|
Create Lesson Plans Based on Movies and Film
WAR OF THE BUTTONS
Using Characterization in Literary Analysis
SUBJECTS — Literature/Literary devices: characterization;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Fighting; Friendship;
Leadership; Parenting;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Trustworthiness; Caring.
Age: 8+; MPAA Rating -- PG; 1995; 94 minutes; Color.
|
|
|
Students of all ages love this film. The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide helps teachers and parents use the movie to show students how an assessment of characterization can serve as a gateway to literary analysis.
The story is set in Ireland in the mid-20th century. Boys from two different villages, one wealthy and one poor, are at war and meet on several battlefields. The spoils of war are buttons cut from the losers' clothing. In these battles, lessons are learned and loyalties are tested. By the film's end, the two leaders, Fergus and Geronimo, have become friends. They admit to each other that the war was fought "for the hell of it".
War of the Buttons is rich in humor and visual beauty. Its actors, although largely unknown, create a strong empathic reaction between themselves and any age viewer.
TeachWithMovies.com's Movie Lesson Plans and Learning Guides 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.
Each film recommended by TeachWithMovies.com contains lessons on life and positive moral messages. Our Guides and Lesson Plans show teachers and parents how to stress these messages and make them meaningful for young audiences.
Learning Guides feature the following sections:
|
|
- Benefits
- Possible Problems
- Helpful Background
- Building Vocabulary
|
- Discussion Questions
- Links to Internet
- Bridges to Reading
- Assignments & Projects
| |
More suggestions about the beneficial use of movies to supplement curricula are added on a regular basis!
War of the Buttons is an excellent vehicle for analyzing characterization in a story.
What do teachers and parents say about TeachWithMovies.com? Click Here
TEACHERS: Use film to inspire students, drive assignments and meet curriculum goals. Click here for more information.
PARENTS: Make movies more than just entertainment. Click here to learn how to do it.
|
|
$11.99 per year for Learning Guides and Lesson Plans to 300 movies covering most of the K -12 curriculum!
Check out our helpful indexes
Click Here to Subscribe.
FREE SAMPLES OF:
FOUR TYPES OF
LEARNING GUIDES &
LESSON PLANS
MOST SUBJECTS K-12
LEARNING GUIDES to Feature Films and Documentaries
LESSON PLANS for Snippets and Short Subjects
SET-UP-THE-SUB using Movies, Snippets, and Short Subjects
TALKING & PLAYING FOR GROWTH with movies for children 3 - 8
Finding Nemo
|
|
|
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 War of the Buttons.
There are three important aspects of characterization. These aspects reveal feelings, values and beliefs. We are rarely told, we are usually shown, what characters feel, value and believe through the following techniques:
Description
Dialogue
Action.
The Learning Guide to War of the Buttons also contains sections on Benefits of the Movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.
A subscription to TeachWithMovies.com will give teachers access to 300 Learning Guides and lesson plans.Click here to subscribe and make good use of and introduce children to War of the Buttons.
Already a member? Click here.
|
|
See our list of authors and contributors.
Click Here
Check out our Indexes:
TeachWithMovies.com is a "Six Pillars Partner" of Character Counts, a nationally recognized program that teaches ethics.
Introduce children to:
-- Major Events in History
-- Principles of Science
-- Extraordinary People
-- Literature, Drama, Dance, Art
-- Social-Emotional Learning
|
|
|
|
Spread the GOOD NEWS about TEACHWITHMOVIES.COM!
|
|
|
Copyright © 2008 and 2009 by TeachWithMovies.com, Inc. All rights reserved. DVD or VHS covers are shown by permission of Amazon.com and may be subject to copyrights shown thereon. TeachWithMovies.org®, TeachWithMovies.com®, Talking and Playing with Movies™, and the pencil and filmstrip logo are trademarks of TeachWithMovies.com, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
