Use this lesson from The Story of Movies film study curriculum to introduce students to early filmmaking techniques. Students will screen the 1903 silent feature film classic The Great Train Robbery (directed by Edwin S. Porter), widely considered to be the first motion picture narrative. The film developed fundamental cinematic techniques for continuity editing, a new way of telling a story visually. Visit storyofmovies.org for more free online lessons.
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Lesson Plan: Americans at the Movies - Communicating with Cuts
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Arts — Dance, Drama, Music Lesson Plans, Visual Arts • English Language Arts — Language, Reading Foundational Skills, Reading Standards for Fiction, Reading Standards for Informational Text, Speaking and Listening • Social Studies — National and Western Expansion, US History
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Grades 3-12
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Hello! We're gathering feedback from teachers for The Film Foundation's annual report. I'd love to include your comment (anonymously) as a quote, if that's OK with you. Also, if there's anything you might add about using the material when teaching remotely, that would be incredibly helpful. Thanks in advance for your consideration, Julia Wayne (educational project manager of The Film Foundation)
Julia_W_3043248
March 30, 2021
Thanks for the great feedback! I hope you'll check out storyofmovies.org for many more film-related lessons, all 100% free to educators.
Julia_W_3043248
April 09, 2020
Excellent resource for a Film Studies class. More unique than what we often find as resources.
BNWTempest
April 06, 2020
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