Teaching Social Issues with Film (PB) 12+

📙 Since the beginning of the 20th century, the film industry has confronted, challenged, and exploredvarious social issues through its films. Social issue films are an excellent resource for teaching social issues.Teachers will find this book to be a valuable resource for teaching social issues. This book includes a discussionon teaching social issues, teaching with film, and how social issue films can be utilized to enhance thecurriculum. This volume offers teachers an effective means for teaching social issues to today's digital andmedia savvy students.Furthermore, this volume details how film can be used to teach social issues, discusses relevant legalissues surrounding the use of film in the classroom, and details two separate models for teaching social issueswith film. The heart of the book includes a detailed filmography of 180 films that pertain to 30 social issues.Each social issue includes a definition/explanation of the social issue and details six films. Each film detailedincludes complete bibliographic information and a synopsis. This volume is clearly organized and expertlywritten for educators and is beneficial to librarians and teachers at the secondary and college level, particularly insocial studies, sociology, history, political science, literature, film studies, and other social sciences.