California Newsreel Study Guides and Facilitator Guides
Each study guide or
facilitator guide available from California Newsreel is unique to the
film it accompanies. In the classroom, in an informal group setting or
viewing on your own, our companion materials will help you to make personal
connections to the subject matter and examine more closely the issues
addressed in these films. Taken together you will get the most out of
your viewing experience.
Educators -
Many of our guides provide multiple levels of exploration for varying
age groups. They can be easily adapted to meet the needs of middle school,
high school and college viewers.
Home Viewers - All of our guides may be useful to home viewers wanting to think critically about the film they have seen and get more out of their viewing experience. They are also useful for hosting an informal discussion.
Diversity
Training Facilitator Guides
Global
Economy Study Guides
Health
Study Guide
African
American Literature Study Guides
History
and Social Issue Study Guides
African
Cinema Study Guides
Diversity Training Facilitator Guides
Blacks
and Jews - Segment Summaries, Discussion Questions, Activities and Research
Project Suggestions
Blue Eyed,
The Essential Blue Eyed &Thirty Minute Blue Eyed - Exercises, Discussion
Points, Diversity Training Overview
Frosh
- Facilitator Guide for Staff Training and Student Orientation, Background Info
and Awareness Activities
Seniors
- Facilitator Guide, Synopsis, Activities, Resources
Shattering
the Silences - Thematic Guide, Facilitation Notes, 4 Levels of Use, Points
of Discussion
Skin Deep
- Background on Diversity Training, Discussion Questions, Facilitation Guide
What's Race Got to Do with It? - Companion
Web Site with Facilitator Guide, Engagement Games, Resources for Intergroup
Dialogue and More
Global Economy Study
Guides
Beloved
Community - Facilitator Guide and Discussion Guide
Black Gold - ITVS Companion
Web Site with Facilitator Guide and Discussion Guide
Made in L.A. - P.O.V. Companion
Web Site with Lesson Plans and Discussion Guide
Maquilapolis - P.O.V. Companion
Web Site with Lesson Plans and Discussion Guide
Maquilapolis
- Bilingual Study
Guide in English
(3.34 MB pdf) and Español
(3.12 MB pdf)
Struggles
In Steel - Background, Discussion Questions, Activities, Resources
Where Do
You Stand: Stories from an American Mill - Illustrated in PDF Format, Background,
Discussion Questions, Advocacy Activities, Suggested Web Sites
Health Study Guide
UNNATURAL
CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
- Interactive Web Site with
Lesson Plans, Discussion Guide, Action Tool Kit
African
American Literature Study Guides
Furious
Flower I - Poet Biographies, Selected Bibliographies, Discussion Questions
Furious
Flower II - Background, Poet Biographies
Ralph Ellison: An American Journey - Questions, Activities, Film Segmented
for Discussion
Richard Wright-Black Boy - Extensive Teacher's Guide and Bibliography
White Scripts, Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books - A Discussion Guide
History
and Social Issue Study Guides
Agents of Change
- Classroom Activities for Grades 9-12, based on National Standards
Banished - Independent
Lens Companion Web Site
Big
Mama - Background Information on Issues, Resources and Links
Black
Is…Black Ain't - Film Summary and Notes, Film Quotes, Discussion Questions
Brick
by Brick: A Civil Rights Story
- Classroom Activities for Grades 9-12, based on National Standards
February
One - Illustrated in PDF Format, Timeline, Activities, Bibliography, Web
Sites, Additional Discussion Questions
Goin'
to Chicago - Lesson Plans, Bibliography, Handouts
Homecoming
- PBS Companion Web Site with Timeline, Lesson Plans
Long
Night's Journey Into Day - History of Apartheid, Essays
Negroes With Guns: Rob Williams and
Black Power - Discussion Questions, Bibliography
The New Black - Discussion Guide and Bibliography from ITVS (3.27 MB pdf)
NO! Confronting Sexual
Assault in Our Communities - Study and Activist Guide on Sexual Assault
in Black Communities with essays
Race-The Power of an Illusion
- Interactive Web Site with Lesson Plans, Discussion Guide
Revolution '67
- PBS Companion Web Site with Discussion Guide
Revolution
'67 - Hands-On High School Curriculum
A Son of
Africa - Resources for Teachers, Excerpts from The Interesting Life of
Oladuah Equiano
Soul of Justice - Discussion Questions
The Willmar 8 - Women's Worth: Valuing Our Own Worth - Realizing Our Own Value (Scan of the 1982 study guide, 4.54 MB)
Africa Related Study
Guides
The following study guides accompanying films from the Library
of African Cinema offer a 'before the film reading', reflection questions
and facts on the film's country of origin. Articles
on viewing African cinema, by African filmmakers and scholars are also available.
Flame
Keita:The
Heritage of the Griot
Le
Franc
La
Petite Vendeuse De Soleil
Pieces
D'Identites
A
Walk In the Night
Also Long
Night's Journey Into Day
with extensive
study guide.