Teaching Film 06: The Dark Knight

Superhero Movies…

Teaching Film 05: The Kid

Studying the 1921 Chaplin film in grade 11 intro to film

Teaching Film 02: Bonnie and Clyde

Teaching the 1967 film by Arthur Penn, taught with grade 11…

Teaching Film 03: Which Films?

A quick intro to the stuff I show/teach

Teaching Film 04: Le Voyage dans la Lune

Georges Méliès’ early sci-fi adventure (1905), and the…

Teaching Film 01: Star Wars

in Middle School in 1999

Here’s a thing you might not know:

Once upon a time, Star Wars was not the thing it is now. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, Star Wars was just a movie that had happened. An…

Learning Disabilities — and Whose Problem are They?

Autism Awareness

How I got some.

In 1996, I answered a classified ad looking for someone to work with a child with…

Me, Mom, and Morgentaler

NB: This hasn’t got anything much to do with educational mission of this newsletter… I just needed to write it…

Teaching Film 07: Children of Men

Introducing the future, grades 11/12