Sections; Top Stories; Video; Election; U.S. World; Entertainment; Health; Tech; Lifestyle; Money; Investigative; Sports; Good News; Weather; Photos; Shows. Shows; Good Morning America; World News Tonight; Nightline; 20/20. Http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/sites/default/files/imagecache/110x85/promo It’s a Wonderful Life Lesson Plans: Activities Related to Film and Stage Musical. Jerz >. On the night when George feels most desperate and worthless, his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody intervenes and shows George an . The story has been retold since in multiple radio plays, a gender- reversed TV- movie remake It Happened One Christmas (in which Clara Odbody helps one Mary Bailey, who wed George Hatch), and finally, in Sheldon Harnick and Joe Raposo. Hirsch Jr., What Your Kindergartner Needs To Know through What Your Sixth- Grader Needs To Know (for each book includes proverbs/popular sayings which experts agree should be part of the common knowledge of all American children)“Tempus Fugit” says Matthew to Clarence in the musical. What makes these two a match? Are they alike in some fundamental ways? Or do they have differences, which will cause George to react in ways beneficial to the story or the mission? That he carries around a copy of Mark Twain? How would you describe Clarence? How is it relevant to the story or characters? In the musical, George is described as Atlas carrying Bailey Park on his shoulders. What does this mean? Read Philip van Doren Stern? What is gained or lost by the changes or additions made? Overall, would you say the film and musical turned out better, worse, or as good as the original story? Ryhyme. Every time a bell rings. An angel gets his wings. Since these famous words form a rhymed couplet (two lines whose ending words rhyme), use them as a springboard to introduce or review the Elements of Poetry. Help your students/children mark the Rhyme Scheme of specific poems using this system: The end word of the first line is labeled . Roses are red, –AViolets are blue, –BSugar is sweet, –Cand so are you. Limericks are generally humorous 5- line poems (2- long, 2- short, & 1- long line) with the rhyme scheme AABBA. A Lolligag of Limericks, ed. Myra Cohn Livingston; N. M. Bodecker, A Person From Britain Whose Head of the Shape of the Mitten and other Limericks). The English or Shakespearean Sonnet uses three 4- line stanzas, then ends with a rhymed couplet, so a typical rhyme scheme would be ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Robert Louis Stevenson “Whole Duty of Children; ” Joyce Kilmer “Trees; ” Richard Armour “Rain; ” Theodore Rothke “The Bat; ” Doris Frankel “Song of the Truck; ” T. S. Eliot “Macavity, the Mystery Cat”)Sometimes two end words do not rhyme exactly, but are very close. This is called slant rhyme, and both words get labeled with the same alphabet letter in the poem. Four different patterns are iambic, trochaic, anapestic, and dactylic. Auden “Chorus of Angels; ” plus angel & nativity in Madeleine L’Engle “O Simplicitas,” Three Songs of Mary)—Winter (Robert Frost . Barbara Rogasky)Christmas (Clement Clark Moore . Thomas “Hill Christmas; ” Langston Hughes “Christmas Eve; ” T. S. Eliot “The Cultivation of Christmas Trees; ” e. Webster Schott & Robert J. I have a coworker (mostly a peer, but depending on the project, I’m sometimes his supervisor) who always follows up electronic communication verbally (coming over to my office to ask me if I’ve seen it, or something like. When it comes to reading a novel, many students shrug off the reading and just watch the movie version instead. Well, two can play at that game. Teachers can give students a little of what they want by incorporating the movie. Questo sito utilizza cookie di 'terze parti', ossia cookie installati da un sito diverso tramite il sito che si sta visitando. Chiudendo questo banner, scorrendo questa pagina o cliccando qualunque suo elemento acconsenti all. Myers; Poems of Christmas (1. Christmas Poems (1. Myra Cohn Livingston)Flowers (William Wordsworth . Eliot “Defense of the Islands” & “A Note on War Poetry”)Irish Immigration/Heritage (James B. Night Shyamalan’s film The Village); Jeanne du Prau’s City of Ember; Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, & Mockingjay. Benedict; ” As Great A Right to be Merry; DVD Into Great Silence, etc.); or 1. Write a description of (or tribute to) a person who has made a positive difference in your life. Or, recalling the disasters and eventual triumph of George. Research and write report on someone who made a significant difference by helping with a social problem (such as a saint, inventor, social activist, writer, politician). Or, conduct an interview with someone you feel is bettering our community today. Like Pete Bailey, try your hand at writing a Christmas Play for your class/family to perform. It could be a Nativity story, or the story of a Miracle that takes place on Christmas Eve (like It. Visit your local library or historical society to view newspapers dated between 1. Do you find many articles about local homecomings? Or purely local happenings? Generate a family or classroom newspaper, focused on your own events and interests, and try to include News, Features, Arts/ Reviews, Food, Sports, and possibly Ads and Announcements (Births, Engagements/Weddings, Obituaries). For older students: ! Wells’ The Time Machine (book, multiple films); Thornton Wilder’s Our Town (play or film); Sutton Vane’s Outward Bound (play or film, re: suicide); The Portrait of Jenny (Joseph Cotten; Jennifer Jones); Groundhog Day (Bill Murray); Frequency (Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel); The Lake House (Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bulllock); Sliding Doors (Gwenyth Paltrow); possibly Back to the Future or The Terminator movies; Stargate: Continuum or other sci fi (like Original Star Trek’s “Mirror, Mirror” & “The City on the Edge of Forever” episodes); and possible musicals A Christmas Carol or Scrooge; Carousel; or Brigadoon. MATH Activities: 3. If Zuzu holds a flower with 1. George Bailey hides 3 petals in his pocket, how many petals did Zuzu. If Mary collects $2,3. Bedford Falls, and Sam Wainright advances George $2. George. Potter, George Bailey earns $4. How much money, then, does George earn in a year? And how much does George save in a year? What percentage of his income does George save each week? Mr. Potter offers to pay George $2. How much more would George earn in one year if he worked for Potter? Assuming the same expenses as before, how much money would George save in a year of working for Potter? Assuming pay & expenses stay the same, how long (years, weeks?) would it take George to save that same amount of money? If one third of the pool is 5 feet deep, one third is 1. Ernie. If the home increases in value by 8% in one year, what will the home be worth then? If it increases in value by 8% every year, what will the home be worth in another 5 years? Besides Clarence, another 5. Bedford Falls has one church bell tower; it rings once at one o. How many bells will ring out in a twelve- hour period. Gower buys frozen ice cream treats on a stick at 3 for $. George sells them all at 2 for $. Initially, both clocks are set to the correct time. Less than 2. 4 hours later, the fast clock registers 9 o. What is the correct time at that moment? SOCIAL STUDIES/GEOGRAPHY Activities: 4. Make a map of New York State (in which Van Doren. Add the state capital, and (any) four other cities to your map. Finally, indicate the Catskill and Adirondack Mountains. How could you tell?)4. Using an atlas or globe, locate the following places George Bailey hoped to visit: New York, NY; Tahiti, the Fiji Islands (Mary picks island music for their homemade honeymoon); Italy, Greece; and the Yukon. What could George have seen/experienced in each place? The musical features the hope of travel to Europe.? Which are its five smallest? Visit anysoldier. USO. Marine Corps, especially their service during World War II. Research World War II, as referenced by this film/musical: On the Homefront: Mary helped with the USO; Ma Bailey and Mrs. Hatch with the Red Cross; Mr. Gower sold war bonds; George dealt with tire drives; shortages/rationing; and served as an air raid warden. Potter ran the draft board. WWII veterans were drafted, versus only 1/4 of Vietnam vets.). Rottman, FUBAR: Soldier Slang of World War II; Sledge (Marine memoir), With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa; R. G. Grant, New Perspectives: Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and books & media for all age groups from the NCCHE (National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education) Resource Room in Seton Hill University’s Reeves Library. Some books from a younger child’s perspective. Potter calls George Bailey a “nursemaid to a bunch of garlic- eaters.”. Research & compare statistics on this in 1. Finally, consider the pros & cons of owning vs. Which loans tend to carry the highest interest rates (and what do fixed & variable rates mean) ? Net Worth/ Buying Power of a citizen in 1. USA– info often included in an atlas.? What would be your best guess regarding what George’s policy was meant to do (for example, pay off George & Mary’s home mortgage; provide Mary & the kids with living expenses for X amount of time; cover funeral expenses; etc.)? Inflation. Find the definition of a “monopoly.”? Are there other terms that would better describe Potter’s business practices? Research Bank disasters/failures, esp. Safety during Winter play (frostbite, hypothermia). Experiment to determine the best melting agents for ice. Bells. Sound. 7. 4) Young George loses hearing in one ear. What causes Hearing Loss or Deafness? What treatments are available– or how do people adapt to living without hearing? Gower likely preparing when he made his mistake with the baby’s prescription? Review ways to keep people and/or the environment safe from Poisoning. Pest Control; Household Cleaning Products; Makeup, Food, OTC & Rx Medicines; Paint; Waste or Chemical Disposal; Forensic science/ Criminal use of poisons. Learn more about the Development of Medicines– and the development of Poisons, since the two are often related (or have been mistaken for each other, in history).! Killer Cures and Other Poisonings by Susie Hodge makes this point; Hodge also recommends John Elmsley’s The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison, Peter Macinnis’ Poisons, R. M. Youngson’s Scientific Blunders, and Bee Wilson’s Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee. Stonehenge); Medieval times– waterwheel clocks with escapement, mechanical clocks with spindle, tower clocks (some with moving figures), sandglasses; 1. Peter Heinlein, “Nuremburg eggs,” birdcage or lantern clocks, first clockmakers’ guild; “Great Age of Clock- Making: 1. James Cox (b. England, c. Prince Potemkin of Russia’s “Peacock clock; ” Sailors’ timepieces, 1. American clocks, 1.
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