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The Korean War is raging. The U.S. government is conducting atmospheric atomic bomb tests in the Nevada desert. Rose has an alcoholic stepfather and a codependent mother who enables her husband's alcohol abuse while suffering from her own problems with gambling addiction. <br><br> <em>Desert Bloom</em> shows much about life in the U.S. in the early 1950s, and how we as a nation dealt with (or ignored) the possibility of nuclear war ("duck & cover"), alcoholism, spousal abuse, child abuse, and gambling addiction. It shows, with compassion and tenderness, a girl coming of age amid the many problems of the adults around her. <br><br> <strong>The TeachWithMovies.com <font class="italic">Learning Guide</font> to <em>Desert Bloom</em></strong> will help parents and teachers introduce atomic testing in the U.S. and the period of the 1950s. It will supplement U.S. history classes relating to that period. In addition, the <font class="italic">Guide</font> provides background and discussion questions helping teachers and parents address the issues of coming of age, substance abuse, gambling addiction, and child abuse. <br> <br><br> <hr align="center" width="200" color="006600"> <br> TeachWithMovies.com's <font class="italic">Movie Lesson Plans</font> and <em>Learning Guides</em> are used by thousands of teachers to motivate students. They provide background and discussion questions that lead to fascinating classes. Parents can use them to supplement what their children learn in school. <br><br> Each film recommended by TeachWithMovies.com contains lessons on life and positive moral messages. 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