Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Auschwitz Episode Guide: Corruption

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine life at the Auschwitz concentration camp. They watch and discuss a PBS documentary, analyze reasons for prosecuting perpetrators after the war, and develop criteria for recognizing Internet sites developed by Holocaust...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Expectations 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students comprehend how Dicken's set piece on snobbery. They discuss how Lean uses costume, actors' non-verbal communcication and props to convey Victorian class customs, distinctions, and snobbery. Students are shown "The Jolly Bargee"...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Affluenza

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students are introduced to the "disease" of affluenza. After watching a documentary, they identify the forces that have changed the nation into a consumer society. As a class, they discuss ways to avoid catching on to this phenomenon.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Movies Are Us

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students watch a movie, and answer teacher created questions in order to explore the brain.
Website
PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Alfred Hitchcock

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline and biography of Hitchcock's career focuses on much of his stormy relationship with David O. Selznick.
Website
PBS

P.o.v. On Pbs: In the Realms of the Unreal (Outsider Art of Henry Darger)

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion site for independent filmmaker Jessica Yu's exploration of the life and work of Henry Darger, which originally aired on PBS's "P.O.V." series in 2005. Along with a synopsis of the film and Yu's insights about her subject,...
Website
Other

Official Website of the Hfpa and the Golden Globe Awards

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site for the Golden Globes. Search website for winner's video interviews, photos.
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Oscar Micheaux

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Oscar Micheaux, a prolific African American producer and director who made films independently of the Hollywood film industry from the silent era until 1948.