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Classic Iran Film DVD: 1954 Iranian Culture, People, Art, Music, Food, Education, Oil, & Industry History Pictures Film Including Scenes from Tehran, Shiraz, & Isfahan.
- Table Of Contents:
- (1) Iran: Between Two Worlds (1954) – 14 Minutes
This beautiful documentary explores the storied past and the rich cultural history of Iran. The film also discusses the wealth of natural resources and the development of industry in Iran. Table Of Contents: (1) Iran: Between Two Worlds (1954) – This wonderful travelogue discusses the daily life and history of the citizens of Iran with visits to Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, the Iranian countryside and amazing scenery of The Persian Mountains. The film also touches on Iranian architecture and the intricate art created by Iranian artists which include, metal smiths, weavers, rug makers, and painters. Industrial development, economic development and daily life are also explored – 14 Minutes… More >>
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Classic BYU Tobacco Use & Industry Propaganda Film DVD: 1960 BYU LDS Dept. Of Education Tobacco / Cigarette Industry Portrayal Film:
- Table Of Contents:
- (1) Up In Smoke (1960) – 21 Minutes
This propaganda piece lobbies against big tobacco and portrays the tobacco industry as a lying, greedy, and cutthroat business that knowingly hides the truth about the health problems caused by smoking cigarettes. Table Of Contents: (1) Up In Smoke (1960) – BYU LDS Department of Education sponsored film that attacks the tobacco industry. This surprisingly progressive film portrays the tobacco industry as greedy and participating in deceitful advertising aimed at American youth. “I want ads in every Boy Scout magazine,” says the big Tobacco boss of the fictitious cigarette company JB, which sells Humbar Cigarettes. When the CEO’s son raises the health issues associated with smoking, he describes it as “nonsense”… More >>
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Math, Culture, and Popular Media: Activities to Engage Middle School Students Through Film, Literature, and the Internet
Realizing that middle-grades students bring to classrooms different experiences that shape their meaning about mathematics, both from inside and outside the classroom, it seems that embracing culture…is one important way to address a need in schools that is, high achievement in mathematics by all students.
Michaele Chappell and Denisse Thompson
If your students can text like this: cul8r bff, they can solve for this: 3x+5=39+2x
In the middle grades personal identity becomes more important to learning than ever. More than a decade of research tells us that effective school mathematics has to be relevant to the lives and cultures of every student. Chappell and Thompson bring you a unique and user-f… More >>
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Film, Politics, & Education: Cinematic Pedagogy Across the Disciplines
Introducing the concept of cinematic education—defined as pedagogy infused by the moving image—this volume explores the historical, theoretical, and practical basis for using film in kindergarten through post-secondary classrooms. Its scholarly inquiry into the meaning film can bring to teaching and learning extends a vast literature on film theory. At the same time it broadens the scope of cultural studies in education to include a more thorough consideration of the day-to-day political dimensions of the cinematic in K–12 public and private classrooms…. More >>
Film, Politics, & Education: Cinematic Pedagogy Across the Disciplines
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Social Responsibility & Conformity Film: Holiday From Rules
This social guidance film has been described as Lord of the Flies from the adults perspective. Four children complain about all the rules they have to follow until an omniscient narrator comes along and transports them to a deserted island, where there are no rules. At first, the kids enjoy their freedom, but soon, disaster strikes. One boy falls out of a palm tree and breaks his arm. Another girl decides to go swimming in what we hear are man-eating shark-infested waters. The kids decide after these and other crises that maybe it is better to live safely with rules than dangerously without them, If were going to have any fun, weve got to make some rules! This film is made even more bizarre and surreal by the f… More >>
Social Responsibility & Conformity Film: Holiday From Rules
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