Lesson Plans Based on Movies & Film!

The Adventures of Milo and Otis - Talking and Playing for Growth (Friendship; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring) [5 - 8]

All the President's Men (Courage; Teamwork; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsiblity; Fairness; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Politics) [12+]

Amistad (Justice; Courage; Rebellion; Human Rights; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860 & Diversity) [14+]

An American Tail (Friendship; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York) [9 - 10]

An American Tail - Talking and Playing for Growth (Friendship; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York) [5 - 8]

Anne B. Real (Breaking Out; Coming of Age; Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Courage; Crime; Education; Families in Crisis; Surviving; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1991 - present and New York) [12+]

Four Films About Anne Frank (Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsiblity; Citizenship; Subjects: World/WW II & Holland; Biography) [12+]

Babe - Talking and Playing for Growth (Friendship; Caring for Animals; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Caring) [5 - 8]

Billy Elliot (Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; Sexual Orientation, Education; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]

A Bugs Life - Talking and Playing for Growth (Courage; Friendship; Teamwork; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; responsibility; Caring) [5 - 8]

Charly (Disabilities; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Responsibility; Subjects: Science Fiction) [10+]

A Dry White Season (Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/South Africa) [14+]

For Love or Country -- The Arturo Sandoval Story (Human Rights; Courage; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: Music/Jazz; World/Cuba and the Cold War Era; Biography) [12+]

Ghosts of Mississippi (Courage, Justice; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1945 - Present, Diversity, the Law & Mississippi) [12+]

Gorillas in the Mist (Caring for Animals; Courage; Human Rights; Romantic Relationships; Ethical Emphasis --- Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship;Subjects --- The Environment; Science-Technology; World/Africa) [13+]

Happy Feet - Talking and Playing for Growth (SEL: Friendship; Courage; Self-Esteem; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Caring) [5 - 8]

High Noon (Marriage; Leadership; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./The Frontier & the West, 1865 - 1913 and 1945 - 1991 (the Red Scare); Cinema; Literature/Myths of the Western genre; Literary devices: symbol; motif; foil; and expository phase) [11+]

Hiroshima Maiden (Courage; Friendship; Human Rights; Peer Pressure; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1991; World/WW-II and Japan) [9 - 13]

Horton Hears a Who! - Talking and Playing for Growth (SEL: Friendship; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Caring) [4 - 8]

Hotel Rwanda (Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsiblity; Citizenship; Subjects: World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era; U.S./1991 - present) [14+]

Ice Age: The Meltdown - Talking and Playing for Growth (Friendship; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility (Taking Care of the Environment); Subjects: The Environment;) [6 - 8]

The Insider (Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Families in Crisis, Marriage, Crime, Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship Subjects: U.S./1991 - present) [13+]

Iron Jawed Angels (Human Rights; Courage; Leadership; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Fairness; Subjects: U.S.: 1913 - 1929) [11+]

Kiki's Delivery Service - Talking and Playing for Growth (Coming of Age; Talent; Friendship; Courage. Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Caring) [5 - 8]

The King and I (Education; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/Thailand; U.S./1860 - 1865; Dance/Performance) [8+]

A Man for All Seasons (Courage; Male Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: Biography/Thomas More; World/England & the Renaissance; Religions/Christianity; Drama/England) [12+]

The Mission (Brothers; Redemption; Courage; Rebellion; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: Religions/Christianity; World/South America, Paraguay, Brazil) [13+]

Never Cry Wolf (Caring for Animals; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: Science-Technology, The Environment; U.S./1945 - 1991; Alaska) [10+]

Old Yeller (Courage; Grieving (for a beloved animal); Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913) [7-12]

The Outsiders (Brothers; Coming of Age; Courage; Fighting; Friendship; Peer Pressure; Redemption; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring; Subjects: Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices; U.S./1945 - 1991) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: expository phase; flashback; symbol; foreshadowing; Bildungsroman; irony; protagonist/antagionist confusion and theme]

Rabbit-Proof Fence (Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: World/Australia) [10+]

The Right Stuff (Friendship; Teamwork, Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991; Aviation; Space Exploration) [12+]

Schindler's List (Courage; Rebellion; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; Subjects: Biography; World/WW II) [15+]

Sometimes in April (Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsiblity; Citizenship; Subjects: World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era) [14+]

The Time Machine (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: Science Fiction) [10+]

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Ambition; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1945-1991; Science-Technology) [10+]

The Tuskegee Airmen (Courage; Courage in War; Friendship; Self-esteem; Grieving; Suicide; Surviving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941 - 1945, Diversity & Alabama) [10+]

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1865; 1865 - 1913; and African Americans & the Civil Rights Movement; Literature/U.S. (Narrative Writing)) [10+]

Warm Springs (Courage; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subject: U.S./1913 - 1929; Biography; Georgia) [12+]

White Nights (Breaking Out; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: Dance; World/Cold War & Russia; U.S./Diversity) [13+]

The White Rose (Courage; Rebellion; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/Germany & WW II) (13+)

All Quiet on the Western Front (Courage in War; Peace/Peacemakers; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship; Caring; Subjects: World/Germany & WW I) [12+]

Ballad of a Soldier (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/Russia & WW II) [10+]

The Civil War (Subjects: U.S./1860 - 1865; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness) [12+]

Courage Under Fire (Marriage, Redemption; Leadership; Suicide; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1991 - Present) [12+]

The Crossing (Courage in War, Leadership; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility & Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1750 - 1812, New Jersey & Pennsylvania) [13+]

The Dawn Patrol (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: Aviation; World/ WW I & England) [10+]

Fort Apache (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: U.S./The Frontier and the West & Arizona) [8+] (Some Spanish spoken by the Native Americans)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Courage in War; Romantic Relationships; Rebellion; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; World/Between World Wars & Spain) [12+]

Gallipoli (Courage in War; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/ WW I; Australia; Turkey) [13+]

Gettysburg (Courage in War; Leadership; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects U.S./1860 - 1865 & Pennsylvania) [10+]

Glory (Courage in War; Leadership; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Citizenship; Trustworthiness; Subjects U.S./1860 - 1865 & Massachusetts) [14+]

Lawrence of Arabia (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: Biography; World/England, Middle East & WW I) [12+]

The Longest Day (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1945; World/WW II) [10+]

Memphis Belle (Leadership; Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941 - 1945) [12+]

Michael Collins (Peace/Peacemakers; Courage in War; Breaking Out; Rebellion; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: Biography; World/Ireland) [14+]

A Midnight Clear (Coming of Age; Peace/Peacemakers; Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: U.S./1941-1945) [13+]

Midway (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1945; World/WW II; Seafaring) [10+]

Mrs. Miniver (Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/England & WW II) [10+]

The Red Badge of Courage (Redemption, Coming of Age; Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1860 - 1865; Literature/U.S.) [10+]

Tora! Tora! Tora! (Courage in War; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1945; World/Japan & WW II; Seafaring) [10+] (Portions in Japanese with English subtitles)

The Tuskegee Airmen (Courage; Courage in War; Friendship; Self-esteem; Grieving; Suicide; Surviving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941 - 1945, Diversity & Alabama) [10+]

Twelve O'Clock High (Leadership; Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941-1945) [10+]

All My Sons (Crime; Marriage; Father/Son; Suicide; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1991; Drama/U.S.) [13+]

Anne B. Real (Breaking Out; Coming of Age; Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Courage; Crime; Education; Families in Crisis; Surviving; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1991 - present and New York) [12+]

Cry, the Beloved Country (Grieving; Crime; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: World/South Africa) [10+]

The Insider (Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Families in Crisis, Marriage, Crime, Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship Subjects: U.S./1991 - present) [13+]

Oliver! (Spousal Abuse; Crime; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; Literature/England; World/England) [8+]

Oliver Twist (Spousal Abuse; Crime; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: World/England; Literature/England) [10+]

Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Friendship; Grieving; Disability; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Music/Classical; World/Austria; Biography/Beethoven) [9 - 12]

Charly (Disabilities; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Responsibility; Subjects: Science Fiction) [10+]

Dear Frankie (Health, Literature; SEL: Disabilities, Mother/Son; Moral-Ethical: Trustworthiness; Caring) [12+]

Edison: The Wizard of Light (Talent, Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: Science-Technology; U.S./1865 - 1929; Cinema; Biography) [8 - 13]

Edward Scissorhands (Friendship; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991; ELA) [13+; Literary devices analyzed: expository phase, setting, character; development, theme.]

The Glass Menagerie (Families in Crisis; Mother/Son; Mother/Daughter; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Drama/U.S.; U.S./Missouri)[12+]

Goya: Awakened in a Dream (Father/Son; Friendship; Illness; Human Rights; Talent; Disabilities; Ethical Emphasis --- Caring;Subjects --- Visual Arts; World/Spain & the Enlightenment; Biography) [8 - 13]

Happy Feet - Talking and Playing for Growth (SEL: Friendship; Courage; Self-Esteem; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Caring) [5 - 8]

Lorenzo's Oil (Illness, Disabilities; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Sisters; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Medicine) [13+]

The Miracle Worker (Disabilities; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Biography/Keller; U.S./1865 - 1913) [10+]

Moulin Rouge (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Disabilities; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Biography/Lautrec; Visual Arts; World/France) [13+]

Mr. Holland's Opus (Education; Male Role Model; Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Marriage; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Caring; Respect; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S. 1945 - 1991) [10+]

Music of the Heart (Education; Talent; Disabilities; Romantic Relationships; Divorce and Separation; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 - Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari)) [9+]

Pay It Forward (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Mother/Son; Families in Crisis; Education; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1991 - Present) [12+]

The Smithsonian and the Presidency -- Short Subject-- from the series "This is America Charlie Brown" (Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: U.S./Creating the Nation, 1860 - 1865; and 1929 - 1941) [7 - 11; 25 minutes]

To Kill A Mockingbird (Justice; Male Role Model; Courage; Mental Illness; Parenting; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibilility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941, the Law & Diversity; Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: symbol; flashback; irony; humor]

Warm Springs (Courage; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subject: U.S./1913 - 1929; Biography; Georgia) [12+]

Music of the Heart (Education; Talent; Disabilities; Romantic Relationships; Divorce and Separation; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 - Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari)) [9+]

Anne B. Real (Breaking Out; Coming of Age; Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Courage; Crime; Education; Families in Crisis; Surviving; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1991 - present and New York) [12+]

Conrack (Male Role Model; Work/Career; Education; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & South Carolina) [10+]

Einstein: Light to the Power of 2 (Self-esteem; Education; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [8 - 13]

Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants (Brothers; Education; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects:Biography; Science-Technology; World/Italy & the Renaissance) [8 - 13]

The King and I (Education; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Respect; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/Thailand; U.S./1860 - 1865; Dance/Performance) [8+]

Les Choristes (Self-esteem; Talent; Education; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Music; World/France; Literature/Poetry Analysis; Literary Devices: theme) [10+; in French with English subtitles]

Mr. Holland's Opus (Education; Male Role Model; Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Marriage; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Caring; Respect; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S. 1945 - 1991) [10+]

Music of the Heart (Education; Talent; Disabilities; Romantic Relationships; Divorce and Separation; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 - Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari)) [9+]

Partners of the Heart (Teamwork, Education, Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Medicine; U.S./1917 - 1991, Diversity, Tennessee & Maryland) [10+]

Pay It Forward (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Mother/Son; Families in Crisis; Education; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1991 - Present) [12+]

The Pursuit of Happyness (Father/Son; Parenting; Surviving, Work/Career; add the following SEL topics when using TeachWithMovies.com's student handout for this film entitled Episodes in the Life of Chris Gardner (What's Not in the Movie): Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Breaking Out; Spousal Abuse; Child Abuse; Education; Male Role Model; Ambition; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: U.S./1991 - present and Biography) [12+]

Small Wonders (Education; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 - Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari)) [6+]

Something the Lord Made (Teamwork, Education, Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Medicine; U.S./1917 - 1991, Diversity, Tennessee & Maryland) [10+]

Stand and Deliver (Education; Male Role Model; Self-esteem; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1996, Diversity & California; Mathematics; ELA) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Education; Families in Crisis; Father/Daughter; Grieving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & New York;) [9+]

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Families in Crisis; Marriage; Grieving; Leadership; Father/Daughter; Mother/Son; Romantic Relationships; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect, Responsiblity, Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1865; Biography) [10+]

Anne B. Real (Breaking Out; Coming of Age; Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Courage; Crime; Education; Families in Crisis; Surviving; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1991 - present and New York) [12+]

Four Films About Anne Frank (Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsiblity; Citizenship; Subjects: World/WW II & Holland; Biography) [12+]

Angels in the Outfield (Families in Crisis; Friendship; Parenting; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & California) [9 - 12]

Beau Geste (Leadership; Families in Crisis; Brothers; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/France) [12+]

Billy Elliot (Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; Sexual Orientation, Education; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]

A Dry White Season (Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; Subjects: World/South Africa) [14+]

Desert Bloom (Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Child Abuse, Running Away, Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Nevada) [13+]

Einstein: Light to the Power of 2 (Self-esteem; Education; Families in Crisis; Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [8 - 13]

The Glass Menagerie (Families in Crisis; Mother/Son; Mother/Daughter; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Drama/U.S.; U.S./Missouri)[12+]

Gracie's Choice (Alcohol & Drug; Abuse; Families In Crisis; Mother/Daughter; Parenting; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring; Subjects: Health; U.S./1991 - present) [10+]

The Grapes of Wrath (Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941; Oklahoma & California; Literature/U.S.) [12+]

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [+]

Hester Street (Families in Crisi; Marriage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Trustworthiness; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York) [12+]

An Ideal Husband (Families in Crisis; Marriage, Friendship, Romantic Relationships, Justice, Redemption; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Drama/England; World/England)[12+]

The Insider (Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Families in Crisis, Marriage, Crime, Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship Subjects: U.S./1991 - present) [13+]

Into the Wild (Literature: NonFiction; Literary Devices: theme; allusion; U.S.: 1945 - 1991; SEL: Taking Care of Yourself; Families in; Crisis Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility) [14+]

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (Ambition; Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941 (the Great Depression) [6-10]

Little Women (Female Role Model; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Sisters; Coming of Age; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1860 - 1865 & Massachusetts; Literature/U.S.) [6+]

Lorenzo's Oil (Illness, Disabilities; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Sisters; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Medicine) [13+]

Mrs. Miniver (Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Subjects: World/England & WW II) [10+]

Pay It Forward (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Mother/Son; Families in Crisis; Education; Disabilities; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./1991 - Present) [12+]

A Raisin in the Sun (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Drama/U.S.) [12+]

She's Too Young - Peer Pressure; Bad Associations; Romantic Relationships; Self-esteem; Taking Care of Yourself; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Subjects: Health (social structure of school; STDs)) [15+]

Strictly Ballroom (Breaking Out; Talent; Families in Crisis; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Subjects: Dance; World/Australia) [9+]

The Swiss Family Robinson (Families in Crisis; Brothers; Surviving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: General; Subjects: Literature/England; Science-Technology; World/Indonesia) [6 - 12]

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Education; Families in Crisis; Father/Daughter; Grieving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & New York;) [9+]

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Families in Crisis; Marriage; Grieving; Leadership; Father/Daughter; Mother/Son; Romantic Relationships; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect, Responsiblity, Fairness; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1865; Biography) [10+]

Bizet's Dream (Father/Daughter; Talent; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: World/France; Music/Opera; Biography/Bizet) [9 - 12]

Contact (Grieving; Father/Daughter; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring; Subjects: Religions/Judeo-Christian; Science Fiction; Space Exploration; Mathematics) [12+]

Fly Away Home (Parenting; Father/Daughter; Teamwork; Caring for Animals; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: Science; the Environment; Canada) [10+]

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Education; Families in Crisis; Father/Daughter; Grieving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & New York) [9+]

When a Man Loves a Woman (Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Romantic Relationships; Marriage; Parenting; Father/daughter; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring; Subjects: U.S./1991 - present) [13+]