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Department/Class Movie Rating

AFJROTC Aerospace Science 1 Flyboys PG

The Great Waldo Pepper PG

Memphis Belle PG

Aerospace Science 2/3 Twelve O'Clock High NR

Business Marketing The Pursuit of Happyness PG‐13

Marketing Daddy Day Care PG‐13

Fashion Marketing Confession of a Shopaholic PG‐13

The Devil Wears Prada PG‐13

Sports Marketing The Blind Side PG‐13

English Junior English Last of the Mohicans R

Junior English Into the Wild R Star Wars PG

Freedom Writers PG‐13

Sophomore English Shakespeare in Love R

Honors English II Excalibur R

AP Literature and Composition Apocalypse Now R

Sophomore English Schindler's List R

Sophomore English The Pianist R

Senior English Elizabeth

Dead Poets Society

Shrek

Mighty Aphrodite

The Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Hamlet

Renaissance Man

10th or 12th grade Ten Things I Hate About You (clips only)

A Knight's Tale Julius Caesar

The Simpsons (clips only)

Weird Al (clips only)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (clips)

Walking Across Egypt

Jane Eyre

Pride and Prejudice

Macbeth

The Importance of Being Earnest

Spaceballs/The Empire Strikes Back PG

Othello

Beowulf

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Junior English Huck Finn

The Great Gatsby

To Kill A Mockingbird

Family and Consumer Science Child and Human Development Mom at 16 NR Too Young to be a Dad NR Follow the Stars Home NR She's Too Young NR Allison Gertz Story NR

Child Development Services Daddy Day Care PG

Fashion and Interiors The Money Pit PG Foods and Nutrition Ratatouille G

Dying to be Perfect NR

Supersize Me PG‐13

Relationships Fried Green Tomatoes PG‐13

Money Skills Catch Me If You Can (clip only) PG‐13 Pursuit of Happyness PG‐13

Life Skills Ratatouille G Dying to be Perfect NR

Foreign Language French A la Folie, Pas du Tout Les Choristes Amelie Marie Antoinette Les Miserables The Count of Monte Cristo Finding Nemo (in French) Beauty and the Beast (in French) Big Fish Ratatouille The Red Balloon An American in Paris

German Cars G

Finding Nemo G

Die Unglaublichen PG

Das Wunder von Bern

Lola Rennt 16 and up Nirgendwo in Afrika 6 and up

Der Untergang 12 and up

Mostly Martha PG

Japanese Tampopo Yojinbo Ponyo Spirited Away Tonori no Totoro

Spanish Harry Potter (in Spanish) PG‐13 Aristocats (in Spanish) G Selena PG Sweet 15 NR Maya y Miguel NR Ballet Folklorico de Mexico NR The Lucha Libre NR The Aztec Mummy NR The Vampire Movies NR The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (30 min. cartoon) Horton Hears a Who (30 min. cartoon) The Halloween Tree (cartoon) NR Pro Stars La Venganza de Juan el Bajito Daffy Duck's Quackbusters NR Veggie Tales ‐ Silly Songs NR

Health/Physical Education Brian's Song PG Forever Strong PG Supersize Me PG Thank You for Not Smoking R 16 Summers G Remember the Titans PG

Math AP Calculus Flatland NR A Beautiful Mind PG‐13

Other Math Courses Apollo 13 PG

Stand and Deliver PG‐13

Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land NR

Numbers NR

Science Chemistry Lorenzo's Oil PG‐13 October Sky PG

Biology Gattaca PG‐13 Medicine Man PG‐13 Outbreak R Osmosis Jones PG Jurassic Park PG‐13 Inherit the Wind NR Arachnophobia PG‐13

Forensic Science Silence of the Lambs R Shooter R Murder by Numbers R Sleepy Hollow R

AP Environmental Science The Day After Tomorrow PG‐13

Social Studies Psychology/Sociology Sybil NR A Beautiful Mind (clips only) PG‐13 Castaway PG‐13 Up PG Not Without My Daughter PG‐13 The Truman Show PG

World Civilization Luther PG‐13 Les Miserables PG‐13 A Tale Of Two Cities (clip) Modern Times (clip) Zulu NR Amazing Grace G Gandhi PG Gallipoli PG‐13 The Longest Day PG Tora!Tora!Tora! G Hotel Rwanda PG‐13 The Execution of Private Slovik NR In the Time of the Butterflies PG‐13 Marie Antoinette PG‐13 Anna and the King PG‐13 Man in the Iron Mask PG‐13

US History Warm Springs NR

The Butter Battle G

Mona Lisa Smile PG‐13

Amistad R The Crossing NR The Patriot R Rough Riders NR All Quiet on the Western Front NR The Great Raid R Saving Private Ryan R Forrest Gump PG‐13 Glory R Dances With Wolves PG‐13 Untouchables (clips only) R JFK Platoon (made‐for‐TV version) Far and Away All the President's Men The Manchurian Candidate Dr. Strangelove War Games Band of Brothers (clips only) The Right Stuff

Arts and Humanities We Are Marshall PG‐13 A Knight's Tale PG‐13 Step Up PG‐13 The Girl with a Pearl Earring PG‐13 The Soloist PG‐13

Economics The Pursuit of Happyness PG‐13 Catch Me If You Can PG‐13 The Terminal PG‐13 Flash of Genius PG‐13 Runaway Jury PG‐13

AP World History The Rising clips each under 10 minutes Last Samurai Marie Antoinette Monty Python & the Holy Grail Anastasia Mulan Aladdin Pocahontas

AP European History Amadeus Marie Antoinette (clips only)

Other courses Les Miserables Schindler's List (clips only) Unit Program of Studies Core Content

EA 011 AD 002 EB 001

EB 008

AC 010 AC 011 AC 012

AB 008 AC 002 AC 006

AD 002 EA 008 EA 009 EB 019

OE 019 OF 005 OG 011 OG 012

Socialization Great Depression SS‐H‐HP‐U‐US2 SS‐HS‐5.2.5 New Deal The Cold War SS‐H‐HP‐U‐US4 SS‐HS‐5.2.7 SS‐H‐HP‐S‐2SS‐HS‐5.3.5 SS‐H‐HP‐U‐US2 SS‐HS‐5.2.6 SS‐H‐HP‐U‐US3

Rationale

History of airpower. World War I air war in Europe, particularly on the Lafayette Escadrille

History of airpower. Post WW1, barnstorming in America

History of Airpower. B‐17 operations in Europe during WWII

Leadership. Dynamics of leadership/followership in WWII.

Use appropriate assertiveness Demonstrate interview skills Identify desirable personality traits important to business Demonstrate individual work habits

Identify factors affecting a business' profit Determine factors affecting business risk Explain the concept of competition

Write informational messages Explain the concept of economic resources Describe the concept of price

have Foster positive working relationships Participate as a team member Use time‐management principles

Explain the concept of marketing strategies Explain factors affecting pricing decisions Describe factors used by marketers to position product Explain the nature of branding

Reinforces the Romantic movement in American literature. The film features a bloody Indian attack on the British, which accounts for its R rating.

Aides in plot comprehension and analysis skills. The book is read in class. Time is also spent learning about elements of the filming and editing process, and students watch the movie to analyze these details. Used in the Beowulf unit to compare and contrast the concept of the epic

Used with seniors as a way to demonstrate reflective writing skills

This film allows visual learners to see an accurate depiction of the Globe Theater, as well as to visualize the complexity of costumes from the Elizabethan time period. Students are taught a lesson on fact vs. fiction, as they compare the movie's portrayal of Shakespeare with research they have found.

This is shown after reading three King Arthur short stories. It is rated R for violence; scenes that contribute to that rating are skipped.

This is shown after studying an extensive unit on African colonization by reading Poisonwood Bible , Things Fall Apart , and Heart of Darkness . This movie is the story of Heart of Darkness but set in the Vietnam War instead of the Congo. Its R rating is mainly due to profanity and violence, but those scenes are skipped.

Schindler's List is viewed in its entirety when studying our Holocaust unit and reading Night . Students can take a firsthand account from Night and apply to this.

This is shown after studying Night and the Holocaust. It is rated R for war‐related violence and brief, strong language.

This portrays the intense political and religious factions present in Shakespeare's England. We compare Shakespeare's plays (particularly Hamlet) to Shakespeare's England as viewed in Elizabeth .

Used for comparative analysis with the novel A Separate Peace

shown as an example of a satirical fairy tale

5 minute clip used to show example of the chorus in Antigone

Used to teach summary and humor related to Shakespearean literature

Comparative analysis with Hamlet

Aides with plot comprehension; used to study directors' motives in staging

To discuss the plot of Hamlet and to discuss why to study Shakespeare

shown with Taming of the Shrew; modernization of a Shakespearean plot

After historical and literary research, students can identify historically‐based and Hollywood‐inspired influences; shows characters from The Canterbury Tales aides in plot comprehension

examples for satire unit

parody; examples for satire unit

examples for satire unit

for comparative analysis with the novel

aides in plot comprehension

shows parody in the satire unit

aides in plot comprehension

two different versions to illustrate the text used to supplement the Holocaust unit; this film provides a vivid point of view from a child's perspective

part of the Relism unit; the Disney version closely matches Twain's novel

used to supplement the reading and to provide a way to visualize various characters in the novels

Teen Pregnancy Teen Pregnancy Birth Defects Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Daycare licensing regulations

Period house styles Shows the influence of French foods on the culinary world and discusses ingredients used in many cuisines

Shows struggles of an athlete as she battles years of abuse to her body due to her fight with anorexia and bulimia

Discusses effects of a purely fast‐food diet for 30 days

Developing relationships, friendships: good vs. bad, older adult relationships, elderly relationships with different cultures and backgrounds

Check fraud Money management/savings

Culinary Arts Eating Disorders

used as supplemental activity during testing and/or during unit of cars and transportation

used as supplemental activity during testing and/or during units on animals

used as supplemental activity during testing and/or during clothing unit in German 2 used in German 2, 3, and 4 to introduce post‐war German culture

Used to introduce post‐reunification German culture Used to discuss WWII and German refugees in Africa, as well as German globalization and Diaspora

Used to discuss Hitler and the last days in the Fuhrerbunker

Used during food unit as supplemental activity

Used to introduce food culture in Japan Used to introduce Samurai culture in Japan Used to introduce the influence of Director Hayao Miyazawa Used to introduce the influence of Shintoism Used to introduce anime and manga culture in Japan

Hispanic music icon Immigrant family and the quinceanera PBS program Live performance from Mexico some mild violence 1957‐58 black and white 1958 black and white

fits well with vocabulary in chapter 7

tomato and cucumber song in Spanish

Disease Unit Alcohol Unit Nutrition Unit Tobacco Unit Alcohol Unit

Computer animated movie based on the book; we watch it after the AP exam and have a discussion on dimensions Used after the AP exam to focus on a mathematician's life

Can fit anywhere in any math class; general problem solving techniques, plus historical value

Movie is centered in an inner‐city high school. While it ultimately focuses on the AP Calculus exam, it's good for any class to show the rewards of dedication, hard work, and believing in yourself

A Disney video which fits well in geometry in the similarity unit

Season 2 episodes relate to content and national standards and cover a wide range of math topics

Organic Chemistry Scientific Method

Genetics/DNA Ecology Viruses Bacteria and Viruses (immune system) Geologic Time Evolution Classification

Serial Killers Ballistics Forensic Evidence Forensic Investigation

Thermohaline Circulation

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (only use clips) Montage on Adulthood

How socialization affects development and reasoning Portrays live of FDR and his battle with polio

Metaphor of the arms race between the US and USSR during the Cold War

Discusses/portrays women's roles in the 1950's Bollywood movie

pre‐and post‐Revolutionary Russia Confucian social system Mughal Empire exploration