Social-Emotional Learning Index

Suicide

Create Lesson Plans About Suicide Using Movies

All My Sons

(Crime; Marriage; Father/Son; Suicide; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1941 – 1991; Drama/U.S.) [13+]

Courage Under Fire

(Marriage, Redemption; Leadership; Suicide; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Courage in War; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1991 – Present) [12+]

Cross Creek

(Female Role Model; Parenting; Friendship; Suicide; Running Away; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1865 – 1913 and Florida; Literature/U.S.) [the events that inspired The Yearling]

Gattaca

(Breaking Out; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Human Rights; Brothers; Friendship; Suicide; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Fairness; Subjects: Science Fiction) [14+]

The Inner Circle

(Marriage; Human Rights; Suicide; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: World/Russia) [15+]

It’s a Wonderful Life

(Male Role Model; Suicide; Breaking Out; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1913 – 1945) [10+]

Les Misérables

(Redemption; Suicide; Ethical Emphasis: Fairness, Caring; Subjects: Literature/France; World/France) [8+]

Lust for Life

(Talent; Brothers; Mental Illness; Suicide; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Biography/Van Gogh; World/France; Visual Arts) [12+]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

(Literature/U.S.; SEL: Child Abuse; Courage; GBLTQ; Friendship; Romantic Relationships; Mental Illness; Suicide; Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [14+]

Romeo and Juliet

(Fighting; Romantic Relationships; Suicide; Revenge; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Drama/England) [12+]

The Tuskegee Airmen

(Courage; Courage in War; Friendship; Self-esteem; Grieving; Suicide; Surviving; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941 – 1945, Diversity & Alabama) [10+]

Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh

(Talent; Brothers, Mental Illness; Suicide; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Biography; World/France; Visual Arts) [12+]

Water

(Human Rights; Suicide; Breaking Out; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Fairness; Subjects: World/India; Religions/Hinduism; ELA) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]