Activities to Accompany Films with Connection to Visual Arts & Music

1.)    Create a storyboard of the most important historical moments of the film. Explain why these moments are important.

2.)    Create a diorama of the most important scene in the film and present to the class. Why did you choose this scene? What is the historical significance of the scene?

3.)    Create a replica model of a historically significant building in the film. Why did you choose it? What happened there that makes it important in history?

4.)    Recreate  an event we viewed in the film either by drawing or painting. Why is this piece significant? Who is present in the drawing or painting? What event does the piece capture?

Music & Dance

1.) In many of the films dance is included (balls, sock hops etc). What were the trends in dance at the time? Learn a dance present in the film to teach to the class.

2.) Choose a song from the film to play in class. How did the song contribute to the scene in which it was played? Why might the director have chosen that particular song to include in the film? Did the song have any significance in the era in which it was composed?