Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j534QMG16903; Fri, 3 Jun 2005 00:26:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 00:26:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s29fa308.011@BG_NW1.bosglazier.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Carole Bos" <cbos@bosglazier.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10910] ESL and Adult Ed: Summer Learning with Movies X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.2 Status: O Content-Length: 1136 Lines: 26 Summer is the time when movie studios release some of the year's significant motion pictures. Beginning with "Cinderella Man," students will have an opportunity to not only see a highly rated movie but to also learn about the Great Depression. Watching recent releases on video, as a class, is also a great way for adult and ESL students to learn. To help explain the historical background http://www.awesomestories.com/history/great_depression/great_depression_ch1.htm of fact-based movies, the NIFL-recommended, subscription-based AwesomeStories.com is an ad-free, on-line resource freely available to all teachers, classes, libraries and academic institutions. The site, which links to primary sources, creates an interactive learning environment http://www.awesomestories.com/sample_topics/teaching_movies.shtml which is particularly helpful for adults. Educators who would like unlimited, free access to the site's hundreds of stories and thousands of primary-source links can simply sign-up for academic membership at the AwesomeStories home page: http://www.awesomestories.com/ Carole Bos Editor, AwesomeStories
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