Families In Crisis
Create Lesson Plans About Families In Crisis Using Movies
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
(Families in Crisis; Marriage; Grieving; Leadership; Father/Daughter; Mother/Son; Romantic Relationships; Ethical Emphasis: Respect, Responsibility, Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1812 – 1865; Biography) [10+]
Anne B. Real
(Breaking Out; Coming of Age; Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Courage; Crime; Education; Families in Crisis; Surviving; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1991 – present and New York) [12+]
Four Films About Anne Frank
(Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/WWII & Holland; Biography) [12+]
Angels in the Outfield
(Families in Crisis; Friendship; Parenting; Female Role Model; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 – 1991 & California) [9 – 12]
Beau Geste
(Leadership; Families in Crisis; Brothers; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/France) [12+]
Billy Elliot
(Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; GBLTQ, Education; Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]
The Book Thief
(Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility, Caring; Subjects: World/Germany, WW-II, ELA (theme, personification, symbol, & irony)) [13+; 121 minutes]
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+]
A Dry White Season
(Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/South Africa) [14+]
Desert Bloom
(Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Child Abuse, Running Away, Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1945 – 1991 & Nevada) [13+]
Einstein: Light to the Power of 2
(Self-esteem; Education; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; U.S./1945 – 1991 & Diversity) [8 – 13]
The Glass Menagerie
(Families in Crisis; Mother/Son; Mother/Daughter; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Drama/U.S.; U.S./Missouri)[12+]
Gracie’s Choice
(Alcohol & Drug; Abuse; Families In Crisis; Mother/Daughter; Parenting; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring; Subjects: Health; U.S./1991 – present) [10+]
The Grapes of Wrath
(Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Ethical Emphasis: Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1929 – 1941; Oklahoma & California; Literature/U.S.) [12+]
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
(Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: U.S./1945 – 1991 & Diversity) [+]
Hester Street
(Families in Crisis; Marriage; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Trustworthiness; Subjects: U.S./1865 – 1913; Diversity & New York) [12+]
An Ideal Husband
(Families in Crisis; Marriage, Friendship, Romantic Relationships, Justice, Redemption; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Drama/England; World/England)[12+]
The Insider
(Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Families in Crisis, Marriage, Crime, Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship Subjects: U.S./1991 – present) [13+]
Into the Wild
(Literature: NonFiction; Literary Devices: theme; allusion; U.S.: 1945 – 1991; SEL: Taking Care of Yourself; Families in; Crisis Friendship; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [14+]
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) [6-10]
Little Women
(Female Role Model; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Sisters; Coming of Age; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1860 – 1865 & Massachusetts; Literature/U.S.) [6+]
Lorenzo’s Oil
(Illness, Disabilities; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Sisters; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Medicine) [13+]
Mrs. Miniver
(Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Courage in War; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/England & WWII) [10+]
My Family
(Families in Crisis; Subjects: U.S. 1929 – 1991; Hispanic & California; World/Mexico; Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [13+]
Pay It Forward
(Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Mother/Son; Families in Crisis; Education; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1991 – Present) [12+]
A Raisin in the Sun
(Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1945 – 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Drama/U.S.) [12+]
She’s Too YoungÂ
Peer Pressure; Bad Associations; Romantic Relationships; Self-esteem; Taking Care of Yourself; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Subjects: Health (social structure of school; STDs)) [15+]
Strictly Ballroom
(Breaking Out; Talent; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: Dance; World/Australia) [9+]
The Swiss Family Robinson
(Families in Crisis; Brothers; Surviving; Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: Literature/England; Science-Technology; World/Indonesia) [6 – 12]
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
(Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Education; Families in Crisis; Father/Daughter; Grieving; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1913 – 1929, Diversity & New York;) [9+]