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Recommended
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Recommended
texts
 
TV networks
featuring docs
 
Docs recommended
for the K-12 classroom

Lesson plans

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websites

Resources for
acquiring docs
 
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Using Documentaries In The Classroom
Written by Frank Baker  ©2009

see also Scriptwriting In The Classroom;
Visual literacy; TV/Video Production


Recommended resources:
 
NEW:
10 Awesome Free Documentaries That You Can Watch Online

Elements of documentary film-making

Teacher guide to PBS "Documenting the Face of America'"

SnagFilms gives documentaries an online outlet

Using Documentary Film as An Introduction to Rhetoric

Looking at Ken Burns' THE WAR through a media literacy lens


Teaching Film and TV Documentary (BFI, 2007)

Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use


Making Television Matter: How Documentaries Can Engage and Mobilize Communities