Create Lesson Plans about Individual States from Movies

Suggested Ages are in brackets at the end of each entry.

The term "snippet" refers to a segment of a longer film which is 40 minutes or less in length. The term "short subject" applies to complete movies which are also 40 minutes or less.

Alabama

• The Long Walk Home    U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Alabama [12+]
• Tuskegee Airmen    Aviation; U.S./1941 - 1945, Diversity & Alabama [10+]

Alaska

• Never Cry Wolf    Science-Technology, The Environment; U.S./1945 - 1991; Alaska [10+]

Arizona

• Fort Apache    U.S./The Frontier and the West & Arizona [8+]
(Some Spanish spoken by the Native Americans)

California

• Angels in the Outfield    Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & California [9 - 12]
• Barbary Coast    U.S./The Frontier and the West & California [12+]
• The Grapes of Wrath    U.S./1929 - 1941; Oklahoma & California; Literature/U.S. [12+]
• The Joy Luck Club    U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity; California; World/China [14+]
• Stand and Deliver    U.S./1941 - 1996, Diversity & California; Mathematics; Literature/Literary Devices [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]

Florida

• Cross Creek    U.S./1865 - 1913 & Florida; Literature/U.S. [the events that inspired The Yearling]
• The Yearling    U.S./1865 - 1913 & Florida; Literature/U.S. [8 - 12]

Georgia

• Gone With the Wind    U.S./1860 - 1865 & Georgia [12+]

Hawaii

• Hawaii    U.S./1812 - 1860 & Hawaii; Religions/Christianity [12+]

Idaho

• Smoke Signals    U.S./1991 - Present, Diversity (Native American) & Idaho [12+]

Illinois

• Hoop Dreams    Sports/Basketball; U.S./1991 - Present & Illinois [10+]
• Native Son    U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Literature/U.S. [15+]
• A Raisin in the Sun    U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Drama/U.S [12+]

Indiana

• Breaking Away    Sports/Bicycle Racing; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Indiana [12+]

Iowa

• Field of Dreams    Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Iowa [10+]

Louisiana

• All The King's Men    U.S./1913 - 1941, Politics & Louisiana; Literature/U.S. [13+]

Maryland

• Partners of the Heart    Medicine; U.S./1917 - 1991, Diversity, Tennessee & Maryland [10+]
• Something the Lord Made    Medicine; U.S./1917 - 1991, Diversity, Tennessee & Maryland [10+]

Massachusetts

• Captains Courageous    U.S./1929 - 1941 & Massachusets; Seafaring [8 - 12]
• The Crucible    U.S./1629 - 1750, 1945-1991 & Massachusetts; Drama/U.S. [12+]
• Glory    U.S./ 1860 - 1865 & Massachusetts [14+]
• Good Will Hunting Medicine (Psychiatry); U.S./1991 - present & Massachusetts [14+]
• Little Women    U.S./1860 - 1865 & Massachusetts; Literature/U.S. [6+]
• Moby Dick    Literature/U.S.; Seafaring; U.S./1812 - 1860 & Massachusetts [10+]
• The Russians Are Coming! The Russians are Coming!    U.S./1945 - 1991 & Massachusetts [8 - 12]
• The Scarlet Letter    U.S./1629 - 1750 & Massachusetts; Religions/Christianity; Literature/U.S. [12+]

Mississippi

• Ghosts of Mississippi    U.S./1945 - Present, Diversity, the Law & Mississippi [12+]

Missouri

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn    U.S./1812 - 1860, Diversity & Missouri; Literature/U.S. [6+]
• The Glass Menagerie    Drama/U.S.; U.S./Missouri [12+]

Nebraska

• Boystown    U.S./1913 - 1929 & Nebraska; Religions/Christianity [10+]

Nevada

• Desert Bloom    U.S./1945 - 1991 & Nevada [13+]
• The Ox-Bow Incident    U.S./The Frontier and the West; 1865 - 1913; The Law; & Nevada [12+]

New Jersey

• The Crossing    U.S./1750 - 1812, New Jersey & Pennsylvania [12+]

New Mexico

• Edge of America (Sports/Basketball; U.S./1945-1991; Diversity/Native American & African American and New Mexico [12+]
• Fat Man and Little Boy    U.S./1941 - 1945 & New Mexico; Science-Technology; [13+]

New York

• An American Tail    U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York [7 - 10]
• An American Tail - Talking and Playing for Growth U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York; Religions/Judaism; SEL: Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring [5 - 8]
• Anne B. Real    U.S./1991 - present and New York [12+]
• Hester Street    U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York [12+]
• The Jazz Singer    Cinema; U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & New York; Music/Popular [12+]
• Life With Father    U.S./1865 - 1913 & New York [8+]
• Music of the Heart    Music/Classical, U.S./1991 - present & New York; Biography (Guaspari [9+]
• On The Waterfront    Cinema; U.S./1945 - 1991 & New York [12+]
• Quiz Show    U.S./1945 - 1991 & New York [11+]
• Small Wonders    Music/Classical; U.S./1991 - Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari [6+]
• Tootsie    U.S./1945 - 1991 & New York; Drama/U.S. [13+]
• A Tree Grows In Brooklyn    U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & New York [9+]
• West Side Story    Drama/Musicals; U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & New York Dance/Performance [12+]
• The Witness    (U.S./1991 - present & New York [13+]

Oklahoma

• The Grapes of Wrath    U.S./1929 - 1941; Oklahoma & California; Literature/U.S. [12+]
• Oklahoma!    Drama/Musicals; U.S./1865-1913 & Oklahoma; Dance/Performance [12+]

Pennsylvania

• 1776    U.S./1750 - 1812 & Pennsylvania; Drama/Musicals [11+]
• Ben and Me -- Short Subject       Biography/Franklin; U. S./1750 - 1812 & Pennsylvania; Science-Technology [8 & 9; 27 minutes]
• Gettysburg    U.S./1860 - 1865 & Pennsylvania [10+]

South Carolina

• Conrack    U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & South Carolina [10+]

Tennessee

• Cast Away (U.S./1945 - 1991 and Tennessee; Literature/Literary Devices: expository phase; motif; symbol; theme development; dramatic irony) [13+]
• Force More Powerful -- Short Subject       World/India, Poland, Denmark, Chile, South Africa; 1800s - the Present; U.S./1945 - the Present; Civil Rights Movement, Tennessee [12+; Six sections, each between 20 and 30 minutes in length]
• Snippet Lesson Plan on the Civil Rights Movement - The Nashville Sit-ins, 1960 (U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [12+; snippet: 25 minutes; lesson: two class periods]
• Partners of the Heart    Medicine; U.S./1917 - 1991, Diversity, Tennessee & Maryland [10+]
• Inherit the Wind    Cinema; U.S./1913 - 1929, 1945 - 1991 & Tennessee [12+]
• Something the Lord Made    Medicine; U.S./1917 - 1991, Diversity, Tennessee & Maryland [10+]

Virginia

• Remember the Titans    U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Virginia; Sports/Football [11+]

West Virginia

• Matewan    U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & West Virginia; Religions/Christianity [12+]
• October Sky    Space Exploration; U.S./1945 - 1991 & West Virginia; Science-Technology [10+]
• Shiloh (U.S./1945 - 1991 & West Virginia; SEL: Caring for Animals; Father/Son; Mother/Son, Parenting; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworhiness; Caring) [10+]

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