Describes draw-on filmmaking as an exciting way to introduce children to the plastic, fluid nature of the film medium, to develop their appreciation and understanding of divergent cinematic techniques and themes, and to invite them into the dream world of filmmaking without the need for a camera. (AEA)

Describes several classroom-tested approaches to student film production. (MAI)

Describes the process involved when intermediate students produced an original film during the last three weeks of the school year. (MAI)

Details an approach which involves taking students through the problems of film production while teaching (1) theory; (2) actual tools of production; and (3) practical methods of organizing work. Contends that precise, challenging, technical exercises performed in an interactive social framework maximize skill development. (PD)

Discusses ways that elementary social studies teachers can use television as a teaching tool. Book tie-ins, actual television scripts, the magazine, "Teachers Guide to Television," the use of materials on critical viewing skills, and the production of television shows on videocassettes by students are examined. (RM)

Describes a "fiction into film" class course, in which students are brought to many significant insights about the workings of literature by collaborating on a short film based on a literary work. (FL)

Presents nine video activities for use in physical education. Teachers can use video to get to know students, provide otherwise unavailable information, document funding needs, familiarize newcomers with the school, and train students. Student applications include individualized or group feedback, video research, video commercials or skits, and…

Describes using the novel and television adaptation of Harriet Arnow's "The Dollmaker" in a cross-media approach to teach a unit on the problems of translating literature into film. Includes approaches for generating discussion of rural and urban values and weekly discussion and reading assignments. (HTH)

Describes a project in which children learn about the language of film and how to use language or action to express themselves. Outlines the steps of a class filmmaking project, including brainstorming, plotting, writing, making film props, and filming the movie. (HTH)

The author describes a secondary level course in which students make their own audiovisual productions to illustrate social studies issues. (DE)

Describes a number of nonnarrative films and suggests ways to use them to integrate media into subject areas, to teach production techniques, to critique films and other visual productions, and to develop good visual taste. (DD)

A summer English class for gifted fifth- through eighth-grade students was designed to allow students to interact with literature by adapting short-stories into plays that the students then produced, performed, and filmed. During the prewriting phase, students discussed qualities most essential to a story or film, and compared a short story with…

Discusses using educational and popular films and television for history instruction. Argues that students need training to see the bias built into film making through the editing process. Urges that critical thinking must be developed in students to make use of mass media coverage of historical and current events as teaching tools. (DK)

Contends that feature films can heighten student interest in history. Proposes having students create film presentations based on historical topics. Includes a model research unit on Roman civilization. (CFR)

This instructional guide offers practical ideas for incorporating video production in the classroom. Aspects of video production are presented sequentially. Strategies and suggestions are given for using video production to reinforce traditional subject content and provide interdisciplinary connections. The book is organized in two parts. After…