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Teach about Islam with Film
March 1, 2025

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...

What to Teach in March
March 1, 2025

Let's make March easy! Get classroom-ready resources to teach with film across the curriculum for Women's History Month, Music in Our Schools Month, Pi Day (yes, you can teach math with film!), Ramadan, World Poetry Day and more! March Special Event Highlights Women's History Month: Free Resources for Women’s History Month + our new Women's History Resource Collection Music in Our Schools Month: Chevalier, Defiant Requiem, Landfill...

Women's History Month: Teach With Film
February 2, 2025

Free Resources for Women's History Month These free resources to support you through Women's History Month that all take advantage of the power of film. They include core-based lesson plans, fully prepared and ready for immediate classroom use, as they highlight the stories of women who are changemakers, thought leaders, scholars, scientists and much more. They also work for Gender Equity Month (March), International Women's Day (March 8), and all...

Inspire Your Heart With Art
January 25, 2025

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...

We Are Here For You
January 23, 2025

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...

Windows and Mirrors: Building Belonging Through Literary Perspective
January 15, 2025

When I first learned about the idea of windows and mirrors in literature, I felt a lightning bolt of recognition. As an English teacher, I appreciate when my class has a shared language around the semester’s enduring questions. Learning a concept early on and returning to it as a metaphor throughout the class discussion and textual investigations, we strengthen early knowledge until it becomes part of our natural conversation that builds community...

What to Teach in January
January 5, 2025

Here are guides and other suggestions for educators, homeschooling individuals, community groups, and others for what to teach in January!  January Teaching Highlights January is National Mentoring Month. Queen of Katwe is the perfect film to inspire a new generation of mentors. January 15-19, 2024 is GLSEN No Name-Calling Week. Like Stars on Earth is a powerful film to start conversations about bullying. January 1 is the anniversary of...