pitterpatter Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I have been totally striking out with searching the archives this week. I'm desperately trying to finish up my lesson plans for Early Modern Times. Looking for videos that are age-appropriate for a seven-year-old. I've already bought Liberty Kids and have India: Kingdom of the Tiger: IMAX in my Netflix queue. There's bound to be a good list somewhere. TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Y Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Do you know that the books Sign of the Beaver and Caddie Woodland have been made into movies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Y Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Also: search this site for ideas. The Schlessinger Media ones are particularly good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Y Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Also: guesthollow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 Both of those are very helpful Colleen OH...thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Below are some ideas, listed by historical time setting for the movie. The date in parenthesis is the year the movie was made, so you know which version I meant. I marked with ** those films to preview or research, as they are probably more about a 3rd/4th level and up. Also, if Christian-based is okay, then there is also the animated Hero Tales from Nest that are historical biographies; these fall in your time frame: Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightingale, Helen Keller, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Wright Brothers. 1850-1860 United States Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) -- rural South Moby Dick (1956) -- whaling Fort Apache (1948) -- Native Americans (cast as aggressors) / US Cavalry (cast as heroic defenders) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Civil War (U.S.) Friendly Persuasion (1956) The General (1926) -- silent comedy Little Women (1994) 1865-1880 United States An American Tail (1986) -- animated -- immigrants Fieval Goes West (1991) -- animated -- pioneers Our Hospitality (1923) -- silent Buster Keaton comedy, 1800s Hatfield/McCoy type of feud This is America Charlie Brown: Building of Transcontinental Railroad (1988) -- animated The Yearling (1946) Shane (1953) -- ranchers vs. farmers ** The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (1962) -- civilizing of the wild west ** How The West Was Won (1962) -- westward expansion, Gold Rush, Civil War, Transcontinental railroad ** I Will Fight No More Forever (1975) -- Native Americans flee forced Reservation life 1880-1900 United States Young Tom Edison (1940) Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) This is America Charlie Brown: Great Inventors (1988) -- animated The Gold Rush (1925) -- silent comedy -- 1899 Alaskan gold rush Life With Father (1947) Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) -- musical The Great Race (1965) -- comedy ** Newsies (1992) -- musical World Around the World in 80 Days (1956) My Fair Lady (1964) -- musical Anne of Green Gables (1985) A Little Princess (1986 TV mini-series -- OR -- 1995 movie) The Secret Garden (1993) Sherlock Holmes (1930s-40s -- Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce films) Marie Curie (1943) Swiss Family Robinson (1960 Disney) Call it Courage: Wonderful World of Disney episode (1973) Island of the Blue Dolphins (1963) 1900-1930 United States This is America Charlie Brown: The Wright Brothers (1988) -- animated This is America Charlie Brown: Music & Heroes of America (1988) -- animated Sherlock Jr. (1924) -- silent Buster Keaton comedy, 1920s culture Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) -- silent Buster Keaton comedy, 1920s culture College (1928) -- silent Buster Keaton comedy, 1920s culture The Freshman (1925) -- silent Harold Lloyd comedy, 1920s culture Safety Last (1923) -- silent Harold Lloyd comedy, 1920s culture The Kid (1921) -- silent Charlie Chaplin comedy, 1920s ghetto/immigrant Spirit of St. Louis (1957) -- Lindberg's transatlantic flight Houdini (1953) Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) -- 1912 Native American Olympic athlete Cheaper By the Dozen (1950) -- 1920s large family, small town misadventures Singing in the Rain (1955) -- comedy/musical -- 1928 switch from silent to sound movies Captains Courageous (1937) -- fisher life, early 20th century Edison the Man (1940) ** Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines (1965) -- early airplanes / pilots Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) -- musical -- songwriter George M. Cohen, 1900-1940 ** A Night to Remember (1958) -- 1912 sinking of the Titanic ** It's A Wonderful Life (1946) -- rural town, 1920s / Depression / WW2 ** Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) -- naive congressman / political process World Mary Poppins (1964) -- includes a little bit on suffragettes ** Chariots of Fire (1981) -- 1920 Olympic runner Eric Liddle ** Stanley and Livingstone (1939) ** Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) -- Gladys Alward, missionary to China WW1 Sergeant York (1941) The African Queen (1951) -- Africa, just at start of WW1 1930-1945 United States Pride of the Yankees (1942) -- Lou Gerhig biography Boys Town (1938) Black Stallion (1979) Sound of Music (1965) -- musical, just before 1938 Nazi invasions ** The Glen Miller Story (1954) Depression -- U.S. Kitt Kittredge (2008) -- girl who dreams of becoming a reporter Boys Town (1938) -- Depression era urban street kids Modern Times (1936) -- Charlie Chaplin silent comedy; factory work ** To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) --Depression, racism in the Deep South, coming of age ** The Grapes of Wrath (1940) -- Dust Bowl families try to find work in California WW2 Flying Tigers (1942) -- US airmen over China The Fighting Seabees (1944) -- US Navy in the Pacific ** Stalag 17 (1953) -- American POWs in German camp work on escape ** The Great Escape (1963) -- British POWs in German camp work on escape 1945-1970 United States Miracle on 34th Street (1947) -- post WW2 vet getting established as a lawyer ** The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) -- Civil Rights ** The Russians are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) -- comedy; Cold War ** October Sky (1999) -- teen boys launch early rockets 1970-2000 United States ** Apollo 13 (1995) -- manned flight World (modern cultural exposure, not tied to any historical events) Story of the Weeping Camel (2003) -- Mongolia Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005) -- Mongolia Born Free (1966) -- Africa Duma (2006) -- Africa My Neighbor Totoro (1988 -- animated) -- Japan ** Spirited Away (2001 -- animated) -- Japan The Little Travelers: Japan (2008) -- documentary for children Wave Rider (Maori) -- New Zealand The Rescuers Down Under (1990 -- animated) -- Australia Finding Nemo (2003 -- animated) -- Australia Horrible Histories are heavy on the potty humor and meant for upper elementary/middle school ages, and *may* be a possibility to keep the world wars from being so heavy: - Frightful First World War - Woeful Second World War Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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