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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Journeys in Film
Three outstanding films, suitable for secondary classrooms, illustrate the impact of globalization and modernization around the world.
Journeys in film is a nonprofit educational publisher, which has created interdisciplinary lesson plans aligned with the Common Core and are available as freedownloads to help you share these films with your students.
Link: http://journeysinfilm.org/
Below are 3 of the 11 films:
The Cup (1999)
This is the true story of Orgyen, a 14 yr. old boy, living in a Buddhist monastery, who is determined to bring television to his monastery in time for a World Cup soccer game.
Link: http://bit.ly/1AvKK35
The Way Home (2002)
A seven-year-old South Korean boy accustomed to life in modern Seoul is left temporarily with his grandmother in a traditional village.
Link: http://bit.ly/19oL9s2
Children of Heaven (1997)
Nine-year-old Iranian Ali, the usually responsible son of a poor Tehran family, accidentally loses his sister Zahra's only pair of shoes...
Link: http://bit.ly/1Mrdc9j
Abandoned Places
Link: http://bit.ly/1K3FCEd
Interactive American History
Link to the three games below: http://www.mission-us.org/
Flight to Freedom
A Cheyenne Odyssey
City of Immigrants
Three Apps for Elementary:
Sock Puppets
Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sock-puppets/id394504903?mt=8
Grammar Jammers
Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grammar-jammers-primary-edition/id386384446?mt=8
Interactive Time Telling
Interactive Telling Time is great for kids from ages 3 to 12 and comes in 5 difficulty levels so that it helps kids master telling time progressively (statistics are provided to help keep track of your child’s progress).
Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/interactive-telling-time-lite/id482452233?mt=8
Self-Assessment for Teachers
Link: http://www.teachthought.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jackiegerstein-skills.jpg