🎸Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with iconic Black Musicians of the 1960s and Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul!

This lesson teaches students about essential elements of music with examples from genres of music created by or advanced by Black artists — like jazz! It also introduces students to the amazing Black Musicians of the Harlem Cultural Festival and explores the lasting influence of Black Music.

The lesson features class discussion prompts, extension activities, and a class activity/game. It also includes worksheets, handouts, and slideshows. For grades 7-12.

Learn more and jazz up your classroom with The Music of the Harlem Cultural Festival!

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/summer-of-soul/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=Jazz+Month&utm_content=link

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🎻Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with PBS series My Music with Rhiannon Giddens featuring jazz violinist Mazz Swift.

Swift is a Juilliard-trained violinist and composer known for blending classical, jazz, and improvisational music, whose musical journey includes playing music in the New York subway and working with goats on a farm!

Our My Music with Rhiannon Giddens Learning Guide for this episode introduces students to Mazz Swift, and explores themes of Neurodiversity and Learning Styles, Creative and Artistic Growth, and Improvisation in Music. For grades 6-12.

Get this free lesson plan to jazz up your classroom!

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/my-music-with-rhiannon-giddens-teaching-the-american-railroad/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_id=Jazz+Appreciation+Month&utm_term=Mazz+Swift&utm_content=link

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Are your STEM classes following NASA's Artemis II moon mission? It's a great time to teach our Hidden Figures lesson about the math of space travel: orbits and conic sections!

This lesson gives students the opportunity to strengthen their skills in both calculating orbits and managing huge numbers with scientific notation.

Get this free lesson plan now:

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/hidden-figures/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_id=NASA&utm_content=link

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Happy Passover! This week is the perfect time to share with students the deeply moving story of the Passover dinner held on set during the making of Schindler's List. You can learn all about it in our free Schindler's List teaching guide. 👇

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/schindlers-list/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_id=Passover&utm_content=link

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We are proponents of teaching critical thinking skills and digital literacy, so in honor of April Fool's Day we want to let you know that we have some great free teaching resources in our Media Literacy Collection.

These lessons cover social media literacy, surveillance, propaganda and disinformation, visual literacy and more. The lessons are based on award-winning films from around the world like And So It Begins (Philippines), Navalny (Russia), The Cup (Tibet/India).

Whether you want to boost your own media literacy skills or support your students in navigating their media world, we've got something for you. Check it out!

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/media-literacy-and-journalism-lessons/

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Flipthrough of high school law curriculum from Common Law Press 👩🏻‍⚖️

This one would be great for co-ops!

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In online discussions about current events, we're seeing lots of references to the history-making 2017 US Women's March -- and we have a documentary about that!

Resisterhood is a joyfilm film that follows 6 Americans from different walks of life who all participate in the 2017 Women's March. The film explores the many different ways they get involved in their communities and the different forms that civic participation can take.

If you want to put current events into recent historical perspective in your classroom, inspire civic engagement, or just educate yourself, our Resisterhood Learning Guide is designed to help you do exactly that!

The 56-minute educational cut is available to watch for free on Vimeo.

Check out the trailer to see why we love this inspiring film and get your free Learning Guide at the link

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/resisterhood/

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🏳‍🌈 March 31 is International Day for Transgender Visibility. Support your trans students & colleagues: celebrate with @ItGetsBetter's #FindingPride! This series of powerful short videos is great to watch today and all year round. 💙💗🤍

Get your free Finding Pride discussion guide from our library to use this wonderful series in your classroom. 👇

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/finding-pride/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_id=Trans+Day+of+Visibility&utm_content=link

#InternationalDayForTransgenderVisibility #TDOV #Transgender #LGBTQ #TransPride #Education #Homeschooling

Flipthrough of a homeschool resource for WWI from Brave Scholar Ltd.

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