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
Jamaica — Lesson Plans from Films Relating to Jamaica
Mexico — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Mexico
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Science-Technology; World/Mexico [12+] (Some dialogue is in Spanish)
My Family
(U.S. 1929 – 1991; Hispanic & California; World/Mexico; SEL: Families in Crisis; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [13+]
Morocco — Lesson Plans from Films Relating to Morocco
Myanmar (Burma) — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Myanmar (Burma)
New Zealand — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to New Zealand
Babe
(The Environment; World/New Zealand; SEL: Caring for Animals; Courage; Friendship; Breaking Out; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Respect; Caring) [9+ (many older children and adults love this movie)]
Whale Rider
(World/New Zealand; ELA, including characterization, symbol, and foil; SEL: Breaking Out; Female Role Model; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Respect) [12+]
Paraguay — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Paraguay
Poland — Lesson Plans from Films Relating to Poland
Conquest
(Biography/Napoleon Bonaparte; World/France, Poland & The 1800s; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Responsibility) [12+]
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]
Russia — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Russia
Animal Farm
Literature/England; World/Russia [6+; Literary genre: Allegory]
Fiddler on the Roof
Drama/Musicals; Religions/Judaism; U.S./Diversity; World/Russia; Dance/Performance [7+]
The Inner Circle
World/Russia [15+]
Navalny
The Best of TWM
(World-Russia, Post-Cold War Era; SEL: Courage, Ambition, Human Rights, Leadership, Male Role Model (Navalny);
Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility, Citizenship) [15+]
Stalin
Biography; World/Russia [12+]
Thirteen Days
U.S./1945 – 1991; World/Russia & The Cold War [12+]
Torn-from-the-Flag
(World: Hungary, Cold War; Documentary; SEL: Courage in War; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Caring) [12+]
War and Peace
World/Russia; Literature/Russia [10+]
(Films in Russian with English Subtitles)
Ballad of a Soldier
World/Russia & WWII [10+]
Europa! Europa!
World/Germany & WWII [13+] (In German & Russian with English Subtitles)
Rwanda — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda
World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era; U.S./1991 – present [14+]
Sometimes in April
World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era [14+]
South Africa — Lesson Plans from Films Relating to South Africa
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]
Gandhi
Biography; World/India, South Africa, England & 1800s – Cold War Era; U.S./Diversity; Religions [10+]
Spain — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Spain
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Literature/U.S.; World/Between World Wars & Spain [12+]
Goya: Awakened in a Dream
Visual Arts; World/Spain & the Enlightenment; Biography [8 – 13]
(Films in Spanish with English Subtitles or Some Dialogue In Spanish)
Fort Apache
U.S./The Frontier and the West & Arizona [8+] (Some Spanish spoken by the Native Americans)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Science-Technology; World/Mexico [12+] (Some dialogue is in Spanish)
Thailand — Lesson Plans from Films Relating to Thailand
Tibet — Movie Lesson Plans Relating to Tibet
Kundun
World/Tibet & China; Religions/Buddhism [13+]
Little Buddha
Religions/Buddhism; World/Tibet [10+]
