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Film Festival ActivityFilm Festival Activity
Publisher
Teaching Tolerance
Resource Details
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Types
Activities & Projects
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
28 days
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Video
Year
2020
Usage Permissions
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Activity

Film Festival

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This Film Festival activity also includes:
  • Social Justice Film Screening Reflection Sheet (.pdf)
  • Social Justice Film Festival Planning Guide (.pdf)
  • Assessing Your School & Community (.pdf)
  • Social Justice Film Festival Rubric (.pdf)
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Everybody's a critic—even your pupils! Using the included resources as a guide, screen films related to social justice and ask film enthusiasts to critique them. Publish the reviews for your school community or develop a film festival using the guidance in the resource. Materials include various rubrics and checklists to keep scholars on track and accountable to the goals of the project. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

social activism, social justice, editorial writing, film, film analysis, social-emotional learning

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Have students write reviews of movies through a social justice lens

Classroom Considerations

  • Class members need access to movies and a way to view them
  • Examine the school's film policy before showing a movie

Pros

  • Resource includes links to ideas for school-appropriate movies
  • Discussion questions stimulate debate

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.8 RH.6-8.9 RH.6-8.10 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.8 RH.9-10.9 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.8 RH.11-12.9 RH.11-12.10

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