TWM does not provide the movies . . .
We provide curriculum materials for teachers.
- Snippet Lesson Plans,
- Movie Lesson Plans,
- Movie Learning Guides,
- Standard questions to use
with any movie,
- Standard assignments to
use with any movie,
- a Film Study Worksheet,
- and much more!!
|
Already a Member? Login Here
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
SUBJECTS — World/Africa; The Environment;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Male Role Model;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Respect.
Age: 10+; MPAA Rating: PG; Comedy, 1990; 98 minutes; Color.
|
A naturalist, poachers, a Cuban backed revolutionary, a government soldier, and a New York attorney all meet in the Kalahari Desert. They disrupt the peaceful life of Xixo, a Bushman, and his children. Xixo handles the situation with aplomb, showing the humorous side of the other characters and their situations.
The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to The Gods Must Be Crazy II will help teachers and parents explore and confirm the lessons taught by this film in comparative cultures, tolerance, ecology, and world history.
TeachWithMovies.com's Movie Lesson Plans and Learning Guides are used by thousands of teachers to motivate students. They provide background and discussion questions that lead to fascinating classes. Parents can use them to supplement what their children learn in school.
Each film recommended by TeachWithMovies.com contains lessons on life and positive moral messages. Our Guides and Lesson Plans show teachers how to stress these messages and make them meaningful for young audiences.
Each TWM Snippet Lesson Plan Contains:
|
- Learner Outcomes/Objectives
- Rationale
- Preparation
- Step-by-Step Instructions
|
Some snippets simply provide film and Internet resources to supplement lesson plans. Others are complete lesson plans with introductions, handouts, discussion questions, and summative assessments.
Learning Guides Feature the Following Sections:
|
- Benefits
- Possible Problems
- Helpful Background
- Building Vocabulary
|
- Discussion Questions
- Links to Internet
- Bridges to Reading
- Assignments & Projects
|
Learning Guides help teachers develop or improve their own lesson plans. Many also feature introductions, handouts, and summative assessments.
$1 per month ($11.99 per year) for
Lesson Plans and Learning Guides to hundreds of films.
SUPPLEMENT SCHOOL CURRICULUM!
PROMOTE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING!
More suggestions about the beneficial use of movies to supplement curricula are added on a regular basis!
The Gods Must Be Crazy II is more than just plain fun. Learn about the San People (the Bushmen), the Kalahari and the inability of the "heavy people" to live in these environments.
Learning Guide Excerpt
To demonstrate how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers to improve lesson plans, we have set out below the first two sections of the Learning Guide to The Gods Must Be Crazy II.
Description: Ivory poachers interrupt the peaceful existence of a Bushman family living deep in the Kalahari desert. Two of the Bushman children explore the poachers' truck and are accidentally carried away. Xixo, their father, follows the tire tracks left by the truck. On his way he meets Ann Taylor, a New York attorney, and Dr. Marshall, a local naturalist, who are lost in the bush. Xixo also encounters a Cuban soldier and an African soldier each of whom is trying to capture the other. The movie relates their adventures as Xixo tracks his children and everyone else tries to get home.
Benefits: This hilarious film allows us to see ourselves from the Bushman point of view: overweight incompetents who can't read the signs of nature or take care of themselves in the desert. We are introduced to the Bushman culture, the destruction of the elephant herds for ivory, and Great Power adventurism in Africa. The film contains beautiful photography of the African landscape, its skies, and its animals. Xixo is a role model for a good father and a competent, compassionate man. Dr. Marshall, the naturalist, is also a good man.
The Learning Guide to the film The Gods Must Be Crazy II contains sections on Benefits of the Movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.
A subscription to TeachWithMovies.com will give teachers access to 350 Snippet Lesson Plans, Learning Guides and Movie Lesson Plans. Subscribe Today and make good use of and introduce children to the Kalahari, the Bushmen, and The Gods Must Be Crazy II.
Already a Member? Login Here
|
