When I was a teacher, I remember that movies were my last-ditch student engagement strategy. If it was the day before a holiday and my students were full of sugar, sometimes only a film could keep them from bouncing off the walls!
But the movies weren’t always the most educational (think Yu-Gi-Oh! more than European History). Thus, I’m happy to recommend a great resource for teachers and youth programs that use media to engage kids with critical topics: Community Classroom by [ITVS]. You can find documentaries on a variety of issue areas (women’s empowerment, immigration, democracy), as well as lesson plans, discussion guides, and handouts.
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Brooke // November 9, 2009 at 2:43 pm
What a fantastic resource–thanks for posting this!