BIOGRAPHY
Bach, Johann Sebastian
BACH’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
(Biography; Music/Classical; World/Germany; SEL: Friendship; Father/Son; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [6 – 12]
Beethoven, Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS
(Biography; Music/Classical; World/Austria; SEL: Grieving; Disabilities; Friendship; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring) [9 – 12]
Bizet, Georges
BIZET’S DREAM
(Biography; Music/Opera; World/France; SEL: Father/Daughter; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [9 – 12]
Bonaparte, Napoleon
CONQUEST
(Biography/Napoleon Bonaparte; World/France, Poland & The 1800s; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility) [12+]
Cassatt, Mary
MARY CASSATT: AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST
(Visual Arts; World/France; U.S./1865 – 1913; Biography; SEL: Talent; Romantic Relationships; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [8+]
Collins, Michael
MICHAEL COLLINS
(Biography; World/Ireland; SEL: Courage in War; Breaking Out; Peace/Peacemakers; Rebellion; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect) [14+]
Curie, Marie
MADAME CURIE
(Biography; Science-Technology; World/France; SEL: Female Role Model; Grieving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [10+]
MARIE CURIE: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
(Biography; World/France & WWI; Medicine; Science-Technology; SEL: Female Role Model; Mother/Daughter; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [8 – 12]
Da Vinci, Leonardo
LEONARDO: A DREAM OF FLIGHT
(Biography; World/Italy & the Renaissance; Aviation; SEL: Talent; Friendship; Mother/Son; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: General) [8 – 11]
Edison, Thomas Alva
EDISON: THE WIZARD OF LIGHT
(Science-Technology; U.S./1865 – 1929; Cinema; Biography; SEL: Talent; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Citizenship) [8 – 13]
Einstein, Albert
EINSTEIN: LIGHT TO THE POWER OF 2
(Biography; Science-Technology; U.S./1945 – 1991 & Diversity; SEL: Self-esteem; Education; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring) [8 – 13]
Frank, Anne
FOUR FILMS ABOUT ANNE FRANK
(World/WWII & Holland; Biography; SEL: Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Citizenship) [12+]
Franklin, Benjamin
BEN AND ME
Talking and Playing with Movies
(Biography/Franklin; U. S./1750 – 1812 & Pennsylvania; Science-Technology; SEL: Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Citizenship) [8 & 9; 27 minutes]
Galileo
GALILEO: ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
(Biography; Science-Technology; World/Italy & the Renaissance; SEL: Brothers; Education; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect) [8 – 13]
Gandhi, Mahatma
GANDHI
(Biography; World/India, South Africa, England & 1800s – Cold War Era; U.S./Diversity; Religions; SEL: Rebellion; Peace/Peacemakers; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship) [10+]
Gardner, Christopher
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
(U.S./1991 – present and Biography; SEL: Father/Son; Parenting; Surviving, Work/Career; add the following SEL topics when using TWM’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; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [12+]
Gehrig, Louis
PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
(Biography/Gehrig; Sports/Baseball; SEL: Male Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [8+]
Gould, Glenn
THIRTY-TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD
(Biography; Music/Classical; World/Canada; SEL: Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [14+] (Small portions in French with English subtitles.)
Goya, Francisco
GOYA: AWAKENED IN A DREAM
(Visual Arts; World/Spain & the Enlightenment; Biography; SEL: Father/Son; Friendship; Illness; Human Rights; Talent; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [8 – 13]
Guaspari, Roberta
SMALL WONDERS
(Music/Classical; U.S./1991 – Present & New York; Biography/Guaspari; SEL: Education; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship) [6+]
MUSIC OF THE HEART
(Music/Classical, U.S./1991 – present & New York; Biography (Guaspari); SEL: Education; Talent, Disabilities; Romantic Relationships; Divorce and Separation; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship) [9+]
Handel, George Frideric
HANDEL’S LAST CHANCE
(Biography; Music/Classical; World/England & Ireland; SEL: Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring) [6-12]
Hitler, Adolph
Holly, Buddy
THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY
(Biography; Music/Popular; U.S./1945 – 1991; SEL: Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: General) [12+]
Homer, Winslow
WINSLOW HOMER: AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL
(U.S./1861 – 1913; Visual Arts; Medicine-Psychiatry; Biography; SEL: Talent; Grieving; Mental Illness; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility) [8 – 12]
Kamkwamba, William
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+]
Keller, Helen
THE MIRACLE WORKER
(Biography/Keller; U.S./1865 – 1913; SEL: Disabilities; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring) [10+]
Lautrec, Toulouse
MOULIN ROUGE
(Biography/Lautrec; Visual Arts; World/France; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Disabilities; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [13+]
Lawrence, T.E.
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
(Biography; World/England, Middle East & WWI; SEL: Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness) [12+]
Lincoln, Abraham and Lincoln, Mary
LINCOLN
Lesson Plan: The End of America’s Nightmare Dance with Slavery Using Spielberg’s Lincoln
(U.S./1812 – 1865; Biography; SEL: Leadership; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Citizenship) [13+]
ABRAHAM AND MARY LINCOLN: A HOUSE DIVIDED
(U.S./1812 – 1865; Biography; SEL: Families in Crisis; Marriage; Grieving; Leadership; Father/Daughter; Mother/Son; Romantic Relationships; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect, Responsibility, Fairness) [10+]
Liszt, Franz
LISZTS’ RHAPSODY
(Biography; Music/Classical; SEL: Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [6 – 12]
Mao
MAO’S LAST DANCER
(Literature: NonFiction; Literary Devices: allegory/parable; Biography; World/China; U.S.: 1945 – Present; Dance; SEL: Breaking Out; Human Rights; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [12+]
Miller, Glenn
THE GLENN MILLER STORY
(Biography; Music/Popular; U.S.: 1929 – 1941 – 1945; SEL: Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness) [12+]
More, Thomas
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
(Biography/Thomas More; World/England & the Renaissance; Religions/Christianity; Drama/England; SEL: Courage; Male Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness) [12+]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
AMADEUS
(Biography/Mozart; Music/Classical; World/Austria; SEL: Humility; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring) [12+]
Newton, Isaac
ISAAC NEWTON: A TALE OF TWO ISAACS
(Biography; Science-Technology; World/England & Enlightenment; Mathematics; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Talent) [8-13]
Northup, Solomon
12 YEARS A SLAVE
(U.S./1812 – 1865; Literature/U.S. (Slave Narrative); Biography; SEL: Human Rights; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [15+]
Patton, George S.
Robinson, Jackie
THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY
(Biography; Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 – 1991 & Diversity; SEL: Male Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Respect, Citizenship) [8+]
Rockne, Knute
KNUTE ROCKNE
All American (Sports/Football; U.S./1913 – 1929; Biography; SEL: Leadership, Sportsmanship, Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [8+]
Rogers, Fred
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?
Health (Parenting); Biography (Fred Rogers); U.S. History 1945 to 1991. 1991 to present; SEL: Parenting; Male Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; AGE; 16+
Roosevelt, Eleanor
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
(Biography; U.S./1865 – 1991; Politics; SEL: Leadership; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Citizenship) [10+]
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR)
WARM SPRINGS
(U.S./1913 – 1929 & Georgia; Biography; SEL: Courage; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring) [12+]
Rossini, Giocchino
ROSSINI’S GHOST
(Biography; Music/Opera; World/Italy; SEL: Talent; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [6 – 12]
Sandoval, Arturo
FOR LOVE OR COUNTRY – THE ARTURO SANDOVAL STORY
(Music/Jazz; World/Cuba and the Cold War Era; Biography; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Citizenship) [12+]
Schindler, Oskar
SCHINDLER’S LIST
(Biography; World/WWII; SEL: Courage; Rebellion; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring) [15+]
Spartacus
Stalin
Strauss, Johann, Jr.
STRAUSS: THE KING OF THREE-QUARTER TIME
(Biography; Music/Classical; World/Austria; SEL: Friendship; Child Abuse; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [6 – 12]
Taylor, Paul
Truman, Harry S.
Van Gogh, Vincent
LUST FOR LIFE
(Biography/Van Gogh; World/France; Visual Arts; SEL: Talent; Brothers; Mental Illness; Suicide; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [12+]
VINCENT: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF VINCENT VAN GOGH
(Biography; World/France; Visual Arts; SEL: Talent; Brothers, Mental Illness; Suicide; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [12+]
Whitman, Walt
BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS
(Biography/Whitman; Literature/U.S.; World/Canada; Medicine; SEL: Male Role Model; Mental Illness; Breaking Out; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [12+; useful for getting students to read and appreciate the poetry of Walt Whitman]
Zola, Emile
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
(Biography; World/France; Literature/France; SEL: Justice; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Fairness) [10+]