Education
Create Lesson Plans About Education Using Movies
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+]
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
Science (Biology & Physics); World (Africa & Malawi); Biography (William Kamkwamba); ELA; SEL: Male Role Model; Education; Father/Son; Families in Crisis; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; [10+]
Conrack
(Male Role Model; Work/Career; Education; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: U.S./1945 – 1991, Diversity & South Carolina) [10+]
Einstein: Light to the Power of 2
(Self-esteem; Education; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; U.S./1945 – 1991 & Diversity) [8 – 13]
Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants
(Brothers; Education; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; World/Italy & the Renaissance) [8 – 13]
The King and I
(Education; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/Thailand; U.S./1860 – 1865; Dance/Performance) [8+]
Les Choristes
(Self-esteem; Talent; Education; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Music; World/France; Literature/Poetry Analysis; Literary Devices: theme) [10+; in French with English subtitles]
Mr. Holland’s Opus
(Education; Male Role Model; Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Marriage; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Caring; Respect; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S. 1945 – 1991) [10+]
Music of the Heart
(Education; Talent; Disabilities; Romantic Relationships; Divorce and Separation; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 – Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari)) [9+]
Partners of the Heart
(Teamwork, Education, Friendship; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Medicine; U.S./1917 – 1991, Diversity, Tennessee & Maryland) [10+]
Pay It Forward
(Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Mother/Son; Families in Crisis; Education; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1991 – Present) [12+]
The Pursuit of Happyness
(Father/Son; Parenting; Surviving, Work/Career; add the following SEL topics when using TeachWithMovies.org’s student handout for this film entitled Episodes in the Life of Chris Gardner (What’s Not in the Movie): Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Breaking Out; Spousal Abuse; Child Abuse; Education; Male Role Model; Ambition; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: U.S./1991 – present and Biography) [12+]
Small Wonders
(Education; Female Role Model; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 – Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari)) [6+]
Something the Lord Made
(Teamwork, Education, Friendship; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Medicine; U.S./1917 – 1991, Diversity, Tennessee & Maryland) [10+]
Stand and Deliver
(Education; Male Role Model; Self-esteem; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1941 – 1996, Diversity & California; Mathematics; ELA) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils, and irony]
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
(Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Education; Families in Crisis; Father/Daughter; Grieving; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1913 – 1929, Diversity & New York;) [9+]