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This book continues the "Hollywood or History" strategy by using sitcoms to teach issue-centered curriculum in middle and high school. It helps students explore historical issues, relate them to their lives, and develop informed decisions. Aligned with the C3 framework, it aims to enhance critical thinking, reading, and writing skills.
The Defeated and the Dead by Dr. Mark Pearcy provides strategies for social studies teachers to use war films effectively in classrooms. It emphasizes critical thinking about wars using the Just War doctrine and features films like Saving Private Ryan and Platoon to explore historical and modern conflicts.
This book offers practical, classroom-ready lesson ideas for teaching social studies and world religions through Hollywood films. It aims to bridge theory and practice, fostering critical thinking and civic mindedness. Topics include Abrahamic religions, Eastern philosophies, and Indigenous Religions/Spirituality.
This book addresses the challenges of teaching through Hollywood films by offering practical, classroom-ready lesson ideas. It aims to bridge theory and practice, using film to foster critical thinking and civic mindedness in social studies.
This book uses "The Simpsons" to teach historical inquiry through the Hollywood or History? strategy. Organized by the 10 Themes of Social Studies, it offers lesson plans based on episodes that critique education, retell historical events, and explore cultural stereotypes. An 11th section addresses public education issues.