Product Description
Like Stars on Earth offers a wonderful opportunity to teach students about India, Bollywood films, and the Hindu festival Diwali. Our teaching guide features lessons across the curriculum, including Social Studies, Math,, Science, and Visual Arts.
Film runtime: 2 hours and 44 minutes.*
*We know this is long for many educational settings. We recommend this film for a special schedule day, end of the year celebrations, or to break into a few days of instruction because of the rich educational offerings that go with it. Plus, students truly love it. It is a film full of joy!
Film rating: PG. Common Sense Media rating: 13+.
Instruction level: for grades 5-8.
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Like Stars on Earth Curriculum Guide
Lesson 1: The People and Land of India (Social Studies)
Lesson 2: The Elements of Film (Media Literacy)
Lesson 3: Making Beauty Out of Nonsense (Language Arts , Visual Literacy)
Lesson 4: Determining Your Grade (Mathematics)
Lesson 5: How the Brain Works (Science)
Lesson 6: Color and Design Block-Printed Textiles (Visual Arts)
Lesson 7: Diwali-The Festival of Lights (Film-specific Cross-Cultural Understanding)
Lesson 8: The Historical and Social Background of Bollywood (Music History)
Lesson 9: A World of Music (Arts)
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Like Stars on Earth is part of our global education collection of award-winning films from around the world for introducing students to global cultures and customs. We also recommend these global education films: Children of Heaven (Iran), Please Vote for Me (China), The Cup (Tibet), The Way Home (South Korea), Wadjda (Saudi Arabia), and Whale Rider (Aotearoa / New Zealand).
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