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THESE FILMS ARE ORGANIZED BY THE SIX PILLARS OF CHARACTER

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and uses the Six Pillars of Character to organize ethical principles.


A brief description of the Six Pillars of Character is set out below:

TRUSTWORTHINESS
(Be honest; Don't deceive, cheat or steal; Be reliable -- do what you say you'll do; Have the courage to do the right thing; Build a good reputation; Be loyal -- stand by your family, friends and country)


RESPECT
(Treat others with respect; follow the Golden Rule; Be tolerant of differences; Use good manners, not bad language; Be considerate of the feelings of others; Don't threaten, hit or hurt anyone; Deal peacefully with anger, insults and disagreements)


RESPONSIBILITY
(Do what you are supposed to do; Persevere: keep on trying!; Always do your best; Use self-control; Be self-disciplined; Think before you act -- consider the consequences; Be accountable for your choices)


FAIRNESS
(Play by the rules; Take turns and share; Be open-minded; listen to others; Don't take advantage of others; Don't blame others carelessly)


CARING
(Be kind; Be compassionate and show you care; Express gratitude; Forgive others; Help people in need)


CITIZENSHIP

(Do your share to make your school and community better; Cooperate; Stay informed; vote; Be a good neighbor; Obey laws and rules; Respect authority; Protect the environment)



The term "SEL" refers to topics relating to Social and Emotional Learning. The suggested ages for the movie are shown in brackets.

TRUSTWORTHINESS

  • 1776 (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Subjects: U.S./1750 - 1812 & Pennsylvania; Drama/Musicals) [11+]
  • The Adventures of Milo and Otis - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Courage) [5 - 8]
  • All My Sons (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Crime; Marriage; Father/Son; Suicide; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1991; Drama/U.S.) [13+]
  • All the President's Men (Trustworthiness; Responsiblity; Fairness; Citizenship; SEL: Courage; Teamwork; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Politics) [12+]
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship; Caring; SEL: Courage in War; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects: World/Germany & WW I) [12+ ]
  • An American Tail (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Courage; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York) [9 - 10]
  • Animal Farm (SEL: Rebellion; Subjects: Literature/England; World/Russia) [6+; Literary genre: Allegory]
  • Apollo 13 (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Teamwork; Male Role Model; Subjects: Space Exploration; U.S./1945 - 1991) [8+]
  • Au Revoir Les Enfants (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Caring; SEL: Coming of Age, Human Rights, Friendship; Subjects: World/France & WW II (Holocaust)) [11+]
  • Ballad of a Soldier (Char. Dev. Courage in War; Subjects: World/Russia & WW II) [10+]
  • Beau Geste (SEL: Leadership; Families in Crisis; Brothers; Subjects: World/France) [12+]
  • Bend It Like Beckham (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Parenting; Mother/daughter; SportsmanshipBreaking Out; Parenting; Romantic Relationships'Subjects: Sports/Soccer (Football); World/England) [13+]
  • Billy Elliot (Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; SEL Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; Sexual Orientation, Education; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]
  • Breaking Away (SEL: Coming of Age; Parenting; Friendship; Subjects: Sports/Bicycle Racing; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Indiana) [12+]
  • The Birth of the Constitution -- from the series "This is America Charlie Brown" (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./Creating the Nation) [9 - 12]
  • A Bugs Life - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness, Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Courage; Friendship; Teamwork) [5 - 8]
  • Carmen (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Music/Opera; World/France) [12+] (In French with English Subtitles)
  • Cars - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Sportsmanship; Teamwork; Friendship) [5 - 8]
  • The Civil War (Subjects: U.S./1860 - 1865; SEL: Courage in War) [12+]
  • Contact (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Grieving; Father/Daughter; Subjects: Religions/Judeo-Christian; Science Fiction; Space Exploration; Mathematics) [12+]
  • Cool Runnings (Trustworthiness; Fairness; SEL: Sportsmanship; Redemption; Male Role Model; Subjects: Sports/Olympics; World/Jamaica) [8+]
  • The Crossing (Trustworthiness, Responsibility & Citizenship; SEL: SEL: Courage in War, Leadership; Subjects: U.S./1750 - 1812, New Jersey & Pennsylvania) [13+]
  • The Crucible (Trustworthiness; Fairness; SEL: Justice; Marriage; Subjects: U.S./1629 - 1750, 1945-1991 & Massachusetts; Drama/U.S.) (Two versions, one in French with English Subtitles) [12+]
  • The Dawn Patrol (SEL: Courage in War; Subjects: Aviation; World/ WW I & England) [10+]
  • Dr. Strangelove (SEL Leadership; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991) [10+]
  • A Dry White Season (Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Subjects: World/South Africa) [14+]
  • Einstein: Light to the Power of 2 (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Self-esteem; Education; Families in Crisis; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [8 - 13]
  • Europa! Europa! (Character Dev.: Human Rights; Surviving; Subjects: World/Germany & WW II) [13+] (In German & Russian with English Subtitles)
  • Ever After (Trustworthiness; Caring; Char, Dev.:Romantic Relationships; Self-Esteem; Subjects: World/France and the Renaissance; Myths & Fairy Tales) [10+]
  • Field of Dreams (SEL: Grieving; Father/Son; Subjects: Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Iowa) [10+]
  • For Love or Country -- The Arturo Sandoval Story (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: Music/Jazz; World/Cuba and the Cold War Era; Biography) [12+]
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; SEL: Courage in War; Romantic Relationships; Rebellion; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; World/Between World Wars & Spain) [12+]
  • Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Brothers; Education; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; World/Italy & the Renaissance) [8 - 13]
  • Gallipoli (SEL: Courage in War; Friendship; Subjects: World/ WW I; Australia and Turkey) [13+]
  • Gandhi (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects:Biography; World/India, South Africa, England & 1800s - Cold War Era; U.S./Diversity; Religions;) [10+]
  • A Gentleman's Agreement (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Female Role Model; Male Role Model; Parenting; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [12+]
  • Gettysburg (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; SEL: Courage in War; Leadership; Subjects U.S./1860 - 1865 & Pennsylvania) [10+]
  • Ghosts of Mississippi (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship; SEL; Courage, Justice; Subjects: U.S./1945 - Present, Diversity, the Law & Mississippi) [12+]
  • Glory (Citizenship; Trustworthiness; SEL: Courage in War; Patriotism; Leadership; Subjects U.S./1860 - 1865 & Massachusetts) [14+]
  • Gracie's Choice (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Alcohol & Drug; Abuse; Families In Crisis; Mother/Daughter; Parenting; Subjects: Health; U.S./1991 to Present) [10+]
  • Gorillas in the Mist (Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship; SEL --- Caring for Animals; Courage; Human Rights; Romantic Relationships; Subjects --- The Environment; Science-Technology; World/Africa) [13+]
  • Great Expectations (SEL Romantic Relationships; Subjects: World/England; Literature/England) [10+)
  • Handel's Last Chance (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Talent; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical; World/England & Ireland) [6-12]
  • High Noon (Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Marriage; Leadership; Subjects: U.S./The Frontier & the West, 1865 - 1913 and 1945 - 1991) [11+]
  • Hoosiers (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Caring; SEL: Teamwork; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Male Role Model; Father/Son; Subjects: Sports/Basketball; U.S. 1945 - 1991 & Indiana) [11+]
  • An Ideal Husband (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Families in Crisis; Marriage, Friendship, Romantic Relationships, Justice, Redemption; Subjects: Drama/England; World/England)[12+]
  • Ice Princess (Trustworthiness; Respect; Fairness; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Parenting; Mother/daughter; Sportsmanship; Subjects: Sports/Ice Skating) [9+]
  • The Importance of Being Earnest (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: World/England; Drama/England) [12+]
  • Inherit the Wind (SEL: Justice; Subjects: Cinema; U.S./1913 - 1929, 1945 - 1991 & Tennessee)[12+]
  • The Insider (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Families in Crisis, Marriage, Crime, Courage; Subjects: U.S./1991 to present, the Press and the Law) [13+]
  • The Jackie Robinson Story (Trustworthiness, Respect, Citizenship; SEL: Male Role Model; Subjects: Biography; Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [8+]
  • James' Journey to Jerusalem (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Respect; Fairness; SEL: Friendship; Father/Son; Subjects: World/Israel; Religions) [12+]
  • Kiki's Delivery Service - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Coming of Age; Talent; Friendship; Courage) [5 - 8]
  • The King and I (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Courage, Education Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/Thailand; U.S./1860 - 1865; Dance/Performance) [8+]
  • Lawrence of Arabia ( SEL: Courage in War; Subjects: Biography; World/England, Middle East & WW I) [12+]
  • The Life of Emile Zola (Trustworthiness; Fairness; SEL: Justice; Talent; Subjects: Biography; World/France; Literature/France) [10+]
  • The Lion King (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Grieving; Redemption; Friendship; Ambition, Running Away; Subjects: The Environment; Science/Technology) [8 - 11]
  • The Long Walk Home (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Female Role Model; Breaking Out; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Alabama) [12+]
  • A Man for All Seasons (SEL: Courage; Male Role Model; Subjects: Biography/Thomas More; World/England & the Renaissance; Religions/Christianity; Drama/England) [12+]
  • Matewan (Trustworthiness and Respect; SEL: Male Role Model; Fighting; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & West Virginia; Religions/Christianity) [12+]
  • Michael Collins (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Peace/Peacemakers; Courage in War; Breaking Out; Rebellion; Subjects: World/Ireland; Biography) [14+]
  • Midway (SEL: Courage in War; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1945; World/WW II; Seafaring) [10+]
  • Mrs. Miniver (SEL: Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Courage in War; Subjects: World/England & WW II) [10+]
  • Modern Times (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Surviving; Subjects: Cinema; U.S./1929-1941) [8+]
  • Much Ado About Nothing (Trustworthiness; Fairness; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Brothers; Subjects: Drama/England) [10+]
  • The Music Man (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; U.S. 1865 - 1913; Dance/Performance) [6+]
  • The Official Story (SEL: Parenting; Human Rights; Subjects: World/Argentina) [14+]
  • The Odyssey (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Humility; Surviving; Marriage; Subjects: World/Ancient Greece; Mythology; Literature & Literary Devices; Seafaring [14+ for the movie; 11+ for the book. Literary devices analyzed: simile, metaphor, flashback; symbol]
  • The Outsiders (Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring; SEL: Brothers; Coming of Age; Courage; Fighting; Friendship; Peer Pressure; Redemption; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; U.S./1945 - 1991) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: expository phase; flashback; symbol; foreshadowing; Bildungsroman; irony; protagonist/antagionist confusion and theme]
  • A Passage To India (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Friendship; Romantic Relationships; Justice; Subjects: World/India & England; Literature) [12+]
  • Paths of Glory (Subjects: World/France & WW I) [10+]
  • The Pirates of Penzance (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/England) [8+]
  • Quiz Show (SEL: Ambition; Father/Son; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & New York) [11+]
  • The Red Shoes (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; SEL: Talent; Work/Career; Subjects: Dance; Music/Classical) [12+]
  • The Rookie (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Talent; Subjects: Sports/Baseball; U.S./1991 - present) [9+]
  • Ryan's Daughter (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Trustworthiness, Respect; Caring; Subjects: World/Ireland & WW I) [15+]
  • Sarafina (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Human Rights; Subjects: World/South Africa) [13+]
  • Sayonara (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Male Role Model; Friendship; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity; World/Japan) [12+]
  • The Scarlet Letter (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Redemption; Romantic Relationships; Revenge; Subjects: U.S./1629 - 1750 & Massachusetts; Religions/Christianity; Literature/U.S.) [12+]
  • Schindler's List (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Courage; Rebellion; Subjects: Biography; World/WW II) [15+]
  • Seven Days in May (Trustworthiness; Responsibility: SEL: Rebellion Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991) [12+]
  • Shiloh (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Father/Son; Mother/Son, Parenting; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & West Virginia) [10+]
  • The Smithsonian and the Presidency -- from the series "This is America Charlie Brown" (SEL: Disabilities; Subjects: U.S./1750 - 1810, 1860 - 1865; and 1929 - 1941) [7 - 11]
  • Stand and Deliver (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Education, Male Role Model; Self-esteem; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1996, Diversity & California) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]
  • The Sound of Music (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Parenting, Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/ WW II & Austria) [6+]
  • To Kill A Mockingbird (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibilility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Male Role Model; Courage; Mental Illness; Parenting; Disabilities; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941, the Law & Diversity; Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: symbol; flashback; irony; humor]
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! (SEL: Courage in War; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1945; World/Japan & WW II; Seafaring) [10+] (Portions in Japanese with English subtitles)
  • Toy Story - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Teamwork) [5 - 8]
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Trustworthiness; Fairness; SEL: Friendship; Subjects: Science-Technology; World/Mexico) [12+] (Some dialogue is in Spanish)
  • War of the Buttons - Using Characterization in Literary Analysis (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Fighting; Friendship; Leadership; Parenting; Subjects: Literature/Literary Devices: characterization; World/Ireland) [10+]
  • White Nights ( Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Breaking Out; Courage; Subjects: Dance; World/Cold War & Russia; U.S./Diversity) [13+]
  • The White Rose (Char. Dev,: Rebellion; Courage; Subjects: World/Germany & WW II) [13+]
  • Winslow Homer: An American Original (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Talent; Grieving; Mental Illness; Subjects: U.S./1861 - 1913; Visual Arts; Medicine-Psychiatry; Biography) [8 - 12]
  • The Witness (Respect; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Breaking Out; Subjects: U.S./1991 to Present & New York) [13+]
  • The Wizard of Oz (Trustworthiness, Respect, Caring; SEL: Self-esteem; Friendship; Taking Care of Yourself; Breaking Out; Subject: Drama/Musicals; U.S./1865-1913; Cinema) [5+]

RESPECT

  • 12 Angry Men (Fairness; Respect; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & The Law) [11+]
  • Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Respect, Responsiblity, Fairness; SEL: Families in Crisis; Marriage; Grieving; Leadership; Father/Daughter; Mother/Son; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1865; Biography) [10+]
  • The Adventures of Milo and Otis - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Courage) [5 - 8]
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship; Caring; SEL: Courage in War; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects: World/Germany & WW I) [12+]
  • Amistad (Respect; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Courage; Rebellion, Human Rights; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860 & Diversity) [14+]
  • An American Tail - Talking and Playing for Growth (Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York; Religions/Judaism) [4 - 8]
  • Four Films About Anne Frank (Respect; Responsiblity; Citizenship; SEL: Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: World/WW II & Holland; Biography) [12+]
  • "Antz" and "A Bug's Life" (Respect, Responsibility; SEL: Friendship; Subjects: Science-Technology) [9-12]
  • Around the World in 80 Days ( Responsibility, Respect, Fairnes; SEL: Gambling Addiction; Subjects: Science-Technology; World/England) [8 - 13]
  • Babe (Responsibility; Respect; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Courage; Friendship; Breaking Out; Subjects: The Environment; World/New Zealand) [9+ (many older children and adults love this movie)] (Coming in March)
  • Babe - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility; Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Caring for Animals; Courage;) [5 - 8]
  • Beautiful Dreamers (Char. Dev: Male Role Model; Mental Illness; Breaking Out; Friendship; Subjects: Biography/Whitman; Literature/U.S.; World/Canada; Medicine) [12+; useful for getting students to read and appreciate the poetry of Walt Whitman]
  • Bend It Like Beckham (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Parenting; Mother/daughter; SportsmanshipBreaking Out; Parenting; Romantic Relationships'Subjects: Sports/Soccer (Football); World/England) [13+]
  • Billy Elliot (Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; SEL Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; Sexual Orientation, Education; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]
  • Born Free (Respect; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Subjects: World/Africa; the Environment) [10+]
  • Brian's Song (Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship, Grieving, Sportsmanship; Subjects: Sports/Football; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [10+]
  • A Bugs Life - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness, Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Courage; Friendship; Teamwork) [5 - 8]
  • Camille (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Cinema; Drama/France; World/France) [12+]
  • Captains Courageous (Respect; Responsibility; SEL: Friendship, Parenting; Male Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941 & Massachusets; Seafaring) [8 - 12]
  • Charlotte's Web - Talking and Playing for Growth (Respect; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Friendship; Grieving; Justice; Subjects: Science -- Biology) [5 - 8]
  • Charlotte's Web (Respect; Caring SEL: Caring for Animals; Friendship; Grieving; Justice; Subjects: Science -- Biology) [5 - 10]
  • Conquest (Respect; Responsibility; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Biography/Napoleon Bonaparte; World/France, Poland & The 1800s) [12+]
  • Conrack (Respect SEL: Male Role Model; Work/Career; Education; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & South Carolina) [10+]
  • Coppelia (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Dance/Performance) [5+]
  • Cry, the Beloved Country (Respect; Caring; SEL: Grieving; Crime; Subjects: World/South Africa) [10+]
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (SEL: Romantic Relationship; Self-esteem; Subjects: Drama/France; World/France) [12+] (In French with English Subtitles)
  • Degas and the Dancer (Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL --- Talent, Ambition, Mother/Daughter, Sisters; Subjects --- Visual Arts; World/France; Dance) [8 - 13]
  • Emma (Respect; Caring; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Literature/England; World/England) [12+]
  • Fahrenheit 451 (SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Rebellion; Subjects: Science Fiction) [12+]
  • Fiddler on the Roof (Respect; Caring; SEL: Parenting; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; Religions/Judaism; U.S./Diversity; World/Russia; Dance/Performance) [7+]
  • Finding Nemo (Responsibility; Respect; SEL: Father/Son; Friendship; Subjects: Marine Biology (Science/Technology)) [9-12]
  • Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Brothers; Education; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; World/Italy & the Renaissance) [8 - 13]
  • Gandhi (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects:Biography; World/India, South Africa, England & 1800s - Cold War Era; U.S./Diversity; Religions;) [10+]
  • Gattaca (Respect; Fairness; SEL Breaking Out; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Human Rights; Brothers; Friendship; Suicide; Subjects: Science Fiction) [14+]
  • A Gentleman's Agreement (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Female Role Model; Male Role Model; Parenting; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [12+]
  • The Glenn Miller Story (SEL: Talent; Subjects:Biography; Music/Popular; U.S./1929 - 1945) [12+]
  • The Gods Must be Crazy (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: World/Africa) [9+]
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy II (SEL: Male Role Model; Subjects: Environment; World/Africa) [10+]
  • Gorillas in the Mist (Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship; SEL --- Caring for Animals; Courage; Human Rights; Romantic Relationships; Subjects --- The Environment; Science-Technology; World/Africa) [13+]
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (SEL: Families in Crisis; Subjects: U.S./ 1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [10+]
  • Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Respect; Caring; SEL: Revenge, Fighting, Grieving; Subjects: Drama/England) [12+]
  • Happy Feet - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility; Respect; CaringSEL: Friendship; Courage; Self-Esteem; Disabilities) [5 - 8]
  • High School Musical (Respect; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Friendship, Peer Pressure; Father/Son; Talent; Subjects: Dance; Drama/Musicals) [8 - 14]
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (SEL: Disabilities; Subjects: Literature/France; World/Middle Ages & France) [10 -12]
  • Ice Princess (Trustworthiness; Respect; Fairness; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Parenting; Mother/daughter; Sportsmanship; Subjects: Sports/Ice Skating) [9+]
  • Iron Jawed Angels (Respect; Fairness; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Leadership; Subjects: U.S. 1913 - 1929) [11+]
  • The Jackie Robinson Story (Trustworthiness, Respect, Citizenship; SEL: Male Role Model; Subjects: Biography; Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [8+]
  • James' Journey to Jerusalem (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Respect; Fairness; SEL: Friendship; Father/Son; Subjects: World/Israel; Religions) [12+]
  • The Jazz Singer (Respect; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Talent; Subjects: Cinema; U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & New York; Music/Popular) [12+]
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (Respect, Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Justice; Human Rights, Male Role Model; Ethical Emphasis: Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1945 & The Law; World/WW II) [10+]
  • Julius Caesar (SEL: Ambition; Rebellion; Subjects: Drama/England; World/Ancient Rome) [12+]
  • Kiki's Delivery Service - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Coming of Age; Talent; Friendship; Courage) [5 - 8]
  • Kiki's Delivery Service - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Coming of Age; Talent; Friendship; Courage) [5 - 8]
  • The King and I (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Courage, Education Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/Thailand; U.S./1860 - 1865; Dance/Performance) [8+]
  • La Traviata (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Music/Opera; World/France) (12+) (In Italian with English Subtitles)
  • Liszts' Rhapsody (SEL: Talent; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical;) [6 - 12]
  • The Long Walk Home (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Female Role Model; Breaking Out; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Alabama) [12+]
  • Matewan (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Male Role Model; Fighting; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & West Virginia; Religions/Christianity) [12+]
  • The Mayflower Voyagers -- from the series "This is America Charlie Brown" (Subjects: U.S./1629 - 1750) [7 - 11]
  • Michael Collins (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Peace/Peacemakers; Courage in War; Breaking Out; Rebellion; Subjects: World/Ireland; Biography) [14+]
  • The Mission (SEL: Brothers; Redemption; Courage; Rebellion; Subjects: Religions/Christianity; World/South America, Paraguay, Brazil) [13+]
  • Mr. Holland's Opus (Responsibility; Citizenship; Caring; Respect; SEL: Education; Male Role Model; Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Marriage; Disabilities; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S. 1945 - 1991) [10+]
  • Native Son (Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Justice; Friendship; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Literature/U.S.) [15+]
  • Never Cry Wolf (Caring for Animals; Courage; Subjects: Science-Technology, The Environment; U.S./1945 - 1991; Alaska) [10+]
  • The Nutcracker (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Dance) [5+]
  • The Outsiders (Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring; SEL: Brothers; Coming of Age; Courage; Fighting; Friendship; Peer Pressure; Redemption; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; U.S./1945 - 1991) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: expository phase; flashback; symbol; foreshadowing; Bildungsroman; irony; protagonist/antagionist confusion and theme]
  • A Passage To India (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Friendship; Romantic Relationships; Justice; Subjects: World/India & England; Literature/England) [12+]
  • Patton (SEL: Leadership; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1945) [12+]
  • Pride and Prejudice (Respect; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Sisters; Humility; Subjects: Literature/England; World/England) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: theme; foils, contrasting characters; character development; subplot; irony; and use of letters read by a character]
  • Princess Mononoke (Respect; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Male Role Model; Leadership; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: World/Japan; The Environment; Mythology; Cinema) [12+]
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence (Respect; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: World/Australia) [10+]
  • A Raisin in the Sun (Respect; Fairness; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Drama/U.S.) [12+]
  • Remember the Titans (Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Citizenship; SEL: Breaking Out; Friendship; Teamwork; Leadership; Male Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Virginia; Sports/Football) [11+]
  • Romeo and Juliet (Respect; Caring; SEL: Fighting; Romantic Relationships; Suicide; Revenge; Subjects: Drama/England) [12+]
  • Roots Vol. II (SEL: Surviving; Subjects: U.S./1629 - 1750 & Diversity) [12+]
  • Roots Vol. III (SEL: Surviving; Subjects: U.S./1750 - 1812; & Diversity) [12+]
  • Roots Vol. IV (SEL: Rebellion; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860 & Diversity) [12+]
  • Roots Vol. V (SEL: Father/Son; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860 & Diversity) [12+]
  • Roots Vol. VI (Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 & Diversity) [12+]
  • Ryan's Daughter (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: World/Ireland & WW I) [15+]
  • Sayonara (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Male Role Model; Friendship; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity; World/Japan) [12+]
  • Schindler's List (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Courage; Rebellion; Subjects: Biography; World/WW II) [15+]
  • Show Boat (SEL: Marriage; Romantic Relationships; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Gambling Addiction; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 & Diversity; Cinema; Drama/Musicals; Dance/Performance) [11+]
  • Spartacus (SEL: Rebellion; Subjects: Biography; World/Ancient Rome) [13+]
  • South Pacific (Respect; Citizenship; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; U.S./1941 - 1945 & Diversity) [10+]
  • Strictly Ballroom (SEL: Breaking Out; Talent; Families in Crisis; Subjects: Dance; World/Australia) [9+]
  • To Kill A Mockingbird (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibilility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Male Role Model; Courage; Mental Illness; Parenting; Disabilities; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941, the Law & Diversity; Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: symbol; flashback; irony; humor]
  • Tootsie (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & New York; Drama/U.S.) [13+]
  • The Tuskegee Airmen (Respect; Responsibility; SEL: Courage; Courage in War; Friendship; Self-esteem; Grieving; Suicide; Surviving; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941 - 1945; Diversity & Alabama) [10+]
  • Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (Respect; Fairness; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1865; 1865 - 1913; and African Americans & the Civil Rights Movement; Literature/U.S. (Narrative Writing)) [10+]
  • Water (Respect; Caring; Fairness; SEL: Human Rights; Suicide; Breaking Out; Subjects: World/India; Religions/Hinduism; Literature/Literary Devices) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]
  • West Side Story (Respect; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Fighting; Revenge; Romantic Relationships; Bad Associations; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & New York; Dance/Performance) [12+]
  • White Nights (Trustworthiness; Respect; SEL: Breaking Out; Courage; Subjects: Dance; World/Cold War & Russia; U.S./Diversity) [13+]
  • The Wizard of Oz (Trustworthiness, Respect, Caring; SEL: Self-esteem; Friendship; Taking Care of Yourself; Breaking Out; Subject: Drama/Musicals; U.S./1865-1913; Cinema) [5+]

RESPONSIBILITY

  • 1776 (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Subjects: U.S./1750 - 1812 & Pennsylvania; Drama/Musicals) [11+]
  • Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Respect, Responsiblity, Fairness; SEL: Families in Crisis; Marriage; Grieving; Leadership; Father/Daughter; Mother/Son; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1865; Biography) [10+]
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (SEL:Breaking Out; Friendship; Running Away; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860, Diversity & Missouri; Literature/U.S.) [6+]
  • The Adventures of Milo and Otis - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Courage) [5 - 8]
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood (SEL: Rebellion; Subjects: World/England & Middle Ages) [8 - 13]
  • All The King's Men (Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Ambition; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1941, Politics & Louisiana; Literature/U.S.) [13+]
  • All My Sons (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Crime; Marriage; Father/Son; Suicide; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1991; Drama/U.S.) [13+]
  • All the President's Men (Trustworthiness; Responsiblity; Fairness; Citizenship; SEL: Courage; Teamwork; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Politics) [12+]
  • Amadeus (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Humility; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Talent; Subjects: Biography/Mozart; Music/Classical) [12+]
  • An American Tail (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Courage; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York) [6 - 10]
  • Anne B. Real (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Coming of Age; Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Courage; Crime; Education; Families in Crisis; Surviving; Talent;Subjects: U.S./1991 to present and New York) [12+]
  • Four Films About Anne Frank (Respect; Responsiblity; Citizenship; SEL: Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: World/WW II & Holland; Biography) [12+]
  • "Antz" and "A Bug's Life" (Respect, Responsibility; SEL: Friendship; Subjects: Science-Technology) [9-12]
  • Apollo 13 (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Teamwork; Male Role Model; Subject: U.S./1945 - 1991; Space Exploration) [8+]
  • Around the World in 80 Days ( Responsibility, Respect, Fairnes; SEL: Gambling Addiction; Subjects: Science-Technology; World/England) [8 - 13]
  • Au Revoir Les Enfants (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Caring; SEL: Coming of Age, Human Rights, Friendship; Subjects: World/France & WW II (Holocaust)) [11+]
  • Babe (Responsibility; Respect; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Courage; Friendship; Breaking Out; Subjects: The Environment; World/New Zealand) [9+ (many older children and adults love this movie)] (Coming in March)
  • Babe - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility; Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Caring for Animals; Courage;) [5 - 8]
  • Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Grieving; Disability; Talent; Subjects: Music/Classical; World/Austria; Biography/Beethoven) [9 - 12]
  • Behind the Sun (Caring; Responsibility; SEL: Revenge; Breaking Out; Brothers; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: World/Brazil & Albania) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: symbols, subplot, flashback, foreshadowing and irony]
  • Billy Elliot (Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; SEL Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; Sexual Orientation, Education; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]
  • Bizet's Dream (SEL: Father/Daughter; Talent; Subjects: Biography; Music/Opera; World/France) [9 - 12]
  • A Bugs Life - Talking and Playing for Growth (Respect; responsibility; SEL: Courage; Teamwork; Subjects: Science (Biology)) [5 - 8]
  • Captains Courageous (Respect; Responsibility; SEL: Friendship, Parenting; Male Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941 & Massachusets; Seafaring) [8 - 12]
  • Carmen (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Music/Opera; World/France) [12+] (In French with English Subtitles)
  • Cars - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Sportsmanship; Teamwork; Friendship) [5 - 8]
  • Casablanca (Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship;; SEL Romantic Relationships; Redemption; Subjects: U.S./1941-1945; World/WW II; France & Morocco) [12+]
  • Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist (SEL: Talent; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Visual Arts; World/France; U.S./1865 - 1913; Biography)[8+]
  • Chariots of Fire (SEL: Sportsmanship; Subjects: World/England; Sports/Olympics; Religions/Judaism and Christianity) [10+]
  • Charly (Caring; Responsibility; SEL: Disabilities; Courage; Subjects: Science Fiction) [10+]
  • Conquest (Respect; Responsibility; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Biography/Napoleon Bonaparte; World/France, Poland & The 1800s) [12+]
  • Cross Creek (SEL: Female Role Model; Parenting; Friendship; Suicide; Running Away; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 and Florida; Literature/U.S.) [the events that inspired The Yearling]
  • The Crossing (Trustworthiness, Responsibility & Citizenship; SEL: SEL: Courage in War, Leadership; Subjects: U.S./1750 - 1812, New Jersey & Pennsylvania) [13+]
  • Damn Yankees (Subjects: Drama/Musicals; Sports/Baseball; Dance/Performance; U.S./1945 - 1991) [10+]
  • Dancemaker (SEL: Talent; Subjects: Biography/Taylor; Dance) [12+]
  • Degas and the Dancer (Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL --- Talent, Ambition, Mother/Daughter, Sisters; Subjects --- Visual Arts; World/France; Dance) [8 - 13]
  • Desert Bloom (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Child Abuse, Running Away, Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Nevada) [13+]
  • The Diary of Anne Frank (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Male Role Model; Female Role Model; Subjects: World/WW II & Holland) [10+]
  • A Dry White Season (Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Subjects: World/South Africa) [14+]
  • Edge of America (Responsibility; Respect; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Leadership; Teamwork; Subjects: Sports/Basketball; U.S./1945-1991; Diversity/Native American & African American and New Mexico) [12+]
  • Fail-Safe (Responsibility, Caring; SEL Leadership; Subjects U.S./1945 - 1991; World/Cold War) [14+]
  • Fat Man and Little Boy (SEL: Teamwork; Subjects: U.S./1941-1945 & New Mexico; Science-Technology) [13+]
  • Finding Nemo (Responsibility; Respect; SEL: Father/Son; Friendship; Subjects: Marine Biology (Science/Technology)) [9-12]
  • Finding Nemo - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility, Respect, Caring; SEL: Father/Son; Friendship; Subjects: Science (Marine Biology)) [4 - 8]
  • Fly Away Home (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Parenting; Father/Daughter; Teamwork; Caring for Animals; Subjects: Science; the Environment; Canada) [10+]
  • Fort Apache (SEL: Courage in War; Subjects: U.S./The Frontier and the West & Arizona) [8+] (Some Spanish spoken by the Native Americans)
  • Gandhi (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects:Biography; World/India, South Africa, England & 1800s - Cold War Era; U.S./Diversity; Religions;) [10+]
  • Gigi (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/France) [12+]
  • The Glass Menagerie (SEL: Families in Crisis; Mother/Son; Mother/Daughter; Disabilities; Subjects: Drama/U.S.; U.S./Missouri)[12+ ]
  • The Great Caruso (SEL: Talent; Taking Care of Yourself; Subjects: Music/Opera; World/Italy; Biography/Caruso) [8+]
  • Happy Feet - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility; Respect; CaringSEL: Friendship; Courage; Self-Esteem; Disabilities) [5 - 8]
  • Hawaii (Respect; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860 & Hawaii; Religions/Christianity) [12+]
  • High Noon (Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Marriage; Leadership; Subjects: U.S./The Frontier & the West, 1865 - 1913 and 1945 - 1991) [11+]
  • Hiroshima Maiden (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Courage; Friendship; Human Rights; Peer Pressure; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1991; World/WW-II and Japan) [9 - 13]
  • Hoop Dreams (Responsibility Fairness; SEL: Sportsmanship; Breaking Out; Talent; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Subjects: Sports/Basketball; U.S. 1991 - Present & Illinois) [10+]
  • Hoosiers (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Caring; SEL: Teamwork; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Male Role Model; Father/Son; Subjects: Sports/Basketball; U.S. 1945 - 1991 & Indiana) [11+]
  • Hotel Rwanda (Responsiblity; Citizenship; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era; U.S./1991 to present) [14+]
  • An Ideal Husband (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Families in Crisis; Marriage, Friendship, Romantic Relationships, Justice, Redemption; Subjects: Drama/England; World/England)[12+]
  • The Insider (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Families in Crisis, Marriage, Crime, Courage; Subjects: U.S./1991 to present, the Press and the Law) [13+]
  • It's a Wonderful Life (Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Male Role Model; Suicide; Breaking Out; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1945) [10+]
  • James' Journey to Jerusalem (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Respect; Fairness; SEL: Friendship; Father/Son; Subjects: World/Israel; Religions) [12+]
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (Respect, Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Justice; Human Rights, Male Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1945 & The Law; World/WW II) [10+]
  • Kiki's Delivery Service - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Coming of Age; Talent; Friendship; Courage) [5 - 8]
  • Knute Rockne, All American (SEL: Leadership, Sportsmanship, Talent; Subjects: Sports/Football; U.S./1913 - 1929) [8+]
  • The Lion King (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Grieving; Redemption; Friendship; Ambition, Running Away; Subjects: The Environment; Science/Technology) [8 - 11]
  • Little Women (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Female Role Model; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Sisters; Coming of Age; Talent; Subjects: U.S./1860 - 1865 & Massachusetts; Literature/U.S.) [6+]
  • Lorenzo's Oil (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Illness, Disabilities; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Sisters; Subjects: Medicine) [13+]
  • Madame Curie (SEL Female Role Model; Grieving; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; World/France) [10+]
  • Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye SEL: Female Role Model; Mother/Daughter; Subjects: Biography; World/France & WW I; Medicine; Science-Technology) [8 - 12]
  • Mass Casualties Lesson Plan (Focusing on the Decision to End WW II with Surprise Atomic Attacks on Japanese Cities) (Responsiblity; Caring; SEL: Human Rights; Subjects: U.S./ 1941 - 1945; World/WW II and Japan) [12+]
  • Memphis Belle (SEL: Leadership; Courage in War; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941 - 1945) [12+]
  • The Miracle Worker (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Disabilities; Female Role Model; Subjects: Biography/Keller; U.S./1865 - 1913) [10+]
  • Moby Dick (SEL: Revenge, Humility; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; Seafaring; U.S./1812 - 1860 & Massachusetts) [10+]
  • Moulin Rouge (SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Disabilities; Talent; Subjects: Biography/Lautrec; Visual Arts; World/France) [13+]
  • Mr. Holland's Opus (Responsibility; Citizenship; Caring; Respect; SEL: Education; Male Role Model; Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Marriage; Disabilities; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S. 1945 - 1991) [10+]
  • Mulan (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Female Role Model; Subjects: World/China; Mythology) [6-9]
  • Music of the Heart (Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Education; Talent; Disabilities; Romantic Relationships; Divorce; Separation; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 - Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari)) [9+]
  • Native Son (Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Justice; Friendship; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Literature/U.S.) [15+]
  • October Sky (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Breaking Out; Friendship; Subjects: Space Exploration; U.S./1945 - 1991 & West Virginia; Science-Technology) [10+]
  • The Odyssey (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Humility; Surviving; Marriage; Subjects: World/Ancient Greece; Mythology; Literature & Literary Devices; Seafaring [14+ for the movie; 11+ for the book. Literary devices analyzed: simile, metaphor, flashback; symbol]
  • Oklahoma! Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: U.S./1865-1913 & Oklahoma; Drama/Musicals; Dance/Performance) [12+]
  • The Old Curiosity Shop (SEL: Gambling Addiction; Parenting; Subjects: Literature/England) [11+]
  • Old Yeller (SEL: Courage; Grieving (for a beloved animal); Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913) [7-12]
  • On The Waterfront (SEL: Redemption; Breaking Out; Brothers; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & New York; Cinema) [12+]
  • Outbreak (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Medicine; Science-Technology; U.S. 1991 - present; World/Africa) [14+]
  • The Outsiders (Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring; SEL: Brothers; Coming of Age; Courage; Fighting; Friendship; Peer Pressure; Redemption; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; U.S./1945 - 1991) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: expository phase; flashback; symbol; foreshadowing; Bildungsroman; irony; protagonist/antagionist confusion and theme]
  • Pay It Forward (Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Mother/Son; Families in Crisis; Education; Disabilities; Subjects: U.S./1991 - Present) [12+]
  • Persuasion (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Literature/England; World/England) [12+]
  • The Pirates of Penzance (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/England) [8+]
  • Pride of the Yankees (SEL: Male Role Model; Subjects: Biography/Gehrig; Sports/Baseball) [8+]
  • The Red Badge of Courage (SEL: Courage in War; Coming of Age; Redemption; Subjects: U.S./1860 - 1865; Literature/U.S.) [10+]
  • Remember the Titans (Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Citizenship; SEL: Breaking Out; Friendship; Teamwork; Leadership; Male Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Virginia; Sports/Football) [11+]
  • The Right Stuff (SEL: Friendship; Teamwork, Courage; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991; Aviation; Space Exploration) [12+]
  • The Rookie (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Talent; Subjects: Sports/Baseball; U.S./1991 - present) [9+]
  • Roots Vol. I (Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; SEL: Coming of Age; Subjects: U.S./1629 - 1750 & Diversity; World/Africa) [12+]
  • Rossini's Ghost (SEL: Talent; Friendship; Subjects: Biography/Rossini; Music/Opera; World/Italy) [6 - 12)
  • The Scarlet Letter (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Redemption; Romantic Relationships; Revenge; Subjects: U.S./1629 - 1750 & Massachusetts; Religions/Christianity; Literature/U.S.) [12+]
  • Searching for Bobby Fischer (SEL: Talent Father/Son; Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Subjects: Sports/Chess; World/Canada) [10+]
  • Sense and Sensibility (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Sisters; Subjects: Literature/England; World/England) [12+]
  • Seven Days in May (Trustworthiness; Responsibility: SEL: Rebellion Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991) [12+]
  • Shall We Dance? (SEL: Breaking Out; Marriage; Subjects: Dance; World/Japan) [12+]
  • Small Wonders (Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Education; Female Role Model; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 - Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari); ) [6+]
  • Sometimes in April (Responsiblity; Citizenship; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era; U.S./1991) [14+]
  • Stalin (SEL: Ambition; Subjects: Biography; World/Russia)[12+]
  • Stand and Deliver (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Education, Male Role Model; Self-esteem; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1996, Diversity & California) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]
  • A Lesson Plan for Health Classes based on "Super Size Me" (Responsibility; SEL: Taking Care of Yourself; Subjects: U.S./1991 - current; Medicine) [11+]
  • Thirteen Days (Responsibility; SEL: Leadership; Peace/Peacemakers; Brothers; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991; World/Russia & The Cold War) [12+]
  • Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (SEL: Talent; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical; World/Canada) [14+] (Small portions in French with English subtitles.)
  • To Kill A Mockingbird (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibilility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Male Role Model; Courage; Mental Illness; Parenting; Disabilities; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941, the Law & Diversity; Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: symbol; flashback; irony; humor]
  • Toy Story - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Teamwork) [5 - 8]
  • A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Education; Families in Crisis; Father/Daughter; Grieving; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & New York) [9+]
  • Truman (SEL: Leadership; Subjects: Biography; U.S./1941 - 1991) [12+]
  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Ambition; Courage; Subjects: U.S./1945-1991; Science-Technology) [10+]
  • The Turning Point (SEL: Marriage; Mother/Daughter; Friendship; Male Role Model; Talent; Work/Career; Subjects: Dance; U.S./1945 - 1991) [14+]
  • The Tuskegee Airmen (Respect; Responsibility; SEL: Courage; Courage in War; Friendship; Self-esteem; Grieving; Suicide; Surviving; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941 - 1945, Diversity & Alabama) [10+]
  • Twelve O'Clock High (SEL: Leadership; Courage in War; Subjects: Aviation; U.S./1941-1945) [10+]
  • Warm Springs (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Courage; Disabilities; Subject: U.S./1913 - 1929; Biography; Georgia) [12+]
  • Winslow Homer: An American Original (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; SEL: Talent; Grieving; Mental Illness; Subjects: U.S./1861 - 1913; Visual Arts; Medicine-Psychiatry; Biography) [8 - 12]
  • The Yearling (Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Male Role Model; Coming of Age; Running Away; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 & Florida; Literature/U.S.) [8 - 12]

FAIRNESS

  • 12 Angry Men (Fairness; Respect; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & The Law) [11+ ]
  • Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Respect, Responsiblity, Fairness; SEL: Families in Crisis; Marriage; Grieving; Leadership; Father/Daughter; Mother/Son; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1865; Biography) [10+]
  • All The King's Men (Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Ambition; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1941, Politics & Louisiana; Literature/U.S.) [13+]
  • All the President's Men (Trustworthiness; Responsiblity; Fairness; Citizenship; SEL: Courage; Teamwork; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Politics) [12+]
  • An American Tail (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Courage; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York) [6 - 10]
  • Around the World in 80 Days ( Responsibility, Respect, Fairnes; SEL: Gambling Addiction; Subjects: Science-Technology; World/England) [8 - 13]
  • Cool Runnings (Trustworthiness; Fairness; SEL: Sportsmanship; Redemption; Male Role Model; Subjects: Sports/Olympics; World/Jamaica) [8+]
  • The Crucible (Trustworthiness; Fairness; SEL: Justice; Marriage; Subjects: U.S./1629 - 1750, 1945-1991 & Massachusetts; Drama/U.S.) (Two versions, one in French with English Subtitles) [12+]
  • Gandhi (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects:Biography; World/India, South Africa, England & 1800s - Cold War Era; U.S./Diversity; Religions;) [10+]
  • Gattaca (Respect; Fairness; SEL Breaking Out; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Human Rights; Brothers; Friendship; Suicide; Subjects: Science Fiction) [14+]
  • Ghosts of Mississippi (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship; SEL; Courage, Justice; Subjects: U.S./1945 - Present, Diversity, the Law & Mississippi) [12+]
  • The Grapes of Wrath (SEL: Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941; Oklahoma & California; Literature/U.S.) [12+]
  • Hoop Dreams ( Responsibility Fairness; SEL: Sportsmanship; Breaking Out; Talent; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Subjects: Sports/Basketball; U.S. 1991 - Present & Illinois) [10+]
  • Ice Princess (Trustworthiness; Respect; Fairness; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Parenting; Mother/daughter; Sportsmanship; Subjects: Sports/Ice Skating) [9+]
  • Iron Jawed Angels (Respect; Fairness; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Leadership; Subjects: U.S. 1913 - 1929) [11+]
  • James' Journey to Jerusalem (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Respect; Fairness; SEL: Friendship; Father/Son; Subjects: World/Israel; Religions) [12+]
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (Respect, Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Justice; Human Rights, Male Role Model; Ethical Emphasis: Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1945 & The Law; World/WW II) [10+]
  • Les Misérables (Fairness, Caring; SEL: Redemption; Suicide; Subjects: Literature/France; World/France) [8+]
  • The Life of Emile Zola (Trustworthiness; Fairness; SEL: Justice; Talent; Subjects: Biography; World/France; Literature/France) [10+]
  • Native Son (Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Justice; Friendship; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Literature/U.S.) [15+]
  • The Ox-Bow Incident (SEL: Justice; Subjects: U.S./The Frontier and the West; 1865 - 1913; the Law & Nevada) [12+]
  • A Raisin in the Sun (Respect; Fairness; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Female Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Illinois; Drama/U.S.) [12+]
  • Remember the Titans (Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Citizenship; SEL: Breaking Out; Friendship; Teamwork; Leadership; Male Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Virginia; Sports/Football) [11+]
  • To Kill A Mockingbird (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibilility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Male Role Model; Courage; Mental Illness; Parenting; Disabilities; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941, the Law & Diversity; Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: symbol; flashback; irony; humor]
  • To Live (SEL: Surviving; Grieving; Gambling Addiction; Subjects: World/China) (In Chinese with English Subtitles) [14+]
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Trustworthiness; Fairness; SEL: Friendship; Subjects: Science-Technology; World/Mexico) [12+] (Some dialogue is in Spanish)
  • Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (Respect; Fairness; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1865; 1865 - 1913; and African Americans & the Civil Rights Movement; Literature/U.S. (Narrative Writing)) [10+]
  • Water (Respect; Caring; Fairness; SEL: Human Rights; Suicide; Breaking Out; Subjects: World/India; Religions/Hinduism; Literature/Literary Devices) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]
  • The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk -- from the series "This is America Charlie Brown" (SEL Ambition, Brothers; Subject Matter: U.S./1865 - 1913; Aviation)) [8 - 11]

CARING

  • The Adventures of Milo and Otis - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Courage) [5 - 8]
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship; Caring; SEL: Courage in War; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects: World/Germany & WW I) [12+ ]
  • Amadeus (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Humility; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Talent; Subjects: Biography/Mozart; Music/Classical; World/Austria) [12+]
  • Amistad (Respect; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Courage; Rebellion, Human Rights; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860 & Diversity) [14+]
  • An American Tail (Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York; Religions/Judaism) [9 - 10]
  • An American Tail - Talking and Playing for Growth (Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913; Diversity & New York; Religions/Judaism) [5 - 8]
  • Angels in the Outfield (SEL: Families in Crisis; Friendship; Parenting; Female Role Model; Subjects: Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & California) [9 - 12]
  • Anne B. Real (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Coming of Age; Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Courage; Crime; Education; Families in Crisis; Surviving; Talent;Subjects: U.S./1991 to present and New York) [12+]
  • Au Revoir Les Enfants (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Caring; SEL: Coming of Age, Human Rights, Friendship; Subjects: World/France & WW II (Holocaust)) [11+]
  • Babe (Responsibility; Respect; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Courage; Friendship; Breaking Out; Subjects: The Environment; World/New Zealand) [9+ (many older children and adults love this movie)] (Coming in March)
  • Babe - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility; Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Caring for Animals; Courage;) [5 - 8]
  • Bach's Fight for Freedom (Friendship; Father/Son; Talent; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical; World/Germany) [6 - 12]
  • Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Friendship; Grieving; Disability; Talent; Subjects: Music/Classical; World/Austria; Biography/Beethoven) [9 - 12]
  • Behind the Sun (Caring; Responsibility; SEL: Revenge; Breaking Out; Brothers; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: World/Brazil & Albania) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: symbols, subplot, flashback, foreshadowing and irony]
  • Bend It Like Beckham (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Parenting; Mother/daughter; SportsmanshipBreaking Out; Parenting; Romantic Relationships'Subjects: Sports/Soccer (Football); World/England) [13+]
  • Beyond Rangoon (SEL: Human Rights; Grieving; Rebellion; Subjects: World/Myanmar) [14+]
  • Billy Elliot (Caring, Responsibility, Respect; Trustworthiness; SEL Breaking Out, Families in Crisis, Father/Son, Courage, Grieving, Friendship, Parenting, Grandparents; Sexual Orientation, Education; Subjects: Dance; World/England) [12+]
  • The Black Stallion (SEL Caring for Animals; Surviving; Grieving; Subjects: Sports/Horse Racing) [8+]
  • Born Free (Respect; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Subjects: World/Africa; the Environment) [10+]
  • Boystown (Caring; Citizienship; SEL: Male Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929 & Nebraska; Religions/Christianity) [10+]
  • Brian's Song (Respect; Caring; SEL: Friendship, Grieving, Sportsmanship; Subjects: Sports/Football; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [10+]
  • A Bugs Life - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness, Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Courage; Friendship; Teamwork) [5 - 8]
  • Casablanca (Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; SEL Romantic Relationships; Redemption; Subjects: U.S./1941-1945; World/WW II; France & Morocco) [12+]
  • Charly (Caring; Responsibility; SEL: Disabilities; Courage; Subjects: Science Fiction) [10+]
  • Contact (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Grieving; Father/Daughter; Subjects: Religions/Judeo-Christian; Science Fiction; Space Exploration) [12+]
  • Charlotte's Web - Talking and Playing for Growth (Respect; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Friendship; Grieving; Justice; Subjects: Science -- Biology) [5 - 8]
  • Charlotte's Web (Respect; Caring SEL: Caring for Animals; Friendship; Grieving; Justice; Subjects: Science -- Biology) [5 - 10]
  • A Christmas Carol (SEL: Redemption; Subjects Religions/Christianity; World/England) [8+]
  • The Crossing (Trustworthiness, Responsibility & Citizenship; SEL: SEL: Courage in War, Leadership; Subjects: U.S./1750 - 1812, New Jersey & Pennsylvania) [13+]
  • Cry, the Beloved Country (Respect; Caring; SEL: Grieving; Crime; Subjects: World/South Africa) [10+]
  • Degas and the Dancer (Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL --- Talent, Ambition, Mother/Daughter, Sisters; Subjects --- Visual Arts; World/France; Dance) [8 - 13]
  • Desert Bloom (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Child Abuse, Running Away, Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Nevada) [13+]
  • Edge of America (Responsibility; Respect; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Leadership; Teamwork; Subjects: Sports/Basketball; U.S./1945-1991; Diversity/Native American & African American and New Mexico) [12+]
  • Edison: The Wizard of Light (Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Talent, Disabilities; Subjects: Science-Technology; U.S./1865 - 1929; Cinema; Biography) [8 - 13]
  • Einstein: Light to the Power of 2 (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Self-esteem; Education; Families in Crisis; Subjects: Biography; Science-Technology; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [8 - 13]
  • Ever After (Trustworthiness; Caring; Char, Dev.:Romantic Relationships; Self-Esteem; Subjects: World/France and the Renaissance; Myths & Fairy Tales) [10+]
  • Eleanor Roosevelt (Caring, Citizenship; SEL: Leadership; Female Role Model; Subjects: Biography; U.S./1865 - 1991; Politics) [10+]
  • Finding Nemo - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility, Respect, Caring; SEL: Father/Son; Friendship; Subjects: Science (Marine Biology)) [4 - 8]
  • Emma (Respect; Caring; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Literature/England; World/England) [12+]
  • Fail-Safe (Responsibility, Caring; SEL --- Leadership; Subjects --- U.S./1945 - 1991; World/Cold War) [14+]
  • Fiddler on the Roof (Respect; Caring; SEL: Parenting; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; Religions/Judaism; U.S./Diversity; World/Russia; Dance/Performance) [7+]
  • Fly Away Home (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Parenting; Father/Daughter; Teamwork; Caring for Animals; Subjects: Science; the Environment; Canada) [10+]
  • Gandhi (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects:Biography; World/India, South Africa, England & 1800s - Cold War Era; U.S./Diversity; Religions;) [10+]
  • Gigi (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/France) [12+]
  • Good Will Hunting (Caring; SEL: Child Abuse; Marriage; Romantic Relationships; Fighting; Friendship; Male Role Model; Talent; Breaking Out; Subjects: Medicine (Psychiatry); U.S./1991 to present & Massachusetts) [14+]
  • Gorillas in the Mist (Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship; SEL --- Caring for Animals; Courage; Human Rights; Romantic Relationships; Subjects --- The Environment; Science-Technology; World/Africa) [13+]
  • Goya: Awakened in a Dream (Caring; SEL --- Father/Son; Friendship; Illness; Human Rights; Talent; Disabilities; Subjects --- Visual Arts; World/Spain & the Enlightenment; Biography) [8 - 13]
  • Gracie's Choice (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Alcohol & Drug; Abuse; Families In Crisis; Mother/Daughter; Parenting; Subjects: Health; U.S./1991 to Present) [10+]
  • Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Respect; Caring; SEL: Revenge, Fighting, Grieving; Subjects: Drama/England) [12+]
  • Handel's Last Chance (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Talent; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical; World/England & Ireland) [6-12]
  • Happy Feet - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility; Respect; CaringSEL: Friendship; Courage; Self-Esteem; Disabilities) [5 - 8]
  • Hawaii (Ethical Emphasis: Respect; Caring; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860 & Hawaii; Religions/Christianity) [12+]
  • High School Musical (Respect; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Friendship, Peer Pressure; Father/Son; Talent; Subjects: Dance; Drama/Musicals) [8 - 14]
  • Hiroshima Maiden (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Courage; Friendship; Human Rights; Peer Pressure; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1991; World/WW-II and Japan) [9 - 13]
  • Hoosiers (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Caring; SEL: Teamwork; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Male Role Model; Father/Son; Subjects: Sports/Basketball; U.S. 1945 - 1991 & Indiana) [11+]
  • Ice Princess (Trustworthiness; Respect; Fairness; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Parenting; Mother/daughter; Sportsmanship; Subjects: Sports/Ice Skating) [9+]
  • An Ideal Husband (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Families in Crisis; Marriage, Friendship, Romantic Relationships, Justice, Redemption; Subjects: Drama/England; World/England)[12+]
  • The Inner Circle (SEL: Marriage; Human Rights; Suicide; Subjects: World/Russia) [15+]
  • The Joy Luck Club (SEL: Mother/Daughter/ Surviving; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & California; World/China) [14+]
  • The Jazz Singer (Respect; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Talent; Subjects: Cinema; U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & New York; Music/Popular) [12+]
  • Kiki's Delivery Service - Talking and Playing for Growth (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Coming of Age; Talent; Friendship; Courage) [5 - 8]
  • Life With Father (SEL: Coming of Age; Father/Son; Marriage; Parenting; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 & New York) [8+]
  • Little Women (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Female Role Model; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Sisters; Coming of Age; Talent; Subjects: U.S./1860 - 1865 & Massachusetts; Literature/U.S.) [6+]
  • Lorenzo's Oil (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Illness, Disabilities; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Parenting; Sisters; Subjects: Medicine) [13+]
  • Lust for Life (SEL: Talent; Brothers; Mental Illness; Suicide; Subjects: Biography/Van Gogh; World/France; Visual Arts) [12+]
  • Mass Casualties Lesson Plan (Focusing on the Decision to End WW II with Surprise Atomic Attacks on Japanese Cities) (Responsiblity; Caring; SEL: Human Rights; Subjects: U.S./ 1941 - 1945; World/WW II and Japan) [12+]
  • A Midnight Clear (SEL: Coming of Age; Peace/Peacemakers; Courage in War; Subjects: U.S./1941-1945) [13+]
  • The Miracle Worker (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Disabilities; Female Role Model; Subjects: Biography/Keller; U.S./1865 - 1913) [10+]
  • Modern Times (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Surviving; Subjects: Cinema; U.S./1929-1941) [8+]
  • Mr. Holland's Opus (Responsibility; Citizenship; Caring; Respect; SEL: Education; Male Role Model; Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Marriage; Disabilities; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S. 1945 - 1991) [10+]
  • Mulan (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Breaking Out; Female Role Model; Subjects: World/China; Mythology) [6-9]
  • My Fair Lady (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Breaking Out; Subjects: World/England; Drama/Musicals) [6+]
  • October Sky (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Breaking Out; Friendship; Subjects: Space Exploration; U.S./1945 - 1991 & West Virginia; Science-Technology) [10+]
  • Oliver! (SEL: Spousal Abuse; Crime; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; Literature/England; World/England) [8+]
  • Oliver Twist (SEL: Spousal Abuse; Crime; Subjects: Literature/England; World/England) [10+]
  • The Outsiders (Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring; SEL: Brothers; Coming of Age; Courage; Fighting; Friendship; Peer Pressure; Redemption; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; U.S./1945 - 1991) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: expository phase; flashback; symbol; foreshadowing; Bildungsroman; irony; protagonist/antagionist confusion and theme]
  • Partners of the Heart (Caring; SEL: Teamwork, Education, Friendship; Subjects: Medicine; U.S./1917 - 1991, Diversity, Tennessee & Maryland) [10+]
  • Pay It Forward (Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Mother/Son; Families in Crisis; Education; Disabilities; Subjects: U.S./1991 - Present) [12+]
  • Princess Mononoke (Respect; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Male Role Model; Leadership; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: World/Japan; The Environment; Mythology; Cinema) [12+]
  • The Pursuit of Happyness (Caring; SEL: Father/Son; Parenting; Surviving, Work/Career; add the following SEL topics when using TeachWithMovies.com's student handout for this film entitled Episodes in the Life of Chris Gardner (What's Not in the Movie): Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Breaking Out; Spousal Abuse; Child Abuse; Education; Male Role Model; Ambition; Subjects: U.S./1991 - current and Biography) [12+]
  • Pygmalion (SEL: Breaking Out; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/England; World/England) [12+]
  • Romeo and Juliet (Respect; Caring; SEL: Fighting; Romantic Relationships; Suicide; Revenge; Subjects: Drama/England) [12+]
  • The Rookie (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Talent; Subjects: Sports/Baseball; U.S./1991 - present) [9+]
  • The Russians Are Coming! The Russians are Coming! (SEL: Peace/Peacemakers; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Massachusetts) [8 - 12]
  • Ryan's Daughter (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: World/Ireland & WW I) [15+]
  • Schindler's List (Trustworthiness; Respect; Caring; SEL: Courage; Rebellion; Subjects: Biography; World/WW II) [15+]
  • Sense and Sensibility (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Sisters; Subjects: Literature/England; World/England) [12+]
  • Shiloh (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Father/Son; Mother/Son, Parenting; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & West Virginia) [10+]
  • Something the Lord Made (Caring; SEL: Teamwork, Education, Friendship; Subjects: Medicine; U.S./1917 - 1991, Diversity, Tennessee & Maryland) [10+]
  • Song of Norway (SEL: Work/Career; Talent; Subjects: Biography/Grieg; Drama/Musical; Music/Classical; World/Norway) [8-12]
  • The Sound of Music (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Parenting, Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; World/ WW II & Austria) [6+]
  • Strauss: King of Three-Quarter Time (SEL: Friendship; Child Abuse; Subjects: Biography; Music/Classical; World/Austria) [6-12]
  • Swan Lake (SEL: Romantic Relations; Subjects:Dance/Performance; Literature/Literary Devices) [10+; Literary devices analyzed: metaphor; symbol.]
  • A Tale of Two Cities (SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Rebellion; Redemption; Romantic Relationships; Subjects (Literature/England; World/France & England) [12+]
  • To Kill A Mockingbird (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibilility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Male Role Model; Courage; Mental Illness; Parenting; Disabilities; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941, the Law & Diversity; Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: symbol; flashback; irony; humor]
  • A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Education; Families in Crisis; Father/Daughter; Grieving; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929, Diversity & New York) [9+]
  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Responsibility; Fairness; SEL: Ambition; Courage; Subjects: U.S./1945-1991; Science-Technology) [10+]
  • Twelfth Night (SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/England) [12+]
  • Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh (SEL: Talent; Brothers, Mental Illness; Suicide; Subjects: Biography; World/France; Visual Arts) [12+]
  • Warm Springs (Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Courage; Disabilities; Subject: U.S./1913 - 1929; Biography; Georgia) [12+]
  • War of the Buttons - Using Characterization in Literary Analysis (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Fighting; Friendship; Leadership; Parenting; Subjects: Literature/Literary Devices: characterization; World/Ireland) [10+]
  • Water (Respect; Caring; Fairness; SEL: Human Rights; Suicide; Breaking Out; Subjects: World/India; Religions/Hinduism; Literature/Literary Devices) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]
  • West Side Story (Respect; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Fighting; Revenge; Romantic Relationships; Bad Associations; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & New York; Dance/Performance) [12+]
  • When a Man Loves a Woman (Caring; SEL: Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Romantic Relationships; Marriage; Parenting; Father/daughter; Subjects: U.S./1991 - current) [13+]
  • The Witness (Respect; Caring; SEL: Caring for Animals; Breaking Out; Subjects: U.S./1991 to Present & New York) [13+]
  • The Wizard of Oz (Trustworthiness, Respect, Caring; SEL: Self-esteem; Friendship; Taking Care of Yourself; Breaking Out; Subject: Drama/Musicals; U.S./1865-1913; Cinema) [5+]
  • The Yearling (Ethical Emphasis: Responsibility; Caring; SEL: Male Role Model; Coming of Age; Running Away; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Subjects: U.S./1865 - 1913 & Florida; Literature/U.S.) [8 - 12]

CITIZENSHIP

  • 12 Angry Men (Fairness; Respect; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & The Law) [11+]
  • 1776 (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Subjects: U.S./1750 - 1812 & Pennsylvania; Drama/Musicals) [11+]
  • The African Queen (Citizenship; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Science-Technology; World/WW I & Africa) [10+]
  • All the President's Men (Trustworthiness; Responsiblity; Fairness; Citizenship; SEL: Courage; Teamwork; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991 & Politics) [12+]
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (Trustworthiness; Respect; Citizenship; Caring; SEL: Courage in War; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects: World/Germany & WW I) [12+]
  • Amistad (Respect; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Courage; Rebellion, Human Rights; Subjects: U.S./1812 - 1860 & Diversity) [14+]
  • Four Films About Anne Frank (Respect; Responsiblity; Citizenship; SEL: Coming of Age; Families in Crisis; Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: World/WW II & Holland; Biography) [12+]
  • Ben and Me (Citizenship; SEL Friendship; Subjects: Biography/Franklin; U. S./1750 - 1812 & Pennsylvania; Science-Technology) [8 & 9]
  • Ben and Me - Talking and Playing for Growth (SEL: Friendship; Moral-Ethical Emphasis: Citizenship) [5 - 8]
  • The Birth of the Constitution -- from the series "This is America Charlie Brown" (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; Subjects: U.S./Creating the Nation) [9 - 12]
  • Boystown (Caring; Citizienship; SEL: Male Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1929 & Nebraska; Religions/Christianity) [10+]
  • Casablanca (Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship;; SEL Romantic Relationships; Redemption; Subjects: U.S./1941-1945; World/WW II; France & Morocco) [12+]
  • Cars - Talking and Playing for Growth (Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Sportsmanship; Teamwork; Friendship) [5 - 8]
  • A Dry White Season (Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; Subjects: World/South Africa) [14+]
  • Edison: The Wizard of Light (Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Talent, Disabilities; Subjects: Science-Technology; U.S./1865 - 1929; Cinema; Biography) [8 - 13]
  • Eleanor Roosevelt (Caring, Citizenship; SEL: Leadership; Female Role Model; Subjects: Biography; U.S./1865 - 1991; Politics) [10+]
  • A Force More Powerful (Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects: World/India, Poland, Denmark, Chile, South Africa; 1800s - the Present; U.S./1945 - the Present; Civil Rights Movement, Tennessee) [12+]
  • For Love or Country -- The Arturo Sandoval Story (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: Music/Jazz; World/Cuba and the Cold War Era; Biography) [12+]
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; SEL: Courage in War; Romantic Relationships; Rebellion; Subjects: Literature/U.S.; World/Between World Wars & Spain) [12+]
  • Gandhi (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Peace/Peacemakers; Subjects:Biography; World/India, South Africa, England & 1800s - Cold War Era; U.S./Diversity; Religions;) [10+]
  • Gettysburg (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; SEL: Courage in War; Leadership; Subjects U.S./1860 - 1865 & Pennsylvania) [10+]
  • Ghosts of Mississippi (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship; SEL; Courage, Justice; Subjects: U.S./1945 - Present, Diversity, the Law & Mississippi) [12+]
  • Glory (Citizenship; Trustworthiness; SEL: Courage in War; Patriotism; Leadership; Subjects U.S./1860 - 1865 & Massachusetts) [14+]
  • High Noon (Trustworthiness, Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Marriage; Leadership; Subjects: U.S./The Frontier & the West, 1865 - 1913 and 1945 - 1991) [11+]
  • Hotel Rwanda (Responsiblity; Citizenship; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era; U.S./1991 to present) [14+]
  • The Insider (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Families in Crisis, Marriage, Crime, Courage; Subjects: U.S./1991 to present, the Press and the Law) [13+]
  • It's a Wonderful Life (Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Male Role Model; Suicide; Breaking Out; Subjects: U.S./1913 - 1945) [10+]
  • The Jackie Robinson Story (Trustworthiness, Respect, Citizenship; SEL: Male Role Model; Subjects: Biography; Sports/Baseball; U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [8+]
  • Little Buddha (Subjects: Religions/Buddhism; World/Tibet) [10+]
  • Mr. Holland's Opus (Responsibility; Citizenship; Caring; Respect; SEL: Education; Male Role Model; Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Marriage; Disabilities; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S. 1945 - 1991) [10+]
  • Music of the Heart (Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Education; Talent; Disabilities; Romantic Relationships; Divorce; Separation; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 - Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari)) [9+]
  • October Sky (Trustworthiness; Caring; SEL: Parenting; Father/Son; Mother/Son; Breaking Out; Friendship; Subjects: Space Exploration; U.S./1945 - 1991 & West Virginia; Science-Technology) [10+]
  • Pay It Forward (Responsibility; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Mother/Son; Families in Crisis; Education; Disabilities; Subjects: U.S./1991 - Present) [12+]
  • Princess Mononoke (Respect; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Male Role Model; Leadership; Romantic Relationships; Subjects: World/Japan; The Environment; Mythology; Cinema) [12+]
  • The Red Shoes (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; SEL: Talent; Work/Career; Subjects: Dance; Music/Classical) [12+]
  • Remember the Titans (Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Citizenship; SEL: Breaking Out; Friendship; Teamwork; Leadership; Male Role Model; Subjects: U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & Virginia; Sports/Football) [11+]
  • Sarafina (Trustworthiness; Citizenship; SEL: Rebellion; Human Rights; Subjects: World/South Africa) [13+]
  • Small Wonders (Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Education; Female Role Model; Subjects: Music/Classical; U.S./1991 - Present & New York; Biography (Guaspari); ) [6+]
  • Sometimes in April (Responsiblity; Citizenship; SEL: Human Rights; Courage; Subjects: World/Rwanda & the Post-Cold War Era; U.S./1991) [14+]
  • South Pacific (Respect; Citizenship; SEL: Romantic Relationships; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; U.S./1941 - 1945 & Diversity) [10+]
  • Stand and Deliver (Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Citizenship; SEL: Education, Male Role Model; Self-esteem; Subjects: U.S./1941 - 1996, Diversity & California) [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]
  • To Kill A Mockingbird (Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibilility; Fairness; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Justice; Male Role Model; Courage; Mental Illness; Parenting; Disabilities; Subjects: U.S./1929 - 1941, the Law & Diversity; Literature/U.S. & Literary Devices) [11+; Literary devices analyzed: symbol; flashback; irony; humor]
  • West Side Story (Respect; Caring; Citizenship; SEL: Fighting; Revenge; Romantic Relationships; Bad Associations; Subjects: Drama/Musicals; U.S./1945 - 1991, Diversity & New York; Dance/Performance) [12+]




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