TABLE OF CONTENTS

 


Introduction
&
Questions


Audio clips


Transcripts


Background on
Sen. McCarthy


Reviews of the film


Have your students
write their own
film review

View the 
film's trailer

Educational
resources









 
 
 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good Night & Good Luck
A film study guide
and resources
for educators 


©2005 
Frank Baker,
media educator

Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965)
Edward R. Murrow
Bio

Recommended resources:

Good Night, and Good Luck Film Study Guide (RTNDA)

Teaching with Documents Lesson Plan:
Telegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman 

1954: Communist and Anti-Communist Propaganda (Lesson Plan)

How Fear Threatens Freedom, A Thematic Approach: 
From the Inquisition to the McCarthy Era



   Sept/Oct. 2005 issue


PBS episode on Murrow


Interview with Clooney



Texts/DVDS

 


Cold War, Cool Medium:
Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture
by Thomas Doherty


Read Chapter One



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