Guest Post: Journeys in Film We have compiled a small collection of films for you centered around one of our favorite themes: celebrating the importance of both educators and education. These global films bring world religions to life while providing a cross-cultural perspective on learning in different contexts. We recommend these films for your classroom […]
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Ten Documentary Films that Celebrate Women of Faith
Guest Post: Journeys in Film and Jennifer Fischer, Co-Founder, Think Ten Media Group Film offers an engaging way to bring the stories of notable women to your classroom, particularly during March, which is Women’s History Month. Documentaries take that one step further by focusing on real-life figures. The women in these films are young and […]
Exploring World Religions Through Art: Hands-on Activities for Students of All Ages
Guest Post: Jennifer Fischer, Co-Founder, Think Ten Media Group Religious literacy and cross-cultural understanding are intimately linked, which means educators have numerous, readily-available options when exploring world religions with their students. Stories, books, and films are routinely highlighted. For example, National Geographic’s The Story of God, with Morgan Freeman, is a documentary film series that […]
Teaching Religious Literacy with Films
Guest Post: Jennifer Fischer, Co-Founder, Think Ten Media Group Big Sonia follows the life of Sonia Warshawski, a Jewish teenager living in Poland when the German army invades in the 1930s. Her father and brother were shot, her sister disappeared; she and her mother became slave laborers and were finally deported to a death camp. […]