Product Description
Children of Heaven is a valuable resource for humanizing the people of Iran and building empathy through global education.
Film runtime: 1 hour, 29 minutes.
Film rating: PG. Common Sense media rates this film as appropriate for ages 10+.
This film received a “Thumbs Up” review from Roger Ebert. Read it here.
Children of Heaven Curriculum Guide
Lesson 1: The Islamic Republic of Iran (Social Studies)
Lesson 2: Viewing Children of Heaven (Media Literacy)
Lesson 3: Understanding Children of Heaven (Language/Visual Literacy)
Lesson 4: Perspectives on Iranian Culture (Film-specific Cross-Cultural Understanding)
Lesson 5: My Home is Tehran (Social Studies)
Lesson 6: Film as Storytelling (Media Literacy/Language Arts)
Lesson 7: Put Yourself in Someone Else’s Shoes (General Cross-Cultural Understanding)
Lesson 8: Keeping Secrets (Mathematics)
Lesson 9: Iran: The Land of Earthquakes (Science)
Lesson 10: Persian Carpets (Art)
Children of Heaven was featured by Edutopia in Great Films for Teaching About Globalization and Modernization.
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Journeys in Film supports the Sustainable Development Goals.
This curriculum guide connects to the following United Nations SDGs. Learn more about teaching with SDGs: https://en.unesco.org/themes/education/sdgs/material.
