Families Illustrated Teaching Family life with Film and Television

 

Web Resources

 

 

≈ Teach with Movies (www.teachwithmovies.com/).

Limited number of free lesson guides to accompany films; subscription gets access to the full library.

≈ F.I.L.M. (Finding Inspiration in Literature and Movies). (http://www.youthfilmproject.org)

From the site: The literacy and film program encourages youth associated with National Collaboration for Youth organizations to screen the program’s featured films, read the books associated with the movies, utilize the activity guides, and partake in related service projects. Current guides for the films, “Hoot”, “Glory Road,” “Dreamer” and “Because of Winn-Dixie.

≈ PBS TeacherSource: (www.pbs.org/teachersource)

Provides nearly 3,000 free lesson plans and activities for educators tied to PBS programming and correlated to local and national standards

≈ Teaching with Film: (www.salzburgseminar.org/ASC/csacl/progs/EFL/FILM.htm ).

Information by Kitty Johnson, USIA English Teaching Fellow

≈ Department of French – Teacher’s Guide to Teaching with Film: (www.virginia.edu/french/resource/films/filmteach_guide.htm).

This site offers some good, basic information relevant to any teaching situation.

≈ Robert E. Yahnke, University of Minnesota. Resources for Teaching Film: (www.tc.umn.edu/~yahnk001/filmteach/teach.htm)

Dr. Yahnke offers summaries of about 3 dozen films, and activities used in teaching films in his college course on introductory film.

≈ Film Education: (www.filmeducation.org).

This site out of the UK provides free educational materials, organizes training courses, conferences, workshops, seminars and events including National Schools Film Week.

≈ Museum of Broadcast Communications: (www.museum.tv/home.php)

Great source of information about television programming, history, and news. Includes an encyclopedia of television.

≈ Association for Psychological Science Teaching Tips/Teaching Psychology through Film and Video, R.J. Green, Texas A & M-Commerce. (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/teaching/tips/tips_0703.cfm)

Very thorough list of reasons for teaching with film; excellent overview of practical suggestions for making the most from the teaching experience.

≈ Media Awareness Network

(Media Awareness Network comparing TV families activity)

Features information and learning activities related to media awareness and literacy for school-age children and older. This link is an activity for grades 2-5 comparing TV families to real families.

 

Last update: November 1, 2006