A PowerPoint Presentation Highlighting Films about Teachers Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. This presentation is designed to share some films about teachers and teaching… so, sit back and enjoy the show! Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. Blackboard Jungle is a movie about the events which occur at North Manual High School, an inner-city school. Richard Dadier is a new teacher at the school and is faced with challenges and disappointments. His students are rude, unruly, and violent. As a teacher, he finds a lack of support from students and staff. The movie features Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, and Jamie Farr. Bill Haley & His Comets’ song “Rock Around the Clock” is also featured in the movie. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. The Breakfast Club is a movie about five teenage students who have detention together on a Saturday. Despite the fact that the students are quite different from one another, and represent different cliques, they realize they experience some of the same thoughts and feelings as teenagers. This movie is considered to be what is called a cult classic. It has its own group of fans/followers. The movie features Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. Cheers for Miss Bishop is a black and white film from the early ‘40s about a teacher who dedicates her life to teaching. Family and friends are important to her, but teaching is her passion. In many ways, Miss Bishop exemplifies teaching at its best. The movie begins with Miss Bishop as a young teacher and follows her through her retirement. The movie ends with a celebration given by her former students honoring their favorite teacher, Miss Ella Bishop. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. The Chocolate War is a movie about what goes on behind the walls of a particular elite Catholic School for young men. As a new student at the high school, Jerry Renault is faced with the task of selling chocolate candy bars for a fund-raiser even though he does not want to. Jerry takes a stand against some of his peers and teachers, facing consequences which cause him to question right from wrong. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. Coach Carter is a movie based on a true story about a basketball coach who benched his team. The team was benched because of the players’ poor grades. In the movie, Coach Carter finds his students challenging and disrespectful. He takes the necessary steps to get the team back on track by setting strict rules and having high expectations of them. Coach Carter refers to a quote by the well respected Marianne Williamson throughout the movie. The quote is about fear and liberation. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. Dangerous Minds is a movie about Lou Anne Johnson, a first year English teacher. On her first day of school, she finds her students to be apathetic, disengaged, and tough. She soon realizes she has to take on a tougher image to get their respect and attention. She does so by revealing she was an ex-Marine. Yet, she also shows her “soft side.” Ms. Johnson gets her students “hooked” with poetry by using Bob Dylan’s song “Mr. Tambourine Man” and leads them to study Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.” Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. Dead Poet’s Society takes place in a preparatory school for boys. John Keating (played by Robin Williams) is a rather quirky English teacher who provides his students with a new outlook on life. He encourages his students to appreciate what literature and poetry offer. The title of the movie is from a literary club Mr. Keating was a member of when he was a student at the same prep school. The movie line “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.” fits the film perfectly. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. The true story of Ernest Green, one of the “Little Rock Nine.” This movie serves as a reminder of discrimination toward African-Americans in the ‘50s. Ernest Gideon Green was the first African-American to graduate from the previously all- white Central High School. He graduated on May 27, 1958. This movie, as well as “Ruby Bridges” and “The Long Walk Home” serve as exceptional movies about the Civil Rights Movement. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. This movie is about a young African-American man named Jamal (played by Rob Brown) who becomes friends with a reclusive writer, William Forrester (played by Sean Connery). One day, one of Jamal’s friends dares him to enter Forrester’s apartment. Jamal does so and accidentally leaves his backpack inside. Forrester finds it and reads Jamal’s journals and carefully “edits” them. A friendship begins. The two men share the love of writing and help one another as writers, but even more importantly, as confidants. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. Freedom Writers is a movie based on the book “The Freedom Writers Diary.” It is about a new teacher, Erin Gruwell (played by Hillary Swank) who has a class of at-risk students. Mrs. Gruwell encounters problems with her students and her department head. She remains determined to persevere. Educating her students about the Holocaust, Mrs. Gruwell takes on two jobs in order to purchase materials for her students. During her teaching career, she has her students read “The Diary of Anne Frank” and invites Holocaust survivors to speak to her classes. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. The Great Debaters is a movie based on a true story about Melvin Tolson, a debate coach from Wiley College and his debate team. The time frame for the movie is in the ‘30s- a time of Jim Crow laws and lynching. Discrimination against African-Americans inconvenienced their use of public facilities and schools. This posed problems for the Wiley College debate team and their coach who were African- Americans. The team had to travel to and from competitions, which were held with students from all-white schools. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. This made for television movie is based on the true story of Liz Murray. Liz is homeless at the young age of 15. Both of her parents are drug addicts, and Liz and her sister are faced with the challenge of taking care of their parents, as well as themselves. Wanting more, Liz goes back to school and enters an essay in a contest sponsored by the New York Times. She wins the essay contest and earns a scholarship to Harvard University. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. The Karate Kid is the classic movie about Daniel LaRusso (played by Ralph Macchio), a teenage boy who moves to Southern California. He and his mother live in a small apartment, and he learns karate from the handyman, Mr. Miyagi (played by Pat Morita). Daniel learns martial arts in order to survive beatings from another boy at his school. Daniel learns karate and lessons in life. Mr. Miyagi and Daniel form a special friendship and celebrate a victory together. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. Lean On Me is a movie based on Eastside High School in New Jersey. The students in the school are involved in drugs, gangs, and violence. The school’s principal, Joe Clark (played by Morgan Freeman) permanently suspends the troublemakers. Faced with problems from staff and parents, Clark remains focused and does not give in. In the end, he is put in jail, but his fans (students) show their support for him and demand he be released. The students also show him that they passed the state exams. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University. Matilda is a movie based on the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. Matilda Wormwood (played by Mara Wilson) is bright from birth. She belongs to a family who places no value on education. Her father, Harry (played by Danny De Vito) and her mother, Zinnia (played by Rhea Perlman) are neither educated nor effective as parents.