Talent
Create Lesson Plans About Talent Using Movies
Amadeus
(Humility; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Biography/Mozart; Music/Classical; World/Austria) [12+]
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+]
Bach’s Fight for Freedom
(Friendship; Father/Son; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical; World/Germany) [6 – 12]
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
(Friendship; Grieving; Disability; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Music/Classical; World/Austria; Biography/Beethoven) [9 – 12]
Bizet’s Dream
(Father/Daughter; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: World/France; Music/Opera; Biography/Bizet) [9 – 12]
The Bolero
Short Subject
(Talent; Ethical Emphasis: None; Subjects: Music (classical)) [9+; 26 minutes]
The Buddy Holly Story
(Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: Biography; Music/Popular; U.S./1945 – 1991) [12+]
Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist
(Talent; Romantic Relationships; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Visual Arts; World/France; U.S./1865 – 1913; Biography)[8+]
Dancemaker
(Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography/Taylor; Dance) [12+]
Degas and the Dancer
(Talent, Ambition, Mother/Daughter, Sisters; Ethical Emphasis — Respect; Responsibility; Caring; Subjects — Visual Arts; World/France; Dance) [8 – 13]
Edison: The Wizard of Light
(Talent, Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: Science-Technology; U.S./1865 – 1929; Cinema; Biography) [8 – 13]
The Glenn Miller Story
(Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography; Music/Popular; U.S./1929 – 1945) [12+]
Goya: Awakened in a Dream
(Father/Son; Friendship; Illness; Human Rights; Talent; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis — Caring; Subjects — Visual Arts; World/Spain & the Enlightenment; Biography) [8 – 13]
Handel’s Last Chance
(Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring; Subjects: Biography/Handel; Music/Classical; World/England & Ireland) [6 – 12]
High School Musical
(Breaking Out; Friendship, Peer Pressure; Father/Son; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Dance; Drama/Musicals) [8 – 14]
Hoop Dreams
(Sportsmanship; Breaking Out; Talent; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility Fairness; Subjects: Sports/Basketball; U.S. 1991 – Present & Illinois) [10+]
Isaac Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs
(Romantic Relationships; Talent; Subjects: Biology; Science-Technology; World/England & Enlightenment; Mathematics) [8- 13]
The Jazz Singer
(Breaking Out; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: Cinema; U.S./1913 – 1929, Diversity & New York; Music/Popular) [12+]
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Talking and Playing for Growth
(Coming of Age; Talent; Friendship; Courage. Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Caring) [5 – 8]
Knute Rockne, All American
(Leadership; Sportsmanship; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Sports/Football; U.S./1913 – 1929; Biography) [8+]
Leonardo: A Dream of Flight
(Friendship; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: Biography; World/Italy & the Renaissance; Science-Technology; Aviation) [8 – 11]
Les Choristes
(Self-esteem; Talent; Education; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Music; World/France; Literature/Poetry Analysis; Literary Devices: theme) [10+; in French with English subtitles]
The Life of Emile Zola
(Justice; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Fairness; Subjects: Biography; World/France; Literature/France) [10+]
Liszts’ Rhapsody
(Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical;) [6 – 12]
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+]
Lust for Life
(Talent; Brothers; Mental Illness; Suicide; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Biography/Van Gogh; World/France; Visual Arts) [12+]
Moulin Rouge
(Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Disabilities; Talent; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography/Lautrec; Visual Arts; World/France) [13+]
Music of the Heart
(Education; Talent; Disabilities; Romantic Relationships; Divorce and Separation; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 – Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari)) [9+]
The Red Shoes
(Talent; Work/Career; Ethical Emphasis Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: Dance; Music/Classical) [12+]
The Rookie
(Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Sports/Baseball; U.S./1991 – present) [9+]
Rossini’s Ghost
(Talent; Friendship; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography/Rossini; Music/Opera; World/Italy) [6 – 12]
Searching for Bobby Fischer
(Talent; Father/Son; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Sports/Chess; World/Canada) [10+]
Strictly Ballroom
(Breaking Out; Talent; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: Dance; World/Australia) [9+]
Thirty-two Short Films About Glenn Gould
(Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical; World/Canada) [14+] (Small portions are in French with English subtitles)
The Turning Point
(Marriage; Mother/Daughter; Friendship; Male Role Model; Talent; Work/Career; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Dance; U.S./1945 – 1991) [14+]
Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh
(Talent; Brothers, Mental Illness; Suicide; Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Biography; World/France; Visual Arts) [12+]
Winslow Homer: An American Original
(Talent; Grieving; Mental Illness; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1861 – 1913; Visual Arts; Medicine-Psychiatry; Biography) [8 – 12]