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APOLLO 13


SUBJECTS — U.S./1945 - 1991; Aviation;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Teamwork; Male Role Model;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Trustworthiness; Responsibility.

Age: 8+; MPAA Rating: PG (for language and emotional intensity); Drama; 1995; 140 minutes; Color.


Apollo 13, NASA
This film is a realistic dramatization of the aborted flight of NASA's Apollo 13 mission. It shows men solving problems with intelligence, education, teamwork and bravery as well as the process of preparing for space travel in the 1970s.

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Astronaut, James A Lovell, Fred Haise, John L Swigert

To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below a paragraph from the Learning Guide to Apollo 13.
In 1961, President Kennedy committed the United States to a program to put a man on the moon by 1970. His purpose was to provide a clear goal in the American effort to surpass the Soviet space program. The Apollo program landed six space ships on the moon beginning with Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969. Three of the missions, Apollo 14, 16 and 17, were extended stays on the surface of the moon in which the astronauts used a two man Lunar Roving Vehicle to cross the Moon's surface.


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