LESSON PLANS BASED ON SHORTS AND
Full-Length Movies — Short Subjects — Movie Clips — Film Clips — Video Clips — Snippets
Each Lesson Plan on this Index uses a short subject, clip or snippet which is 40 minutes or less.
The suggested ages for the Snippet Lesson Plan are shown in brackets.
Ben and Me
Benjamin Franklin using Ben and Me – Guide to Talking and Playing for Growth (U.S./1750 – 1812; SEL: Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Citizenship)
[5 – 8; short subject lasting 27 minutes]
Corner In Wheat
U.S. History 1865 – 1913; ELA (ironic metaphor); Cinema; SEL: Work/Career; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring. [NR]
[Silent Film:14 minutes]
A Force More Powerful
Civil Rights Movement – The Nashville Sit-ins using A Force More Powerful
[ages 12+; snippet 25 minutes; lesson: two class periods]
The Last Repair Shop
(U.S. 1991 to Current; Music; World: Armenia; SEL: Work/Career; GBLTQ; Human Rights; Taking Care of Yourself; Male Role Model; Female Role Model; Moral/Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring.
[Short Film: 39 minutes]
Saving Private Ryan
The Omaha Beach Landing Using a Film Clip from Saving Private Ryan (U.S./1941 – 1945; World/WWII; SEL: Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Citizenship)
[16+]
This is America Charlie Brown
The Constitutional Convention using Birth of the Constitution — from the series This is America Charlie Brown (U.S./Creating the Nation; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Citizenship)
[9 – 12; short subject lasting 24 minutes]
This is America Charlie Brown
The Transcontinental Railroad using The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad — from the series “This is America Charlie Brown” (U.S./1865 – 1913)
[8 – 11; short subject lasting 24 minutes]