Movie worksheet
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Movie Theme Discussion
Link to Wikipedia page about the movie - find the themes discussed about halfway down the page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasantville_(film)
Movie Reviews
Reel Reviews - This review mentions several themes and topics in the movie
http://www.reelviews.net/movies/p/pleasantville.html
Internet Movie Database - list of Pleasantville reviews
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120789/externalreviews
Poster Presention Guidelines
General advice on design and layout
http://faculty.washington.edu/scporter/INQUAposters.html
Step-by step advice on how to make a poster using Power Point 2003
Note:
You will need access to a big poster printer to be able to print it out or you will need to take it to a professional printing service and pay for the printing. Also note this is a PDF file and that you need to have Acrobat Reader installed to open it.
http://library.med.utah.edu/ed/eduservices/handouts/PowerPoint_Web/creating-posters.pdf
Oral Presentation Resources
Simple tips on how to make a good oral presentation
http://kielikeskus.helsinki.fi/TTE/Presentation%20Guidelines.htm
Oral Presentation Evaluation Sheet
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Research Links
- All links open in new windows - just close them to return to this page
US culture and history 1950-1959
http://www.wtps.org/WTHS/imc/Teacher_Assignment/social_studies/Mcfadden%20the%2050s.htm
Major Events of the 1950s
http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/03_04/CE2/JG/jg2.htm
Kingwood College Library - comprehensive collection of links under several different topics such as technology, music, etc.
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html
A webquest with links to sources on several important topics
http://academics.da.org/libraries/middleschool/1950.html
PDF document listing the major topics and themes of the 1950s
http://sites.zkdigital.com/rronline/pdf/50s_Major_Events.pdf
Comprehensive
list of world events in the 1950s with some focus on US events
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s
Review of 1950s traditional family values
http://www.mlode.com/~ra/ra2/traditionalfamilyvalues.htm
1950s overview and comparison to today – not that the source has three pages, you advance on the 'Next Page' button
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8413/life_in_the_50s_were_we_better_off.html
American Studies web page with 1950s focus
http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/2010/civil.htm |
