THE ENVIRONMENT
BORN FREE
(World/Africa; The Environment; SEL: Caring for Animals; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring) [8+]
Countdown to Year Zero
Academic Version
(The Environment; U.S. History & Culture 1991 to present; SEL: Caring for Animals; Taking Care of Yourself; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility) [15+; 52 minutes]
THE COVE
(The Environment; SEL: Caring for Animals; Breaking Out; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [12+]
COWSPIRACY
(The Environmentment; SEL: Surviving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [13+]
FLY AWAY HOME
(Grieving); ELA: theme, characterization, backstory, allusion, complication; Science(Biology); the Environment; World/Canada; SEL: Grieving; Parenting; Father/Daughter; Caring for Animals; Teamwork; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring) [10+]
THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY II
(Environment; World/Africa; SEL: Male Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [10+]
GORILLAS IN THE MIST
(The Environment; Science-Technology; World/Africa; SEL — Caring for Animals; Courage; Human Rights; Romantic Relationships; Ethical Emphasis — Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship) [13+]
ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN
Talking and Playing for Growth
(The Environment; SEL: Friendship; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility (Taking Care of the Environment) [6 – 8]
A LIFE ON OUR PLANET
(The Environment; SEL: Surviving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [9+]
THE LION KING
(The Environment; Science/Technology; SEL: Grieving; Redemption; Friendship; Ambition, Running Away; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility) [8 – 11]
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
(Science; the Environment; World/Antarctica; SEL: Caring for Animals) [10+]
NEVER CRY WOLF
(Science-Technology, The Environment; U.S./1945 – 1991; Alaska; SEL: Caring for Animals; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [10+]
PLANET EARTH
Snippet Lesson Plan: The Arctic and Antarctica
[10+; snippet: 40 minutes, 30 seconds; Lesson: One and one-half 45 – 55 minute class periods]
PLANET EARTH
Snippet Lesson Plan: Caves and Extremophiles
[10+; snippet: 16 minutes, 15 seconds; lesson: 40 minutes]
PLANET EARTH
Snippet Lesson Plan: Deep Ocean Dwellers
[10+; snippet: 26 minutes; Lesson: One 45 to 55 minute class period]
PRINCESS MONONOKE
(World/Japan; The Environment; Mythology; Cinema; SEL: Male Role Model; Leadership; Romantic Relationships; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Citizenship) [12+]
SECRETS OF THE WHALES
(Science-Technology; The Environment; SEL: Caring for Animals; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility)
SPIDERMAN 2
SNIPPET LESSON PLAN
For Thermonuclear Reactions in the Sun and As a Source of Unlimited Energy for Mankind (Science & Technology/Astronomy; the Environment; Science Fiction) [12+: Middle School Level; Snippet: approximately eight and 1/4 minutes in two segments. Lesson: approximately 30 minutes]
VOLCANO
Snippet Lesson Plan: Volcanoes and Tectonic Plates
[10 – 13; snippet: 20 minutes in three segments; Lesson: two 45 to 55 minute class periods]
WINGED MIGRATION
(Science; the Environment; SEL: Caring for Animals) [12+]
THE YEAR THE EARTH CHANGED
(The Environment; SEL: Surviving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [8+]