WORLD AFFAIRS IN FOREIGN FILMS

Our Curriculum, World Affairs in Foreign Films, 2nd edition for High School, offers teachers and students the opportunity to experience foreign cultures through the power of film.
. The overall mission of our pedagogy is to use film as a catapult to better understand international events and diversity of people around the world.
. Students are visual learners and feel comfortable in front of the screen.
Seeing is believing, and a film can transport viewers to a foreign country and culture as it is today.
. We highlight that the visual text, film, is narrative and parallels literature so students can “read” the film, ask questions, research and investigate diverse arguments, analyze and synthesize a problem, come to conclusions, and then share and communicate ideas.
. Film increases retention and memory, especially when it is linked to written literature, as our textbook, World Affairs in Foreign Films for High School.
. Students in High School are ready to be introduced to Global themes. They have time in their curriculum for this content, and they are of the age to make educated links to the real world.