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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 texts:
 

 
Documentaries: Teacher's Guide Documentaries: Classroom Resources Teaching Film And TV Documentary

Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction
The Shut Up and Shoot
Documentary Guide


Making Documentary Films
and Videos
Publisher: Holt
ISBN: 0-8050-8181-X


The Documentary Makers:
Interviews with 15
of the Best in the Business

Cover Image
Lies, Damn Lies
and Documentaries


This kit includes the following resources:
Framing Observations and Questions
Study Group Guidelines
NCTE Guideline: Multimodal Literacies A Notebook for Writers
The Mystery of Love (DVD)
The Mystery of Love Teaching Guide Professional Readings

The Art of
The Documentary
Creating History Documentaries:
A Step-By-Step Guide to Video Projects in the Classroom		 New Challenges for Documentary: Second Edition
New Documentary: A Critical Introduction


Reading in the Reel World: Teaching Documentaries and Other Nonfiction Texts
published by the National Council for Teachers of English

 

 

KNOW TV (documentary and non-fiction TV)
Documentary, a History of the Non-Fiction Film (2nd revised edition, 1993)
Documentary in American Television- Form, Function, Method (Communication Arts Books) (1979)