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Documentary Film Reviews and Guides
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As teachers, we know that watching a variety of documentary films offers significant educational benefits to K–12 students. Documentaries bring real-world events, cultures, and concepts to life, making our kids' learning experience more engaging and memorable. This is why we have created numerous doc guides.

Documentary GuidesBy presenting information through visuals, narration, and personal stories, documentaries help our students better understand complex topics across the curriculum—in history, science, geography, social studies, and more.

They also enhance critical thinking by encouraging our students to analyze sources, question conflicting perspectives, and compare disparate viewpoints.

Exposure to diverse subjects and global issues promotes cultural awareness and empathy. For our younger students, documentaries can spark curiosity and introduce new ideas, while our older students gain deeper insight into historical events, scientific discoveries, or current affairs. Additionally, documentary films support various learning styles and can reinforce reading and classroom instruction.

Docs are a valuable tool for enriching education and broadening our students' understanding of the world! Below is a large sampling of our documentary reviews and guides. You will find them and more within individual units of course content.
 
 
  Hard Times: Lost on Long Island (2012)  "Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment" (2011)  Bel Borba Aqui (2012) Guide for Educators  Plastic Planet (2009)  Mumia (2011) 
  Hard Times: Lost on Long Island (2012)  Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment (2011)  Bel Borba Aqui (2012)  Plastic Planet (2009)  Mumia (2011) 
 
 
  Rising from Ashes (2013)  Pink Ribbons Inc. (2011)  Wagner and Me (2010)  Photographic Memory (2011)  Age of Stupid (2009) 
  Rising from Ashes (2013)  Pink Ribbons, Inc. (2011)  Wagner and Me (2010)  Photographic Memory (2011)  The Age of Stupid (2009) 
 
 
  Sacco and Vanzetti (2006)  American Teacher (2011)   Crude: The Real Price of Oil (2009)  Battle for Dien Bien Phu (1986)  Bones of Turkana (2012) 
  Sacco and Vanzetti (2006)  American Teacher (2011)  Crude: The Real Price of Oil (2009)  Battle for Dien Bien Phu (1986)  Bones of Turkana (2012) 
 
 
  Surviving Progress (2011)  A Girl and a Gun (2012)  Secrets of Stonehenge (2010)  The Jewish People: A Story of Survival (2008)  Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009) 
  Surviving Progress (2011)  A Girl and a Gun (2012)  Secrets of Stonehenge (2010)  The Jewish People: A Story of Survival (2008)  Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009) 
 
 
  Everybody Knows...Elizabeth Murray (2016)  Iraq: The Cradle of Civilization (1991)  Tapped (2009)  A Fierce Green Fire (2012)  Censored Voices (2015) 
  Everybody Knows...Elizabeth Murray (2016)  Iraq: The Cradle of Civilization (1991)  Tapped (2009)  A Fierce Green Fire (2012)  Censored Voices (2015) 
 
 
  Teenage Paparazzo (2010)  Sext Up Kids (2012)  Marina Abramovic the Artist Is Present (2012)  Payback (2012)  56 and Up (2012) 
  Teenage Paparazzo (2010)  Sext Up Kids (2012)  Marina Abramovic the Artist Is Present (2012)  Payback (2012)  56 and Up (2012) 
 
 
  Particle Fever (2014)  Chimpanzee 2012 Guide for Educators          
  Particle Fever (2014)  Chimpanzee (2012)          
 
 
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