Product Description
We offer two free resources for Navalny, the 2023 Oscar Winner for Best Documentary Feature Film: A Learning Guide and a Discussion Guide.
Navalny is designed for teaching Civics, Current Events, Government, Journalism, Political Science, Social Studies, Russian History, World History and AP World History: Modern.
Film runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes.
Film rating: R for language. Common Sense Media rates Navalny as appropriate for ages 14+. Our resources are appropriate for high school students. The learning guide is also applicable for community learning settings, university discussion, etc.
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Navalny Learning Guide
This guide is flexible. Key Learning Sections include a driving question, personal reflections, discussion questions, extension activities, additional resources and, in some cases, cross connections between sections. This makes the guide useful for classroom settings, hybrid learning, homeschooling, community learning groups, after-school film clubs, university discussions and more.
The guide includes:
Facilitation Guidelines
Open Letter from the Film Team
Biography of Alexei Anatolievich Navalny
Key Learning Sections
- Navalny and Putin (Current Events, World History, Russian History)
- Civic Engagement: Political Corruption, Nationalism, Leadership (Current Events, Civics, Government, Political Science)
- Data Tracking, State Surveillance, and the Role of Journalism (Data, Journalism, Civics, Current Events)
- Social Media, Censorship, and Propaganda (Journalism, Social Studies, Political Science)
- State-Sanctioned Assassinations and Political Prisoners (Social Studies, Government, Political Science)
- Power: What Is Power? Who Has Power? (Journalism, Social Studies, Government, Political Science, Current Events)
Navalny Discussion Guide
Discussion Guide includes:
- Facilitation Guidelines
- Open Letter from the Film Team
- Introducing Alexei Anatolievich Navalny
- Navalny and Putin
- Navalny Under Attack
- Enter Bellingcat
- The Situation Today
- In Alexey Navalny’s Own Words
- Resources for Further Study
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Related Resources
- Navalny is featured in our Civics and Civic Engagement Lessons and Media Literacy and Journalism Lessons collections.
- Navalny is one of several Oscar winning films we offer teaching resources for. Learn more about teaching with Academy Award winning films.
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