March is Music in Our Schools Month. Celebrate with these beautiful films plus our free lesson plans to boost student engagement across the curriculum including Music Education, Language Arts, Social Studies, History, Environmental Science and more! For grades 5 and...
Teach with Oscar movies to boost student engagement across the curriculum! We are proud to offer free, classroom-ready lesson plans and discussion guides to make it easy to teach with Oscar winners and Oscar-nominated films. Bridge of Spies Bridge of Spies received six nominations. They were for Best Supporting Actor (Mark Rylance), Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Production Design and Best Sound Mixing....
Celebrate Islam with film all year round with these global education films that center Muslim stories plus our free teaching guides. Children of Heaven Children of Heaven follows an Iranian brother and sister and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes. The film showcases both modern and tradition Tehran and portrays a loving family trying to do their best. Our free Children of Heaven Curriculum Guide for grades 4-12 includes an...
Boost student engagement with film-based math lessons! Our free film teaching guides feature classroom-ready lesson plans across the curriculum suitable for grade 4 all the way to grade 12 — including mathematics! Hidden Figures Our most popular math lesson is part of our Hidden Figures Curriculum Guide, about The Math of Space Travel: Orbits and Conic Sections, for grades 9 to 12. You can download the full Hidden Figures guide from our...
We’re presenting at SXSWEDU on March 3! Join our executive director Jen Fischer and panelists from ROCO Films, Common Sense Media and Sierra College as they discuss The Power of Film in Classrooms and Teacher Training. Educators can receive continuing professional learning credit hours by attending this session. We hope you can join us! Panel: The Power of Film in Classrooms and Teacher Training Date: Monday, March 3 Time: 1 pm - 2...
We’re thrilled that our article on Creating a Calm Classroom is part of the Best of Share My Lesson 2024! Check out these free tools and resources to help students manage big feelings: Creating a Calm Classroom at Share My Lesson. More of the Best at Share My Lesson Journeys in Film has been honored to place in the top ten most popular resources of the year at Share My Lesson for three years in a row. Our article about Creating...
A step-by-step guide on how to teach Holocaust Education with film, including teaching tools, film recommendations, & lesson...
January 31 is National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day! To celebrate, we're highlighting our favorite film-based art lessons for elementary and middle school. Like Stars on Earth: Explore Indian Block Printed Textiles. Grades 5-8. Please Vote For Me: Make your own Chinese Papercuts Folk Art. Grades 5-8. The Cup: Learn about Tibetan Mandala Art and make your own! Grades 5-8. The Love Bugs: Learn how to make a bug kite! Grades...
A Message from our Executive Director For many of us and our communities, this year has begun with loss, uncertainty, and other difficult challenges. Journeys works with many educators and film professionals in Los Angeles, where the effects of multiple wildfires are devastating. Others beyond L.A. may also be affected by these events as reminders of experiences with climate disasters, relocation, or housing insecurity. Many vulnerable and...