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The Film – Children of Heaven

Children of Heaven is a contemporary Iranian film about families, compassion, moral responsibilities and issues of limited resources. This film, shot in and around Tehran, follows the lives of two siblings who are forced to share one pair of shoes after an unfortunate accident. Not wanting to burden their struggling parents, the children must work together and find a solution to deal with this significant loss. The film shows the inner strength we have when faced with adversity.

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The Curriculum Guide

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This interdisciplinary curriculum guide for educators based on the film ‘Children of Heaven’ includes 10 lesson plans that cover math, science, language arts, social studies, media literacy, visual arts and specialty areas. It is available in both print and electronic versions.

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Additional themes explored through the guide are:

Social Economics
Iran as Land of Contrast
Middle East
Belief systems
Islam
Urban life
Setting and achieving goals
Coming of age / responsibility
Iranian traditions and culture

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Lesson 3 | Language Arts and Visual Literacy | Understanding Children of Heaven ( To Download this FREE lesson add it to your shopping cart, it has zero value so go ahead and checkout right away.)

Authors: John Egbert, Mari Haas, Pat McCarthy, Eileen Mattingly, Deenah Dunkelman Mollin, Sarah Rainsberger and Dede Sinclair