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GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
SUBJECTS — U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Families in Crisis;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Respect.
Age: 10+; Not Rated; Comedy; 1967; 108 minutes; Color.
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Set in the 1960s, this movie tells of a dinner party given by a bride's parents to meet her fiancé (a doctor, no less) and his parents. The bride's white parents are astonished to find that the groom is black and the groom's parents are none too happy when they discover that the bride is a white girl.
This comedy explores interracial marriage, a subject still controversial among some people.
The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to Guess Who's Coming to Dinner provides background information and discussion questions to help parents and teachers explore the issues raised by this film.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a hilarious take on interracial marriage. What would happen if a child in your family brought home someone of a different race or ethnic background?
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To demonstrate how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers to improve lesson plans, we have set out below a set of discussion questions from the Learning Guide to Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
What are the necessary components for a lasting marriage? In light of your answer, how long do you think the marriage described in this film would have lasted?
The Learning Guide to the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 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.
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