AMBITION
Create Lesson Plans About Ambition Using Movies
All The King’s Men
(Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1913 – 1941, Politics & Louisiana; Literature/U.S.) [13+]
Degas and the Dancer
(Talent, Ambition, Mother/Daughter, Sisters; Ethical Emphasis — Respect; Responsibility; Caring; Subjects — Visual Arts; World/France; Dance) [8 – 13]
Julius Caesar
(Ambition; Rebellion; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: World/Ancient Rome; Drama/England) [12+]
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
(Ambition; Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Friendship; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1929 – 1941 (the Great Depression) [6-12]
The Lion King
(Grieving; Redemption; Friendship; Ambition, Running Away; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Subjects: The Environment; Science/Technology) [8 – 11]
Looking For Richard
(Ambition; Brothers; Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: World/England; Drama/England) [12+]
Navalny
The Best of TWM
(World-Russia, Post-Cold War Era; SEL: Courage, Ambition, Human Rights, Leadership, Male Role Model (Navalny);
Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility, Citizenship) [15+]
Quiz Show
(Ambition; Father/Son; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: U.S./1945 – 1991 & New York) [11+]
Richard III
(Ambition; Brothers; Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: Drama/England; World/England) [12+]
Stalin
(Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography; World/Russia)[12+]
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
(Ambition; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1945-1991; Science-Technology) [10+]
The Pursuit of Happyness
(Father/Son; Parenting; Surviving, Work/Career; add the following SEL topics when using TeachWithMovies.org’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; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: U.S./1991 – present and Biography) [12+]