Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History Documentary Movie Guide (PGTV - 2019)

Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History Documentary Movie Guide (PGTV – 2019) challenges students to analyze multiple historical figures that demonstrated innovation, creativity, courage and bravery. Explore the learning opportunities Kevin’s daughter encounters during the film and ask students how they would teach her these lessons if they were in Kevin’s shoes. Guide students in discussing whether Josephine Baker or Beyonce will be remembered more in 100 years and compare and contrast their contributions to the world.

This documentary addresses the following historical figures (some in more detail than others):

Josephine Baker | Joe Louis | Vivien Thomas | Mae Jemison | George Speck | Robert Johnson | Matthew Henson | Robert Smalls | Frederick Douglass | Henry ‘Box’ Brown

This resource consists of 10 high-level, short answer and essay questions that will do more than just ask your students to regurgitate information. 

This product .zip file includes:

• A student movie guide, PDF digital fillable form version (4 pages)
• A student movie guide, PDF print version (4 pages)
• An answer key (4 pages) is included, however, some answers will vary as students are encouraged to construct their own meaning throughout the film and many questions are open-ended.
• A generic movie guide permission slip (1 page)

Digital Version Tips

• It is intended for a paperless, 1:1 tablet/iPad classroom
• Ask students to download a PDF editor app if they don’t already have one. It needs to have a save function as well. I used Foxit PDF.
• Host the file. I used google drive to share a folder with students.
• When complete, ask students to save the file in a designated google drive folder using a naming convention. (I use LastnameFirstnameMovieGuide.pdf)

Here are my tips for using Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History Documentary Movie Guide (PGTV - 2019) in your classroom:

1. Print one, double-sided movie guide for each student
2. Preview each question on the movie guide as you come to it before resuming the movie
3. Pause at the times designated on the movie guide and help students if necessary
   • Discussion here is great, encourage and allow students to share their ideas and thoughts for any question
   • Discourage students from simply copying answers
   • If needed, and if time allows, feel free to rewind and show important parts of the movie for additional analysis
4. After completing the short answers on the movie guide, allow 5-10 minutes for each essay question at the end
5. On average, completing this movie guide will require about 30-45 minutes in addition to the length of the movie