Movies for Learning: A Kid in King Arthur's Court

A Kid in King Arthur's Court

This is a great movie for exploring the Middle Ages in a fun and light way. 

This movie was a great way to look at fact vs. fiction as well as exploring the characters, knights and legends of King Arthur. 

Here are the questions from our time with A Kid in King Arthur's Court. Enjoy!!

Movies for Learning: Kidnapped

Movies for Learning - Kidnapped

Our next movie this year was Kidnapped. There are many screen versions of this classic book by Robert Louis Stevenson. Here is the version we used.

"When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart accidentally boards the ship, he takes David along on his escape back to Edinburgh. They part and meet again repeatedly, mutually helpful against the Redcoats and respectful, although David is loyal to the English crown, but learns about its cruel oppression. Both ultimately face their adversaries." (IMDb)

I hope your students enjoy it.
The questions for Kidnapped are here.
Blessings,
Natalie

Movies for Learning: The Patriot

The Patriot

https://goo.gl/images/pP5fGq

It's a new school year and I have new students! So that means some new movies ;) I will be posting a variety of new movies with questions that you can ask your students to begin a discussion about history and science topics! Our first new movie I used to explore the American Revolution was The Patriot. All of the students really enjoyed this movie and the discussion from it. 
Here are the questions. 
Blessings, Natalie

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

www.youtube.com

As we move through modern history, Wild Heart Can't be Broken is set in the Depression Era and includes lots of elements of grit and determination against all odds. 

Entertainment in travelling fairground shows were experiencing hard times which is the setting of this movie. 

www.cineplex.com

Our protagonist, and determined young woman really showed us about choices made and really making the best out of tough situations. 

Here are the questions to Wild Hearts Can't be Broken.

Using Comix to Explain Antiheroes

One of my high school students used Make Beliefs Comix to explain antiheroes. Learning about antiheroes challenges students with who heroes are - and how they fit into literature. In this comic, she has given the antihero a change of heart and he becomes a (somewhat) hero in the end.

Make Beliefs Comix has a wide range of free settings, characters and props to create comics for a wide variety of purposes. Here are some lessons and a long list of ideas from their website. Make Beliefs also has a great section for Special Needs.

Creating Infographics

Using Canva

Several of my students really enjoy creating infographics for projects in Science and Social Studies that impart information in a creative way.

Using Canva

Students have used both Canva and Google Slides for these infographics. Canva has several templates that are available free to use, Google Slides is a way to create exactly what you want (including the size) without being tied into a template. Both work very well.

Using Google Slides

I love that each student has created an informative, visual representation of facts. These projects have all started out with research and because of the finite nature of the infographics, they have had to learn to prioritize what information is most important. A great skill to have!