While students on the coasts can expect another six weeks or so of school鈥攌ind of like our six weeks of winter that always result from the groundhog鈥檚 shadow sighting on February 2鈥攕chool is winding down here in the farmland of the Midwest. During the next few weeks, you may find yourself searching for a film as an end-of-year class lesson for your students. There are films and there are films, of course, but maybe you’re looking for a good film made from a good book. Since many of the best books have been challenged, following are a few suggestions for good movies made from often-challenged or censored books.
But before the list, here’s the advice:
- Know your school鈥檚 policy on films for classroom use. Even though , most schools use the MPAA鈥檚 rating system to describe acceptable and unacceptable films.
- Check out some great film-teaching resources from 楼凤天堂, such as , ,
- Know that the films listed below are made from books that have been censored or challenged. So, for why you鈥檙e showing the film and how it ties to the curriculum.
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Best films from often-taught and often-challenged books:
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory See