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CASABLANCA
SUBJECTS
--- World/WW II, France & Morocco; U.S./1941 - 1945;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Romantic; Relationships;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Responsibility, Caring; Citizenship.
Age: 12+; Not Rated; Drama; 1942; 102 minutes; B & W.
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This film is a classic story of love and sacrifice at the beginning of World War II. It's one of the most popular films ever made. Watching this film permits children to work through the issues of romantic attachment and when that attachment must be sacrificed for more important values.
The path taken by Rick from self-interested isolation to sacrifice and commitment to the resistance against Nazi Germany is similar to the journey of the people of the United States as they shook off isolationism and became involved in World War II.
The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to Casablanca provides the background and discussion questions needed to explore the issues raised by the film and to use it as a supplement to classes in U.S. history of the late 1930s and early 1940s.
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To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below the first two sections of the Learning Guide to Casablanca.
Description: It is WW II before the
Allied counterattacks. The Nazis have overrun Poland, Czechoslovakia and most of France.
The French Vichy regime, a German ally, controls the colonial possessions of France,
including Morocco.
Victor Lazlow is the leader of the Czech resistance movement. He has escaped from a
German concentration camp, fleeing to Casablanca with his beautiful
young wife. Lazlow's goal is to travel to Lisbon and from there to the United States
where he will continue working on behalf of his country.
Lazlow's prospects for leaving Casablanca depend upon Rick, a deeply disillusioned American
expatriate, who operates a popular nightclub. Rick is also in love with Lazlow's wife
and she is in love with him.
Rick has every reason to want Lazlow dead, imprisoned, or stranded in Casablanca for
the duration of the war.
Benefits: Casablanca, one of the most popular movies ever made,
is a fabulous story of love and redemption. But it strikes such a strong chord with American
audiences because it is a parable for the rejection of isolationism by the U.S. upon
its entry into WW II. The film also shows the effects of the war on dislocated persons; the
ambiguous situation that existed in Vichy France and its colonial empire; and the
popularity of American music in Europe. Casablanca is a classic that is frequently
referred to in literature, the media and conversation.
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