Visual Media and Citizenship Education RESOURCE LIST

Mella Cusack Citizenship Studies Project

Trócaire/CDVEC Curriculum Development Unit

January 2009

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Visual media produced specifically for CSPE teachers/students Film Title Year Concept Availability 1. The Others 2006 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity Part of the On Track: Education for Reconciliation pack – has been sent to all schools. Extra copies available on request from the CDVEC Curriculum Development Unit: eva.hornung@cdu.cdvec.ie

1. Lets look at the Law 2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Law On request from The Courts Service: www.courts.ie

2. Dublin City Fair trade CSPE teachers pack

2007 Interdependence; Development On request from Fairtrade Ireland: fairtrade@dublincity.ie

3. The President of Ireland: Role and Functions

2007 Democracy; Law Has been sent to all schools.

4. 6 Steps: A Guide to CSPE Action Projects

2008 Relevant to all concepts but focusing on Development & Interdependence

Has been sent to all schools. Extra copies on request from the Citizenship Education Support Service: cspe@slss.ie

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100+ Visual Media Titles

Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 1. The Life of Emily Zola 1937 Law; Human Rights and Responsibilities 2. 12 Angry Men 1957 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Law

3. The Diary of Anne Frank

1959 Human Rights and Responsibility; Human Dignity

http://www.annefrank.com/

4. Inherit the Wind 1960 Law 5. Judgement at

Nuremberg 1961 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity

6. To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Law

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/mock/intro.html

7. Born Free 1966 Stewardship 8. China Syndrome 1979 Stewardship 9. Gandhi 1982 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity

10. Silkwood 1983 Stewardship 11. The Mission 1986 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Development

12. The Mosquito Coast 1986 Development 13. Cry Freedom 1987 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 14. Hiroshima Maiden 1988 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity

15. Gorillas in the Mist 1988 Stewardship 16. Mississippi Burning 1988 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Law http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/price&bowers/price&bowers.htm

17. My Left Foot 1989 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

http://www.irishfilm.ie/downloads/ifi_mlfoot_sg.pdf

18. A Dry White Season 1989 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

19. Europa! Europa! 1991 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

20. Sometimes in April 1991 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

http://www.hbo.com/films/sometimesinapril/synopsis/

21. A is for Autism 1992 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

22. Into the West 1992 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

23. In the Name of the Father

1993 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Law

24. Schindlers List 1993 Human Rights and Responsibility; Human Dignity

http://www.schindlerslist.com/main_loader.html

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 25. The Lion King 1994 Stewardship 26. The Shawshank

Redemption 1994 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Law

27. Lamerica (Italian film with English Subtitles)

1994 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Development; Interdependence

28. Beyond Ragoon 1995 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Democracy

29. The American President

1995 Stewardship

30. Ghosts of Mississippi 1996 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Law

31. Fly Away Home 1996 Stewardship 32. Amistad 1996 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Law http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/amistad/AMISTD.HTM

33. When We Were Kings 1996 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Development

34. City of God 1997 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

http://www.miramax.com/cityofgod/

35. Kundun 1997 Human Rights and Responsibility; Human Dignity

http://www.wpcmath.com/films/kundun/kundun2.html

36. Antz 1998 Stewardship

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 37. Life is Beautiful

(Italian film with English Subtitles)

1998 Human Rights and Responsibility; Human Dignity

38. The Insider 1999 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

http://video.movies.go.com/insider/index_flash.html

39. The Green Mile 1999 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Law

http://thegreenmile.warnerbros.com/

40. Erin Brockovich 2000 Stewardship www.erinbrockovich.com 41. Pay It Forward 2000 Human Rights and Responsibilities http://payitforward.warnerbros.com/Pay_It

_Forward/ 42. Ararat 2001 Human Rights and Responsibility; Human

Dignity http://www.miramax.com/ararat/

43. Winged Migration 2001 Stewardship http://www.sonyclassics.com/wingedmigration/home.html

44. Secret Ballot Iranian (English Subtitles)

2001 Democracy; Human Rights and Responsibilities

45. Bowling for Columbine 2002 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Law http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/ http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/library/teachers/pdf/complete.pdf

46. Whale Rider 2002 Stewardship http://iconmovies.co.uk/whalerider/ http://www.whaleriderthemovie.co.nz/education/wr_resource_kit.pdf

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 47. Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Development http://www.eniar.org/news/news-issues/rabbit.html http://www.humanrights.gov.au/info_for_teachers/rabbit_proof/teachingnotes.html

48. Discovering Dominga 2003 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Development

http://www2.facinghistory.org/Campus/reslib.nsf/llvideos/9aad7d05303c9f6385257181006d2a8d?OpenDocument http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/discoveringdominga/for.html http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/discoveringdominga/pdf/study_guide.pdf

49. Lost Boys of the Sudan

2003 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Development

http://www.lostboysfilm.com/ http://www.lostboysfilm.com/assets/LostBoys-EducationGuide.pdf http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/lostboysofsudan/ http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/lostboysofsudan/resources.html http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/lostboysofsudan/pdf/pov_lostchildhoods_guide.pdf

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 50. The Flute Player 2003 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Development http://www2.facinghistory.org/Campus/reslib.nsf/llvideos/d11fc667940897fd85257181006d2a89?OpenDocument http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/thefluteplayer/ http://www2.facinghistory.org/Campus/reslib.nsf/llvideos/d11fc667940897fd85257181006d2a89?OpenDocument

51. The Corporation 2003 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Development; Stewardship; Interdependence

http://www.thecorporation.com/ http://www.tvo.org/thecorporation/teacherResource.pdf

52. Goodbye Lenin! (German film with English Subtitles)

2003 Democracy http://www.cineschool.org/resources/GoodByeLenin!.pdf

53. The Control Room 2004 54. Paper Clips 2004 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity www.paperclipsmovie.com/

55. The Day After Tomorrow

2004 Stewardship www.thedayaftertomorrowmovie.com

56. Inside I’m Dancing 2004 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 57. Hotel Rwanda 2004 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Interdependence http://www.hotelrwanda.com/rwanda_brochuredivided.pdf www.hotelrwanda.com http://www.amnestyusa.org/education/pdf/rwanda_brochuredivided.pdf http://www.cineschool.org/resources/Hotel%20Rwanda.pdf

58. Crash 2004 Human Rights and Responsibility; Human Dignity

http://www.crashfilm.com/ http://www.cineschool.org/resources/Crash.pdf

59. Born into Brothels 2004 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

http://www.amnestyusa.org/education/pdf/bornintobrothelscurriculum.pdf

60. Mean Creek 2004 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

http://www.irishfilm.ie/downloads/meancreek.pdf

61. Fahrenheit 911 2004 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Democracy; Interdependence

http://www.cineschool.org/resources/Fahrenheit911.pdf http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/fahrenheit911/teachersguide/f911-teachersguide.pdf

62. Maria full of Grace 2004 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Interdependence

http://www.iconmovies.co.uk/mariafullofgrace/

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 63. Shooting Dogs 2005 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Interdependence

Sometimes in April 2005 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Interdependence

64. Pavee Lacken 2005 Human Rights and Responsibility; Human Dignity

65. March of the Penguins 2005 Stewardship http://wip.warnerbros.com/marchofthepenguins/

66. Sahara 2005 Stewardship www.saharamovie.com 67. The Interpreter 2005 Interdependence http://www.theinterpretermovie.com/ 68. Innocent Voices 2005 Human Rights and Responsibility; Human

Dignity http://www.innocentvoicesmovie.com/eng/HTML/home.html

69. Lord of War 2005 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Law

http://www.lordofwarthemovie.com/

70. The Constant Gardner 2005 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Development

http://www.theconstantgardener.com/ http://www.cineschool.org/resources/Constant%20Gardener.pdf

71. Tsotsi 2005 Human Dignity; Development http://www.tsotsi.com 72. I’m Still Here: Real

Diaries of Young People Who Lived through the Holocaust

2005 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

http://www.mtv.com/thinkmtv/discrimination/im_still_here/ http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/publications/im-still-here-real-diaries

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 73. An Inconvenient Truth 2006 Stewardship; Interdependence http://www.climatecrisis.net/

http://www.takepart.com/ait/studyguides.html

74. Children of Men 2006 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Law; Interdependence; Stewardship

www.childrenofmen.net http://www.cineschool.org/resources/ChildrenOfMen.pdf

75. Amazing Grace 2006 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Law

http://www.amnesty.ie/amnesty/live/irish/education/article.asp?id=7022&page=3376 http://www.cineschool.org/resources/AmazingGrace.pdf http://www.amazinggracethemovie.co.uk

76. Catch a Fire 2006 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity;

http://www.amnesty.ie/amnesty/live/irish/education/article.asp?id=7022&page=3376 http://www.cineschool.org/resources/CatchAFire.pdf

77. Road to Guantanamo 2006 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Law

78. Lord of the Rings Stewardship www.lordoftherings.net 79. The Lives of Others

(German film with English Subtitles)

2006 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Interdependence

http://www.sonyclassics.com/thelivesofothers/

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 80. 81. Fast Food Nation 2006 Stewardship 82. Black Gold 2006 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Development; Interdependence; Stewardship

http://www.blackgoldmovie.com/ http://www.blackgoldmovie.com/CoffeeCalculator/ http://www.cineschool.org/resources/BlackGold.pdf

83. Pan’s Labyrinth (Spanish film with English Subtitles)

2006 Human Rights and Responsibilities http://www.panslabyrinth.com/ http://www.cineschool.org/resources/PansLabyrinth.pdf

84. Last King of Scotland 2006 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Development

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/lastkingofscotland/ http://www.cineschool.org/resources/LastKingOfScotland.pdf

85. Who Killed the Electric Car?

2006 Stewardship http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/electric.html

86. A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

2006 Stewardship http://www.oilcrashmovie.com/ http://www.filmeducation.org/acrudeawakening/

87. A Mighty Heart 2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities http://www.amightyheartmovie.com

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 88. Apocalypto 2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Development www.apocalypto.movies.go.com

89. The Kite Runner 2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

www.kiterunnermovie.com / http://www.amnestyusa.org/education/pdf/kiterunnerhigh.pdf http://www.takepart.com/kiterunner/studyguides_kite.html

90. Blood Diamond 2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Development

http://blooddiamondmovie.warnerbros.com/ http://www.amnestyusa.org/Teaching_Guides/Blood_Diamond_Curriculum_Guide/page.do?id=1102105&n1=4&n2=79&n3=228 http://www.cineschool.org/resources/BloodDiamond.pdf

91. Shake Hands with the Devil

2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Interdependence; Development

http://www.whitepinepictures.com/dallairesite/shake_hands_with_the_devil_teaching_guide.pdf

92. Darfur Now 2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Interdependence; Development

http://www.takepart.com/darfurnow/reading_list.html http://www.takepart.com/darfurnow/studyguides_darfur.html http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/publications/schindlers-list

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 93. Angels in the Dust 2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Development; Stewardship http://www.takepart.com/angels/studyguides_angels.html

94. 500 Years Later 2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Development

http://www.500yearslater.com/

95. Taking Liberties 2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Democracy

http://www.noliberties.com/index.htm http://www.cineschool.org/resources/TakingLiberties.pdf

96. Michael Clayton 2007 Law http://www.michaelclayton.warnerbros.com 97. Ben X

(Belgian/Dutch film with English Subtitles)

2007 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

98. Please Vote for Me 2007 Democracy 99. The Boy in the

Stripped Pyjamas 2008 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity www.boyinthestrippedpyjamas.com ; http://www.boyinthestripedpajamas.com/BOYDiscussionGuide_Heartland[3].pdf

100. Wall-E 2008 Stewardship 101. Standard Operating

Procedure 2008 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity http://www.takepart.com/sop/movieconversation.html

102. The 11th Hour 2008 Stewardship http://11thhouraction.com/ http://11thhouraction.com/files/images/pdf/11th_Hour_Screening_Agenda_Final_5-2008.pdf

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Title Year CSPE Concept(s) Addressed Official Websites/Teaching Resources 103. Hunger 2008 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity; Law

104. Skin 2008 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity; Development

http://www.filmeducation.org/skin/

105. Die Welle (The Wave) Germany (English subtitles)

2008 Human Dignity; Democracy

106. Slumdog Millionaire 2009 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

Based on book by Vikas Swarup (2005) Q & A (London: Random House) – includes reader group guide

107. Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh

2009 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human Dignity

http://www.blessedisthematch.com/ http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/publications/blessed-is-the-match

108. Food INC 2009 Stewardship; Interdependence http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/index.php 109. The Soloist 2009 Human Rights and Responsibilities; Human

Dignity http://www.soloistmovie.com/ http://www.takepart.com/thesoloist/index.php

110. The Age of Stupid 2009 Stewardship; Interdependence http://www.ageofstupid.net/ 111. Home 2009 Stewardship; Interdependence http://www.home-2009.com

http://www.youtube.com/homeproject