Plan ahead to teach with film for Civic Learning Week March 9-13! Boost student engagement with award-winning films to bring civics to life and inspire civic participation. For grades 5-12 plus adult/higher ed.

We've updated our Civic Engagement Lesson Collection with new teaching resources for films from around the world, including And So It Begins, Dark Money, Majority Rules, Resisterhood, and The Crisis Scientists.

⭐ This collection includes films that are also great to teach for Women's History Month: And So It Begins, Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down, He Named Me Malala, Resisterhood and The Neighborhood Storyteller.

Check out our newest classroom-ready civics lesson plans!

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/civics-and-civic-engagement-lessons/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=Civic+Learning+Week&utm_term=Plan+Ahead&utm_content=Link

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@openfactbook This is wonderful!

We just added OpenFactBook to our list of geography resources that we recommend to teachers.

https://journeysinfilm.org/teach-world-geography-with-film/

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Teach World Geography with Film - Journeys in Film

Teach World Geography with Film and classroom ready lesson plans for middle school from Journeys in Film. Fee teaching resources.

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Pluralistic: The online community trilemma (16 Feb 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/16/fast-good-cheap/

Pluralistic: The online community trilemma (16 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

We offer a range of educational resources for Searching for Amani, designed for grades 7-12, college and adult learning communities. They are also great for after school clubs, community education, service learning spaces and public screenings. Learn about Kenya, conservation, settler colonialism, journalism and more. 2/2

https://journeysinfilm.org/searching-for-amani-teaching-resources-new-at-journeys-in-film/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=BHM&utm_term=african+heritage+week&utm_content=Link2

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Our Queen of Katwe Discussion Guide can help you introduce students to Phiona Mutesi and Uganda, and get them excited about chess, and start conversations about the power of mentorship and mentors. For grades 5-12, adult/higher ed. 2/2

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/queen-of-katwe/?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=BHM&utm_term=african+heritage+week&utm_content=Link2

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So how does one explain to the white man that the idea of race was created by kings and he has been hoodwinked for 400 years?

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We know that educators who relied on the The World Factbook as a reference for teaching geography are reeling at the news that it has been taken offline.

We've put together a collection of other free, online resources that can help fill that gap, along with our best regional geography lessons (which are also free!)

Take a look and please share this with your educator friends.

https://journeysinfilm.org/teach-world-geography-with-film/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=World+Fact+Book&utm_content=link

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🌍 Celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week with film! We're highlighting our teaching resources for global education films to bring World Religions alive in your classroom. Get classroom-ready lesson plans to teach about major world religions with award-winning films like He Named Me Malala, Schindler's List, The Story of God with Morgan Freeman and more. For grades 4-12, higher ed, adult ed.

Explore these amazing films and free teaching materials at the link:

https://journeysinfilm.org/teach-about-world-religions-with-film/?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=Interfaith+Week&utm_term=world+religions&utm_content=link

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Well, this is interesting.

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