Tag: movies

  • Star Trek: First Contact at 30: A Teacher’s Journey Through Time, Memory, and the Borg

    Thirty years ago this year, Star Trek: First Contact premiered in theaters and fundamentally changed what Star Trek could be. Released on November 22, 1996, Jonathan Frakes’ directorial debut took the optimistic crew of the Enterprise-D into darker territory than the franchise had dared to explore on television; it gave us a Star Trek film…

  • Using Comic Books to Explore Social and Historical Issues: Fall Semester in Review

    This fall semester, I took a deliberate approach to using comic books as teaching tools to explore critical social and historical issues that resonate with my high school students. Rather than treating comics as simple entertainment, I leveraged their visual storytelling power and cultural relevance to create engaging entry points for discussions about representation, identity,…

  • Classic Movies in the Classroom Pt1: 1940-1980

    The curated list of classic movies from 1945-1980 for a high school film studies class offers rich lessons in cinematic history, genres, and themes.

  • The Dawn of a Multi-Genre Star Wars Universe: A New Era of Storytelling

    The StarWars franchise, known for its epic space operas, is evolving into diverse genres, attracting new audiences, deepening the universe, and ensuring longevity.

  • Movie Review: Stage, Screen, Spies, Skywalker

    This unit study explores American film and theater through key works, focusing on their historical context, themes, artistic techniques, and cultural impact.

  • Dances with Wolves Essay

    Students are to write a 500-750 word Movie Review about Dances with Wolves. MLA Format: Times New Roman 12pt Double spaced The core idea of the review is to defend the use of the movie as a source to show life on the Great Plains during the late 19th century. The review must include citation and…