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Masculinity Curriculum 2009
Scenarios USA launches
What’s the REAL DEAL about Masculinity? curriculum
- Are you a teacher or community educator who works with adolescents?
- Do you believe students of all abilities can be active, engaged learners?
- Could you use an interactive, multi-media curriculum that will help your students feel more connected to school and to you?
The Scenarios USA “What’s the REAL DEAL about Masculinity?” curriculum is a 9-lesson interactive, multi-media curriculum for English, Social Studies, Health and Theater teachers. The curriculum meets the national learning standards by utilizing best practices from curricula internationally.
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Curriculum $299
plus $10 shipping and handling
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Scenarios USA "What's the REAL DEAL about Masculinity?"
Making Movies: A Guide for Young Filmmakers
This manual explains the basics of making a movie for the young filmmaker. It covers all of the nuts and bolts from how to tell a story to the final edit of the film. The Storytelling and Scriptwriting Chapters are excellent resources for educators using the Contest in the classroom. Created by The Film Foundation in partnership with the Director's Guild of America.
- Intro and Table of Contents (PDF)
- Storytelling: The Basics (PDF)
- Scriptwriting: From Story to Screenplay (PDF)
- Directing (PDF)
- Art Production (PDF)
- Editing (PDF)
- Making Your Movie (PDF)
- Glossary and Credits (PDF)
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Learning Standards
The nine lessons in the "What's the REAL DEAL about Masculinity?" Curriculum have been designed to meet learning standards for English Language Arts, Social Studies, Theater Arts and Health Education for our 3 contest regions. Click on your region to download the PDF.
Featured Writer
Laina Kemp
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Cleveland, OH
REAL DEAL writer