CREATE WORLD HISTORY LESSON PLANS
Table of Contents for World History Learning Guides and Lesson Plans from Movies and Film
Full Length Movies — Short Subjects — Movie Clips — Film Clips — Video Clips — Snippets
Events/Epochs
- Pre-History
- Indigenous Civilizations in the Americas
- The Ancient World
- Babylon
- China
- Egypt
- Greece
- Muslim Culture
- Roman Empire
- The Middle Ages
- The Renaissance
- The Enlightenment
- The 1800s to the First World War
- The First World War
- Between the Wars and The Great Depression
- The Second World War
- The Cold War Era
- The Post Cold War Era
Germany — Lesson Plans from Films Relating to Germany
(See also World/WWII)
All Quiet on the Western Front
World/Germany & WWI [12+]
Anne Frank — Four Films About Anne Frank
(World/WWII & Holland; Biography; SEL: Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Citizenship) [12+]
Bach’s Fight for Freedom
Biography; Music/Classical; World/Germany [6 – 12]
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
(World/WWII & Germany; ELA; SEL: Human Rights; Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility; Caring) [13+; Literary Devices Analyzed: irony]
The Book Thief
(World/Germany, WW-II, ELA (theme, personification, symbol, & irony); SEL: Families in Crisis; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility, Caring) [13+; 121 minutes]
Walk on Water
World/Israel; Germany; WW/II Holocaust [14+]
(Films in German with English Subtitles)
Europa! Europa!
Human Rights; Surviving [13+] (In German & Russian with English Subtitles)
The White Rose
World/Germany & WWII) [13+]
Greece — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Greece
Guatamala — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Guatamala
Holland — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Holland
Ireland — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Ireland
Handel’s Last Chance
Biography; Music/Classical; World/England & Ireland [6-12]
Michael Collins
Biography; World/Ireland [14+]
Ryan’s Daughter
World/Ireland & WWI [15+]
War of the Buttons
Using Characterization in Literary Analysis (ELA: characterization; World/Ireland; SEL: Fighting; Friendship; Leadership; Parenting; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Caring) [10+]
India — Lesson Plans from Films Relating to India
The Elephant Whisperers
(World History/other Cultures: India; the Environment Caring, SEL: Caring for Animals; Grieving.) [9+]
Force More Powerful
Short Subject
World/India, Poland, Denmark, Chile, South Africa; 1800s – the Present; U.S./1945 – the Present; Civil Rights Movement, Tennessee [12+; Six sections, each between 20 and 30 minutes in length]
Force More Powerful
Snippet Lesson Plan
Non-violence and the Indian Independence Movement (World/India, U.S./1945 – 1991 & Diversity) [12+; snippet: 25 minutes; lesson: two class periods]
A Force More Powerful
Non-violence and the Indian Independence Movement using A Force More Powerful
[12+; snippet: 25 minutes; lesson: one to two class periods.]
Gandhi
Biography; World/India, South Africa, England & 1800s – Cold War Era; U.S./Diversity; Religions [10+]
A Passage To India
World/India & England; Literature/England [12+]
Water
World/India; Religions/Hinduism; ELA [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]
Indonesia — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Indonesia
Iran — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Iran
Argo
(U.S./1945 – 1991 & Iran – The Iran Hostage Crisis; SEL: Courage; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring, Citizenship) [14+]
Israel — Lesson Plans from Films Relating to Israel
James’ Journey to Jerusalem
World/Israel; Religions [12+]
Walk on Water
World/Israel; Germany; WW/II Holocaust [14+]
Italy — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Italy
Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants
Biography; Science-Technology; World/Italy & the Beginning of the Scientific Revolution [8 – 13]
Leonardo: A Dream of Flight
Biography; World/Italy & the Renaissance; Science-Technology; Aviation [8 – 11]
(Films in Italian with English Subtitles)
Japan — Lesson Plans from Films Relating to Japan
Grave of the Fireflies
(U.S./1941 – 1991; World/WW-II and Japan; Cinema; SEL: Human Rights; Surviving; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [13+]
Hiroshima Maiden
U.S./1941 – 1991; World/WW-II and Japan [9 – 13]
Flags of Our Fathers
The Best of TWM
(U.S./1940-1945; World/WWII; SEL: Courage in War Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Trustworthiness; Citizenship) [15+]
Mass Casualties Lesson Plan
(Focusing on the Decision to End WWII with Surprise Atomic Attacks on Japanese Cities) U.S./ 1941 – 1945; World/WWII and Japan [12+]
Ponyo
(Literature/World; World/Japan; SEL: Breaking Out; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring) [5+]
Princess Mononoke
World/Japan; The Environment; Mythology; Cinema [12+]
Sayonara
U.S./1945 – 1991 & Diversity; World/Japan [12+]
Shall We Dance?
Dance; World/Japan [12+]
Tora! Tora! Tora!
U.S./1941 – 1945; World/Japan & WWII; Seafaring) [10+] (Portions in Japanese with English subtitles)