Dead Poets Society Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet (PG - 1989)

This Dead Poets Society Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet (PG - 1989) encourages students to think critically. Analyze Neil’s relationship with his father and discuss the possible causes of his suicide and who the school makes the ‘scapegoat’. Explore Mr. Keating’s teaching philosophy, how he inspires his students, and how he bring Todd out of his shell.

This resource consists of 15 high-level, short answer and essay questions that will do more than just ask your students to regurgitate information.

This product .zip file includes:

• A student movie guide, PDF print version (5 pages)
• A student movie guide, PDF digital fillable form version (5 pages)
  *An answer key is included with this movie guide, however many answers will vary as students are encouraged to construct their own meaning from the characters’ dialogue and behavior. See the preview for samples.
  *A Google Forms & Slides Version of the Movie Guide
  *CCSS alignment indicating standards met, PDF (1 page - see also preview image)
  **CCSS Note: I’ve taken the liberty of aligning certain reading standards with the act of consuming content via the movie instead. Although students aren’t reading they are asked to perform the same cognitive functions on the content that they consumed from the movie.

**Google Classroom Distance Learning Tips:

*Create an assignment using the Google Form
*Use the screen sharing tool on your conference calling software to play the movie
*Pause the movie at each question to give students time to write/discuss
*Make sure students input their name, so when you open your copy of the form, you can see each student’s individual response they submitted
*Note: If you are using the movie guide for multiple classes and want to separate responses by class, create multiple copies of the google form with file names such as [Title]MovieGuideClassPeriod[2] and then create assignments for each copy of the Google Form movie guide

Is this movie guide worth it? Download two of my movie guides for free below:

• Trolls World Tour (PG - 2020)
• Onward by Disney (PG - 2020)
• The Lightning Thief
• Kung Fu Panda 3