View a movie that documents an international historic event. Then, evaluate how that film presented various viewpoints of the event and interpreted the event itself. Then, find patterns among the graphs. Students should add movies to their graphs over a period of weeks. Students may also graph weekly movie rankings and the amount of money a movie grosses over time.
Technology -Create a timeline of movie technology, illustrating important discoveries and events.
In addition, this lesson plan may be used to address the academic standards of a specific state. Links are provided where available from each McREL standard to the Achieve website containing state standards for over 40 states. Standard 1- Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing process. Demonstrates competence in the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing. Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for reading a variety of informational texts.