Resources | War Horse. Home War Horse, directed by Steven Spielberg, is an epic adventure set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets – British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter – before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.
The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse – an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure. War Horse is one of the great stories of friendship and war based on the successful book by Michael Morpurgo and later turned into a hugely successful international stage production. For teachers Screening event and Q&A Feedback. Screenings | War Horse | Event Q&A. Event Q&A Question 1 Why do you think that World War 1 is still relevant today? (Michael Morpurgo) Question 2 What was it like working with Stephen Spielberg and how much pressure were you under? (Jeremy Irvine) Question 3 What did you learn from your time on set? Question 4 During the filming what did you learn from the other professional actors you were working with? Question 5 Did you develop a bond with the horse?
Question 6 When you first wrote War Horse did you ever want to give up and start a different project? 5 Ways Students Can Visually Explore the News. My background as a social studies teacher will show through in this post. One of the perks of being social studies teachers is that current news events tie into so many things that we do in our classrooms. There are plenty of good resources for teachers to find current events stories that are relevant and appropriate for students. But sometimes you might want students to explore the news on their own.
For those times, here are five ways that students can visually explore the news. Ten by Ten is a unique program that links images with news stories. Every hour the top 100 news stories from around the world are linked to images on a ten by ten grid. The AP Timeline Reader gives readers a way to create custom timeline displays of the type of news stories that matter to them. Newseum's Today's Front Pages is a series of nine maps that display the current front page of major newspapers around the world. Social media has evolved into the art of storytelling, and we must all become masters of it. Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice. Printer-friendly version Objectives: Each lesson in the series builds background knowledge about a particular social justice issue and addresses at least one English language arts skill. The lesson objectives also promote critical thinking skills.
Here are some of the issues and skills addressed in the lessons: understand that people experience injustices understand why and how people take action to address injustice recognize how experiences are shaped by membership in groups defined by race, gender, socioeconomic status, culture, ethnicity, ability recognize how the historical moment and the social context shape experiencedevelop empathy for people whose experiences differ from their own. They should also help students “read” photographs by getting them to: Essential Questions: How do photographs convey meaning? Students like photographs. In addition, the lessons will expand students’ knowledge of social justice issues.
THEME 1: Understanding People’s Perspectives 1: Exploring Identity.