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Film as Literature & Cinematic Arts Curriculum – Quarter 3

Name: Film as Literature & Cinematic Arts Curriculum – Quarter 3
Brand: K12 Movie Guides
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Film studies curriculum for Film as Literature & Cinematic Arts Curriculum – Quarter 3 with planning documents, movie guides, answer keys, comparative analysis tasks, assessments, and digital classroom materials.

Resource type: Film Studies Curriculum
Grade band: Grades 9–12
Time required: 9-Week Curriculum
Prep level: Curriculum Planning
Subject: ELA Film Study
Classroom use: Film Studies Curriculum ELA Skill Practice Film Analysis Discussion Evidence-Based Writing Assessment Digital Assignment
Includes: Planning Guide Student Syllabus Lesson Plans Student Movie Guides Answer Keys Comparative Analyses Rubrics Summative Assessments Skill Workshops Movie Purchase/Rental Spreadsheet
Tech format: Editable Google Docs Google Slides Printable PDF Google Classroom Ready ZIP File

Explore wartime resilience and real-life leaders with this nine-week film unit.

11 printable & digital movie guides
6 comparative-analysis prompts
2 summative assessments
Cinematography skill workshop
Complete planning docs

Quarter 3 Overview

Quarter 3 of Film as Literature & Cinematic Arts immerses students in war narratives and historical biographies. Over nine weeks, learners complete 11 movie guides, 6 comparative analyses, and 2 summative assessments—each mapped to the Common Core.

What's Included

Educator Planning Guide (8 pp) and Student Syllabus (8 pp)
Unit 5 lesson plans – War Movies (21 pp)
Unit 6 lesson plans – Historical Biographies (27 pp)
11 student movie-guide slide decks with answer keys
6 comparative-analysis essays + rubrics
2 summative tasks on wartime leadership and historical timelines
Cinematography Workshop: student packet, answer key, exemplar slides
Movie Purchase & Rental spreadsheet with live links
Standards Alignment chart for every activity

Are you more of a visual learner?

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How to Use This Curriculum

Upload the DOCX and PPTX files to Google Drive with “Convert uploads to Google Docs editor format” enabled for instant editing, or print the PDFs. Show each film across two class periods, assign the matching movie guide, and follow the pacing in the weekly plans. Finish Unit 5 with a four-quadrant war-film essay and Unit 6 with a historical-timeline summative project.

Standards Alignment

Quarter 3 directly targets CCRA.R.1–4, CCRA.R.7–8, CCRA.W.1–3, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.3, and CCRA.L.4–5.

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