Scene from The Wizard of Oz (1939)

This is the scene where Dorothy meets the Scarecrow and they sing the song "If I Only Had a Brain." This song is seriously hilarious.

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Scene from the film "Thelma and Louise" (1991)

I wanted to teach a lesson about the idea of "friendship", and when I searched around, this film came up. The film is also touches on many other subjects and themes including standing up to (male) authority and (expected) societal roles of/attitudes toward women. Moreover, the cinematography of this particular clip is very well shot and is full of romantic (theory not love/lust etc.) icons (e.g. riding out into the vast, unknown frontier). Note that this scene includes strong, adult language and is perhaps not suitable for children.

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Scene from the film "The Pursuit of Happyness" (2006)

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Here's a good scene from the 2006 film, The Pursuit of Happyness, about the benefits of staying positive even when things aren't looking so good. Links to the video and lesson plan below.

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Lesson Plan

Lvl: Advanced
Subjects: Interviews; Dreams; Determination

Scenes from "Before Sunrise" (1995)

When it comes to films about conversation, it doesn't get much better than this. Richard Linklater's 1995 classic, Before Sunrise. Video clips and lesson plan below.

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Lesson plan

Lvl: Beginner
Subjects: Introductions; Love

Questions for the film "About Time" (2013)

I just recently watched this film and greatly enjoyed it. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I decided to show it to a class of my students for our final class on film. Here is a simple lesson plan with questions about the contents. Note that there are two video links: the first is for a preview of the film, and the second is a link to the full film on Google Play.

Video (preview)

Video (full on Google Play Store; 300¥ rental)

Lesson plan 

Review lesson 2

This is the second movie review lesson. It covers vocabulary, contents, and grammar from the movies Casablanca, E.T., West Side Story, and Blade Runner.

Lesson

Scenes from the film series "James Bond"

In honor of the newly released James Bond film Spectre, I thought I would do a lesson that introduced the series as a whole, along with some clips from particular films. I'll be honest, there are quite a few Bond films that I either haven't seen or don't fully remember. But many of the characters and character traits are now so ubiquitous that it likely doesn't matter - they will be recognizable anyway. Nevertheless, for those without even this or any knowledge of the Bond series and its legacies, a bit of introduction is necessary. Hopefully this lesson will help do the trick. 

Background lesson plan

Video clip 1: "Bond, James Bond" scene from Dr. No (1962)

Video clip 2: "Enjoy your flight" scene from Moonraker (1979)

Video clip 3: "Certain kind of woman" scene from Skyfall (2012)

Lesson plan