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Create Lesson Plans Based on Movies and Film
THE WIZARD OF OZ
SUBJECTS --- Cinema; Drama/Musicals;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Self-esteem;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Trustworthiness.
Age: 5-12; Not Rated; Musical; 1939; 101 minutes; B & W and Color.
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The Wizard of Oz is a classic musical, beloved by children and their parents for generations. The film is perennially popular because it teaches several basic values and deals with many of the issues and fears that children ages 5 - 12 must confront as they mature: what happens if I can't find my home, what happens if the adults who protect me are powerless against some outside force (Mrs. Gulch, the tornado), etc.
For older children, the movie is an excellent example of the literary device of allegory. In addition, the book (and, with a few corrections, the movie) can be used to spice up classes covering the debate over U.S. monetary policy in the late 1800s. (Dorothy is misled to take the yellow brick road (the gold standard) but is taken home by the silver shoes (the ruby slippers are silver in the book); the cowardly lion is William Jennings Bryan ... and there is more).
The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to the The Wizard of Oz will show parents and teachers how to confirm and enhance the messages of the film. The Guide will also show how the film can also be used to acquaint children with the literary device of allegory and as an analogy to the debate over U.S. monetary policy in the late 1800s.
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The Wizard of Oz is an American classic. Before or after you've seen the film with your child, read them the original story written by L. Frank Baum and talk to your child about the differences between the two.
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To give you a sense of how the Learning Guide to The Wizard of Oz helps parents and teachers understand the benefits of the film we have set out below two of the eight fears and concerns of children which are explored in the movie and discussed in the Learning Guide.
Home is the center of a child's life. But children know that
somewhere beyond the safety of home there is a world that
is exciting and colorful, yet frightening. What if
home is destroyed or the child is suddenly
taken away from home before he or she has grown up? Will the child
survive? Will he or she ever be able to find the way back?
What about relationships with grownups? Adults are
all powerful to a young child but a child soon learns that this power
has limitations, as when Auntie Em and Uncle Henry can't
prevent Miss Gulch from taking Toto.
The Learning Guide to The Wizard of Oz also 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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