How to use movies in your homeschool

187: How to use Movies in your Homeschool

In this episode, guest Rachel van der Merwe, discusses how to use movies in your homeschool. Rachel is Assistant professor of media studies at the University of Groningen and FundaFunda’s teacher of the “I Spy: A Course in Visual Literacy” online class.

Rachel starts off talking about Movies vs Documentaries – listen in for her interesting perspective.

Some specific content areas we cover and the movies mentioned are:

History movies – Newsies

Geography movies – Michael Palin’s videos

English – Movies based on books (eg Shakespeare plays by Kenneth Branagh and Akira Kurosawa.

Music / Art – Eroica (Beethoven), Amadaues , Agony and Ecstasy, Fantasia

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