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Healthcare Matters: Storytelling, Education, and Partnerships for Change
June 23, 2025

Journeys in Film is proud to be part of the American Heart Association (AHA) International Stroke Conference 2025, in collaboration with AHA Bernard J. Tyson Office of Health and AHA Creative Studios. Journeys Executive Director Jennifer Fischer moderated a panel discussing rural healthcare, following a screening of the short documentary “Health Wanted: Finding Care in Rural America”. The panel was introduced by Gerald Johnson, EVP,...

Pope Francis Letter to Educators
April 24, 2025

In 2022, Pope Francis wrote a personal Letter to Educators for Journeys in Film to include in our curriculum guide for Francesco, the award-winning documentary about Pope Francis by Evgeny Afineevsky. We hope that this letter provides inspiration and comfort to educators of all kinds, regardless of faith or philosophy. We recommend our Francesco curriculum guide to educators who want to teach about Pope Francis and are looking for classroom-ready...

Make the Most of Screen Time
April 19, 2025

Children's screen time and media consumption are in the news — and we are here to help. A new study reports that screen time is prevalent under grandparents' care. The study from the University of Arizona looked at study looked at children’s screen time under their grandparents’ watch. It found that nearly 50% of the time American children spend with their grandparents involves interacting with or watching media on a screen. The study found...

Watch and Write: New Classroom Warm-Ups
April 11, 2025

We’re launching a new classroom warm-up series: Watch and Write! Give your classroom a creative kickstart with a super-short film plus a prompt for writing or discussion. This is a great way to get students engaged and focused. These exercises are for elementary school, middle school, and high school. They feature animated and live-action films as short as just one minute! The prompts can work for quiet journaling and reflection or for...

Teach with Film for World Health Day
April 1, 2025

April 7 is World Health Day. We recommend the following films plus our free teaching guides for teaching about the intersection of individual health, public health, and human rights: Our Environmental Studies Lesson Collection, about environmental conditions; A Towering Task, about international Health Disparity and the Health Gradient; From the Ashes, about coal and public health; Greener Pastures, about the impact of soil and food...

Making Professional Development Easy with Journeys in Film Webinars
March 31, 2025

Deepen your skills for teaching with film with Journeys in Film Professional Development Webinars. These teacher training sessions are available free, online and on-demand. Earn one hour of PD credit upon successful completion of each webinar. Participants will gain tools to boost student engagement and teach critical thinking across the curriculum. New in 2025! Teach STEM with Short Films Get tools & media literacy techniques for teaching...

Teach about Public Health with Film in April
March 31, 2025

April is full of opportunities to engage your students about public health: National Interprofessional Healthcare Month; National Minority Health Month; National Public Health Week April 7-13 (2025);  World Health Day April 7;  Black Maternal Health Week April 11-17; National Infant Immunization Week April 21-18 (2025); World Immunization Week April 24-30.  The Invisible Shield is a powerful teaching tool for exploring...

Teach Math with Film for Math and Stats Month
March 31, 2025

Did you know you can teach math with film? For Mathematics and Statistics Month in April, we're highlighting some of our favorite math teaching tools. Our free film teaching guides feature classroom-ready lesson plans across the curriculum suitable for grade 4 all the way to grade 12 — including math lessons! Our most popular math lesson is part of our Hidden Figures Curriculum Guide, about The Math of Space Travel: Orbits and Conic Sections,...

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