Peters Township School District
Movies & Movie Clips Utilized to Supplement Curriculum
Peters Township High School (Revised August 2019)
Movie or
Rating of Movie
Course
Movie Clip

American History Academic & AP US History

Forrest Gump

PG-13
Scenes 9:00 – 9:45, 27:45 – 29:25, 35:45 – 38:00, 1:06:50, 1:31:15 – 1:30:45, 1:50:30 – 1:51:00 are omitted.
American History Academic & Honors

Selma

PG-13

• ClearPlayUsed
• Scenes 3:45-8:40; 9:40-13:30; 25:50-39:50; 58:30-1:00:50; 1:07:50-1:22; 1:48:54-

2:01
American History Academic

American History Academic

Pleasantville

Selected Scenes 25 minutes

The Right Stuff

Approximately 30 minutes, Chapters 11-12 39:24-49:44 Chuck Yeager breaking sound barrier, IKE and LBJ meeting in Washington to discuss Sputnik, Chapters 20-22 1:1715-1:30:51 Press conference with Mercury 7 astronauts, then rocket tests in 1960, Chapter 24-30 1:37-1:58 Astronauts wanting revisions on the capsule, Soviets beating us again, US sends chimp then finally Alan Sheppard becomes first US man into space
PG-13 PG

American History Academic American History Academic

Thirteen Days

PG-13
Approximately 30 minutes, Chapter 3 10:00-13:00 EXCOM meeting to debate options, Chapter 10 38:00-41:30 options laid out for president, Chapter 14 50:20-52:20 need to get OAS to approve quarantine of Cuba, shows the fear spreading through nation, Chapters 17-18 1:05-1:20 shows night before and day of ships reaching quarantine, Chapter 29 2:05-2:12 Negotiations with RFK and Soviet ambassador to resolve crisis

Hidden Figures

Scenes Chapter 9 (32:38-35:05); Chapter 12 (59:02-51:06); Chapter 13 (53:39- 1:04:30); Chapter 17 (1:10-1:13:20); Chapter 19 (1:21-1:26)

42

PG
American History Academic American History Academic
PG-13
0-12:46; 32:00-37:55; 1:02:50-1:12:29; 1:17:07-1:25:32

Argo

R

• Edited Version
• ClearPlay Used

American History Academic AP American History

Dear America: Letters home from Vietnam

Entire film
PG

Please note that in an effort to be as thorough and transparent as possible, this is a comprehensive list of films that may or may not be used during the year to enrich curricula. Teachers will make adjustments, considering the timing of the unit and the needs of their students.

Movie or
Movie Clip
Rating of Movie
Course

American History Honors American History Honors American History Honors American History Honors American History Honors American Legal Systems Anatomy & Physiology AP Biology

All the President’s Men

PG
Watergate Break –in Scene and Cover-up Scenes

Saving Private Ryan

R
Approximately 15 minutes, Opening Scene/Invasion of Normandy

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Approximately 35 minutes; Scene 2 to Scene 13

Band of Brothers: Episode 2-Day of Days

Approximately 25 minutes; Scene 1 to Scene 4 and Scene 6

Miracle

GTV-MA PG
Approximately 2 hours 15 minutes; Scenes 7, 11, and 14 omitted.

The Rainmaker

PG-13 PG
Entire film - 3 days to show (if time permits depending on semester)

The Gods Must Be Crazy

Scene 12- Xi meets the Gods

GATTACA

1 hr 48 min (After the AP exam)

The Lorax

PG-13

• PG
• AP Biology

Entire Film (After the AP exam)

Stand and Deliver

1 hour, 45 minutes (After the AP Exam)

Moneyball

2 hours, 13 minutes
AP Calculus BC AP Calculus AB AP Economics
PG-13 PG-13 TV-MA PG-13 TV-14 S PG-13
AP Economics

Too Big To Fail

1 hour, 39 minutes
AP English Language, English 11 The Crucible Honors, English 11 Academic AP English Language
Approximately 100 min.

Their Eyes Were Watching God

113 minutes

Finding Forrester

136 minutes
AP English Language AP English Language

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

90 Minutes
TV-MA ClearPlay Used

Please note that in an effort to be as thorough and transparent as possible, this is a comprehensive list of films that may or may not be used during the year to enrich curricula. Teachers will make adjustments, considering the timing of the unit and the needs of their students.

Movie or
Movie Clip
Rating of Movie
Course

AP English Literature AP English Literature AP English Literature AP European History AP French

Hamlet 210 minutes The Simpsons: Hamlet 15 minutes A Knight’s Tale

2 hours and 12 minutes

Death of a Salesman

130 minutes

Count of Monte Cristo

120 minutes

Le Petit Prince

PG-13 PG-13 NR PG-13 NR
106 Minutes
AP German

Das Wunder von Bern

90 of 117 minutes shown, 30 minutes at a time for class discussions

Der ganz grosse Traum

90 of 109 minutes shown, 30 minutes at a time for class discussions

Lola rennt

German Rating: Ages 6 and above German Rating: All ages
AP German

• AP German
• R

90 of 117 minutes shown, 30 minutes at a time for class discussions
AP German

Goodbye Lenin!

R
90 of 121 minutes shown, 30 minutes at a time for class discussions

Sophie Scholl!

• AP German
• NR

90 of 116 minutes shown, 30 minutes at a time for class discussions
AP German

Sieben Zwerge: Der Wald ist nicht genug

90 of 95 minutes show, 30 minutes at a time for class discussions

Everybody Rides the Carousel

German Rating: All ages

• NR
• AP Psychology

Approximately 60 minutes Scenes depicting symptoms and treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder
AP Psychology

AP Psychology

The Three Faces of Eve

Approximately 70 minutes Full program based on the writing of Erik Erikson outlining the lifespan

A Beautiful Mind

Approximately 90 minutes, Scenes depicting the manifestation of schizophrenic symptoms as well as the treatments and hospitalization associated with such patient
NR Ages 12-Adult

PG-13

Please note that in an effort to be as thorough and transparent as possible, this is a comprehensive list of films that may or may not be used during the year to enrich curricula. Teachers will make adjustments, considering the timing of the unit and the needs of their students.

Movie or
Movie Clip
Rating of Movie
Course

AP Psychology

The Caine Mutiny

PG
Approximately 120 minutes, Scenes depicting symptoms of mental illness and accusations of mental illness (Captain Quegg)
AP Spanish

Motorcycle Diaries

Selections from – approximately 2 hours (After AP Exam)
R
AP Statistics AP US History AP US History Art History

A Civil Action

2 hours (After AP Exam)

The Patriot

Scenes 8 and 18 (total of 10 min)

John Adams

30 min clip from part six “unnecessary war”

Pollock

PG-13 RTV-14 R
1 minute, 43 seconds Interview scene – describing his work

Amazing Grace the story of William Wilberforce

(No R-rated material viewed)

• PG
• Bible in Literature

Bible in Literature Chemistry Academic
Approximately 100 minutes

Hoosiers

Approximately 30 minutes clip

Iron Man 2

PG PG-13
3 minutes; Tony Stark (Iron Man) is injected with a chemical referred to as “lithium dioxide.”
Economics Academic

Economics Academic Economics Honors Economics Honors

People’s Republic on Capitalism

TV News Documentary

Back to the Future

1 hour 56 minutes
NR PG

Inside Job

PG-13 G
1 hour, 45 minutes (Scene 01:45:38.24 – 01:47:36.19 omitted)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Approximately 15 minutes, Portions of Chapters 5, 8, 9 and 24, Search for the golden ticket, Entrance to the factory
Economics Honors

A Knight’s Tale

PG-13
4 minutes Chapter 2 Decision on what to do with money used as illustration of PPC

Please note that in an effort to be as thorough and transparent as possible, this is a comprehensive list of films that may or may not be used during the year to enrich curricula. Teachers will make adjustments, considering the timing of the unit and the needs of their students.

Movie or
Rating of Movie
Course
Movie Clip

Economics Honors

The Lego Movie

PG
Approximately 30 Minutes, 2:42 – 5:30 Emmit listening to government instructions, 19:45 (Lucy explains Lord Business control – used to be you could build what you wanted!) STOP at 24:30, 1:23:30 Emmit becomes a master builder play to the end

Along Came Polly

3 minutes, Scene with the opportunity cost incurred when making/fixing the bed with additional pillows to make it look nice
Economics Honors Economics Honors
PG-13 PG

Jingle All the Way

Approximately 15 minutes, Various links on the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s a mall with a store that received a shipment of the toy. The store manager announces that he has decided to use a raffle system to determine which customers can buy the toy. He also announces that, "according to the laws of supply and demand," he is doubling the price of the toy.
Economics Honors

Economics Honors

The Hudsucker Proxy

PG
Scene where hula-hoop goes from bargain basement to hot commodity

Austin Powers International Man of Mystery

Scene where Dr. Evil demands 1 million dollars not realizing that with the impact of inflation that is not that much money to demand for ransom.

Franco Zeffirelli Romeo and Juliet

PG-13

• English 9 Academic & Honors
• PG

Approximately 80 minutes (Honors), Balcony Scene, Friar Laurence’s Soliloquy clips (Academic 9)
English 9 Academic & Honors

English 9 Academic & Honors English 9 Academic & Honors English 9 Academic & Honors English 9 Academic & Honors English 9 Academic & Honors

The Birds

2 hours

Hallmark’s Animal Farm

91 minutes

Jurassic Park

Approximately 20 minutes - Appearance of T-Rex clip

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

128 minutes

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

127 minutes

PBS American Masters - Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart

1 hour and 54 minutes
PG-13 PG PG-13 NR PG NR

Please note that in an effort to be as thorough and transparent as possible, this is a comprehensive list of films that may or may not be used during the year to enrich curricula. Teachers will make adjustments, considering the timing of the unit and the needs of their students.

Movie or
Movie Clip
Rating of Movie
Course

English 9 Academic

Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet

PG-13 PG
Balcony Scene, Friar Laurence’s soliloquy clips
English 9 Honors

Ethan Frome

Approximately 90 minutes with scenes omitted.
English 10 Academic & Honors

English 10 Academic English 10 Academic

The Odyssey

Scenes #6 – 29 145 minutes

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

112 minutes
PG-13 NR

The Book Thief

PG-13
Scenes 1:00-8:00 Exposition/Character Introduction, 14:03-16:09- Introduction to Rudy, 17:00-20:10 “The Grave Digger’s Handbook”/ Introduction to Max, 27:07-34:00 Book Burning/Stolen Book, 34:45 Max’s Arrival to Himmel Street, 47:00-51:00 “The Mayor’s Library”, 1:18:00-1:24:00 Basement Search, 1:44-2:10 Resolution/Ending
English 10 Academic

Julius Caesar (1970)

117 minutes
NR
English 10 Honors

First Knight

134 minutes

Little Buddha

PG-13

• PG
• English 10 Honors

123 minutes
English 10 Honors

Children of Heaven

88 minutes
PG
English 11 Academic & Honors English 11 Academic & Honors English 11 Academic & Honors English 11 Academic & Honors English 11 Academic & Honors English 11 Academic & Honors

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1993 Disney Version)

107 minutes

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (PBS Version)

213 minutes

The Great Gatsby (2013)

143 minutes

The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

90 minutes

Dead Poets Society

Three 5-10 minutes; clips (classroom scenes)

Glory

PG PG PG NR PG-13 R
90 minutes total scenes (No R rated scenes viewed)

Please note that in an effort to be as thorough and transparent as possible, this is a comprehensive list of films that may or may not be used during the year to enrich curricula. Teachers will make adjustments, considering the timing of the unit and the needs of their students.

Movie or
Rating of Movie
Course
Movie Clip

English 11 Academic & Honors English 11 Academic & Honors English 11 Academic

Into the Wild

R (No R content viewed) PG-13
30 minutes total of clips (Beginning scenes to supplement Transcendentalism Unit)

Fences (2016)

139 minutes

Rebel in the Rye

106 Minutes

Dances with Wolves

10 minutes clip (initial meeting between the captain and the plains Indians) Macbeth (2010 BBC TV film with Patrick Stewart) 60 minutes total clips
PG-13 PG-13 TV-14 PG
English 11 Academic English 12 Academic & Honors English 12 Academic

The Canterbury Tales

Animated series: 2 15-minute segments

Macbeth (Stewart Version) 165 minutes Macbeth (Polanski Version) 5 minutes Lord of the Flies

• English 12 Academic
• NR

NR

• PG 13
• English 12 Academic

Clips totaling 65 minutes

• English 12 Academic
• Beowulf (Zemekis Version) first 20 minutes

Beowulf and Grendel (Clip from beginning that shows a contrasting portrayal of

Beowulf 15 minutes)

PG 13
English 12 Academic English 12 Academic

Oedipus Rex 2-3 20 minutes excerpts Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Cartoon; Excalibur 20 minute excerpts King Arthur 25 minutes excerpt Beowulf (2007)

114 minutes

Lord of the Flies (1963)

90 minutes

Hamlet (1996)

PG 13 GRPG-13

• PG-13
• English 12 Honors

English 12 Honors English 12 Honors
NR PG-13
210 minutes
Entrepreneurship & Business Management

The Founder

Entire Film
PG-13 ClearPlay Used
Digital Audio Production

Star Wars Episode 11 Featurette

20 minutes
NR

Please note that in an effort to be as thorough and transparent as possible, this is a comprehensive list of films that may or may not be used during the year to enrich curricula. Teachers will make adjustments, considering the timing of the unit and the needs of their students.

Movie or
Rating of Movie
Course
Movie Clip

French 1 French 4 French 4 French 4 French 4

La Gloire de Mon Père

1 hour, 45 minutes

Manon de la Source

2 hours with scenes omitted

Etre et avoir

1 hour, 44 minutes

Jean de Florette

GPG NR PG
2 hours

Haiti: A Road Trip Documentary

1 hour 6 minutes
NR
Geoscience Academic German 1

Apollo 13

Entire movie
PG

Das fliegende Klassenzimmer

Approximately 10-15 minute clips with classroom discussion in German.

Die Unglaublichen

Kinderfilm

• G
• German 1

Approximately 10 -15 minute segments with student adjective ending practice discussed throughout.
German 2

German 3 German 4 German 4 German 4

Buddy der Weihnachstelf

PG PG
Approximately 20 minutes with classroom discussion and sequencing practice. Amadeus (Theatrical version, not extended version) 120 of 153 minutes shown, 30 minutes at a time for class discussions

Sieben Zwerge

80 of 91 minutes shown, 15-20 minutes shown at a time for class discussion

Das Versprechen

100 of 119 minutes shown, 15-20 minutes shown at a time for class discussion

The Woman in Gold

(Approximately 30 of the 110 minutes shown in 5-10 minute chunks to aid in class discussion of the role of art in history and national identity.)

The Gods Must Be Crazy

German Rating: Ages 6 and above R

NR

• PG
• Global Studies Academic

Beginning Scenes (15 minutes), A Gift From the Gods (2 minutes), An Evil Thing (7 minutes), Xi Meets the Gods (2 minutes), The Hairy One (2 minutes), Some Ridiculous Looking Animals (2 minutes), The End of the Earth (2 minutes)

Please note that in an effort to be as thorough and transparent as possible, this is a comprehensive list of films that may or may not be used during the year to enrich curricula. Teachers will make adjustments, considering the timing of the unit and the needs of their students.

Movie or
Rating of Movie
Course
Movie Clip

Global Studies Academic

Hotel Rwanda

PG-13

• ClearPlay Used
• Hutu and Tutsi (00.00 – 23.35), The President is Killed (23.35 – 37.30), Evacuation

(37.30 – 56.50), Genocide (56.50 – 1.16.25), Visas (1.16.25 – 1.34.35), Escape (1.34.35 – end)
Global Studies Academic

Ghandi

PG
Scene 2-3 (10 minutes), Scene 7-8 (9 minutes), Scene 11 (6 minutes), Scene 13 (3 minutes), Scene 18 (15 minutes), Scene 22 (12 minutes)

The Ten Commandments

Disc 1 – Scenes 4, 19, 28-29, Disc 2 – Scenes 2, 5, 12, 13, 16

Mulan

Scene 2 (5 minutes), Scene 3 (6 minutes), Scene 4 ( 5 minutes), Scene 5 (6 minutes)

The Lion King

Approximately 30 minutes

Black Panther

5 minute clip - Scenes 19:12 – 23:40
Global Studies Academic Global Studies Academic Global Studies Academic Global Studies Academic Global Studies Academic
GGGPG-13

Sometimes in April

TV-MA
Beginning to 11:40 (approximately 12 minutes), Chapter 4 until “Day 3”start of Chapter 7 (approximately 28 minutes), Chapter 11 start at 1:16:00 (Interahamwe entering school) to “I’ll not say it again” line around 1:20:00 (approximately 4 minutes), Chapter 14 to end of testimony in Chapter 15 (approximately 24 minutes)
ClearPlay Used
Global Studies Academic

War Dance (2-2 ½ days)

Most of Film (All scenes are between 3-7
PG-13

minutes):Opening Sequence, , Nancy, Dominic, Abducted, A New Instructor, Rose, Practice Rebels, The Bwola, A Visit Home, Two Days To Go, The Journey, The Festival, Second Performance, Traditional Dance, Awards Ceremony, Returning to Patongo

Groundhog Day

Global Studies Academic & Honors
PG
Chapter 4 to 6 (10 minutes), Chapter 11 to 12 (3.5 minutes), Ch. 21 to 28 (22 minutes)
Global Studies Academic & Honors

Sometime in April

TV-MA
Chapter 1: Origins of the Conflict - ALL, Chapter 2: Every Year in April – up to 9:05, Chapter 4: Ten Years Earlier – ALL, Chapter 5: Last Chance for Peace – ALL , Chapter 6: Day One – Scenes 34:20 to 34:48 omitted Chapter 7: Roadblock – ALL, Chapter 8: No Choice - Starting at 54:25, Chapter 9: A Good Soldier – Scene 1:04 to 1:05 omitted, Chapter 10: Moving Forward – Up to 1:09:15, Chapter 11: Saint Exupery – Up to 1:19:47

Please note that in an effort to be as thorough and transparent as possible, this is a comprehensive list of films that may or may not be used during the year to enrich curricula. Teachers will make adjustments, considering the timing of the unit and the needs of their students.