1929; Biography; Georgia) [12+]
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
A Unit on National Security Whistleblowers featuring a choice of three films: War on Whistleblowers, Silenced, and The Most Dangerous Man in America (U.S. 1945 – Current & the Press; the Law; Civics; SEL: Courage; Moral-Ethical Responsibility; Citizenship) [13+]
White Nights
(Breaking Out; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: Dance; World/Cold War & Russia; U.S./Diversity) [13+]
The White Rose
(Courage; Rebellion; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/Germany & WWII) (13+)