Film and Television Suggested Titles by Subconcept area

 

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FAMILIES IN SOCIETY.

 

  • Culture, Race and Ethnicity

1.      Finding Forrester

2.      Mi Familia

3.      South Central

4.      The Education of Little Tree

5.      Women of Brewster Place

 

  • Families and religion

 

  • Families and work
      1. October Sky
      2. One Fine Day

 

  • Families and schools 

1.      Everybody Loves Raymond

2.      Matilda

3.      Mean Girls

 

  • Gender role socialization

1.      Mi Familia

2.      October Sky

 

  • Media and the family

 

  • Historical perspective on families

1.      Little Women

2.      The Trip to Bountiful

3.      Women of Brewster Place

 

INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF FAMILIES

 

  • Family communication

1.      Everybody Loves Raymond

2.      October Sky

3.      The Great Santini

4.      While You Were Sleeping

 

  • Family stress and conflict

1.      Shadowlands

2.      The Great Santini

 

  • Family size and structure

 

  • Dysfunctions and challenges

1.      Kramer vs. Kramer

2.      My Brother Nikhil

3.      Stepmom

4.      The Trip to Bountiful

5.      While you were Sleeping

    • Substance abuse
    • Mental health and illness
    • Physical illness, impairments, disabilities
      1. While you were Sleeping
    • Family violence
      1. Antwone Fisher
      2. Fried Green Tomatoes

 

  • Sibling relationships

 

  • Intergenerational relationships

1.      Because of Winn-Dixie

2.      Finding Forester

3.      Mi Familia

4.      The Education of Little Tree

 

  • Family transitions

1.      Little Women

2.      Shadowlands

3.      Stepmom

4.      The Whales of August

5.      Thirtysomething

6.      Women of Brewster Place

    • Divorce, separation and widowhood
      1. Kramer vs. Kramer
      2. Stepmom
      3. The Whales of August
    • Remarriage, step-parenting
    • Death
      1. Shadowlands
      2. Stepmom
    • Transition to parenting
      1. Thirtysomething

o       Developmental life cycle   

  • Special needs in families

 

HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

 

  • Prenatal

 

  • Infants or toddlers (0-2)

 

  • Childhood or children (2-12)
      1. The Education of Little Tree

 

  • Adolescence (12-18)

1.      Finding Forrester

2.      Mean Girls

3.      October Sky

4.      South Central

 

  • Adulthood

1.      The Rookie

 

  • Aging

1.      The Trip to Bountiful

 

HUMAN SEXUALITY

 

  • Sexual behaviors

 

  • Family planning, sexual values and decision making

 

  • Sexual health and dysfunction

 

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender lifestyles
      1. Fried Green Tomatoes
      2. Women of Brewster Place

 

  • Reproductive issues, including artificial reproductive technologies, abortion, infertility

1.      Mad About You (Infertility) 

 

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

 

  • Intimacy

1.      Shadowlands

 

  • Love and Romance

1.      Shadowlands

2.      The Whales of August

3.      While You Were Sleeping

 

  • Infidelity 

 

  • Communication skills

1.      Everybody Loves Raymond

 

  • Relationships

1.      Winnie the Pooh

2.      One Fine Day

3.      Shadowlands

    • Healthy couple
      1. The Rookie
    • Partner selection
    • Problems, dysfunctions and challenges

 

FAMILY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

 

  • Budgeting

 

  • Social resources and networks

1.      Because of Winn-Dixie

2.      Matilda

 

PARENTING

 

  • Parenting
      1. Because of Winn-Dixie
      2. Everybody Loves Raymond (“Homework’ episode)
      3. Matilda
      4. October Sky
      5. One Fine Day
      6. Parenthood
      7. South Central
      8. The Great Santini
      9. The Rookie

 

  • Parenting styles

1.      Matilda

2.      The Education of Little Tree

 

  • Parent-child relationships
    • Adult child-parent relationships
      1. The Trip to Bountiful
    • Child-parent relationships
      1. October Sky
      2. One Fine Day
      3. Parenthood
      4. South Central
      5. The Education of Little Tree
      6. The Great Santini
      7. The Rookie

 

  • Single parenting

1.      Because of Winn-Dixie

2.      Kramer vs. Kramer

3.      One Fine Day

 

  • Step parenting

1.      Stepmom

 

  • Foster parenting

1.      Antwone Fisher

 

  • Adoption

FAMILY LAW AND POLICIES

 

1.      Kramer vs. Kramer

1.      The Education of Little Tree

 

ETHICAL ISSUES AND DILEMMAS

 

1.      Antwone Fisher

2.      While You Were Sleeping

3.      Mi Familia

 

COUPLES AND FAMILY COUNSELING

 

  • Couples counseling
      1. Everybody Loves Raymond (“Counseling” episode)

 

  • Family therapy
      1. Antwone Fisher

 

  • Counselor education
      1. Antwone Fisher

 

FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION