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Into Film is an education organisation providing a unified UK-wide offer for learning through and about film. It is supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) through Lottery funding and its programme includes delivery of the BFI 5-19 education scheme. Into Film's resources range from film discussion guides, to curriculum linked worksheets, lesson plans and presentations. Our resources are tailored to fit the curriculum criteria of each nation, supporting learning outcomes.

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Into Film is an education organisation providing a unified UK-wide offer for learning through and about film. It is supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) through Lottery funding and its programme includes delivery of the BFI 5-19 education scheme. Into Film's resources range from film discussion guides, to curriculum linked worksheets, lesson plans and presentations. Our resources are tailored to fit the curriculum criteria of each nation, supporting learning outcomes.
Edward Scissorhands
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Edward Scissorhands

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Designed to be used with Edward Scissorhands, this resource, aimed at students aged 11-14, provides simple-to-use activities that are a fun way to start a film club. The activities allow learners to explore key themes of empathy, tolerance and respect for all, while developing their literacy skills.
Book to Film resource for clubs
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Book to Film resource for clubs

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This resource covers a range of films from Hugo and Coraline to Private Peaceful to explore popular book adaptations on film. It is the perfect way to kick-off or refresh your club with a range of exciting films and activities to aid discussion. For more information on starting an Into Film club, please visit www.intofilm.org/clubs
Roald Dahl Day assembly
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Roald Dahl Day assembly

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To celebrate Roald Dahl Day, Into Film has produced this assembly which looks at the author's birthday on 13th September and his beloved story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (voted by you as the number one fiction book all children should read before leaving Primary school!). The PowerPoint presentation contains teacher notes, embedded film clips, questions and stimulus for a whole school activity. More Roald Dahl on Film resources can be found at www.intofilm.org/roald-dahl To start your free Into Film Club visit www.intofilm.org/clubs Did you find this resource useful? Leaving a star rating will help other teachers to find it.
Book to Film and Back Again - A FILMCLUB Guide
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Book to Film and Back Again - A FILMCLUB Guide

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During National Storytelling Week explore some of the greatest stories in celebrated children’s books from the classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to the action-packed Stormbreaker. Directors have adapted novels into films and have made them more accessible to reluctant readers due to the all-inclusive nature of the medium of film. Supported by NAPE (nape.org.uk) & Scholastic Book Clubs (scholastic.co.uk) this resource is aimed at engaging KS2 children and especially reluctant readers to spark discussion é encourage them to read the original text for themselves. www.filmclub.org
Into Film Fairy Tales Resources for Key Stage 1
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Into Film Fairy Tales Resources for Key Stage 1

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Celebrating the ancient art of storytelling, and fairy tales that have inspired great films, these two new resources are designed to support literacy for Key Stage 1. Each features five films hand-picked by Into Film curators, accompanied by teachers’ notes, discussion questions, recommended activities and a worksheet which can be photocopied for use in class or a school film club. Start an Into Film club in your school to access the films included in this resource for free: www.filmclub.org and to go www.intofilm.org to find out more about the new charity (formally FILMCLUB and First Light)
HOME - Space Explorers
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HOME - Space Explorers

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To celebrate the cinema release of HOME on 20 March (also a solar eclipse), National Schools Partnership with Into Film bring you an exciting science and literacy resource for adventurers aged 7-11 ahead of British Science Week 2015 (13-22 March). 'Space Explorers' has everything you need to engage your pupils in learning about the solar system. Download the accompanying PowerPoints, exclusive videos and information about the exciting 'Space Stories' competition at the following link: http://nationalschoolspartnership.com/home_resources/
Reel to Real :Much Ado About Nothing
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Reel to Real :Much Ado About Nothing

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This resource was specifically created for our Reel to Real education project with the learning department of the V&A Museum. These film-focused activities are designed based on the 2013 adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing for use in English, drama and related subjects with students aged 11-18. It is particularly suitable for supporting the study of the play Much Ado About Nothing in English at Key Stage 3, GCSE and Third and Fourth levels with clear links to Assessment Objectives such as to ‘relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts’. This resource may also be used to support students approaching the play at Advanced level. It comprises of a set of comprehensive teachers’ notes with worksheets, and the accompanying Reel to Real: Much Ado About Nothing PowerPoint presentation includes clips from the film and exclusive interviews with the cast and crew of the film. Did you find this resource useful? Leaving a star rating can help other teachers to find it. Not yet Into Film? Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/17755
Dream Big with Snoopy and Friends
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Dream Big with Snoopy and Friends

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Dream Big with Snoopy and Friends is a curriculum-focused English and art resource for children aged 7 to 11. It has been developed by National Schools Partnership and Into Film to celebrate the cinema release of Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie on 21 December. Download the accompanying video, PowerPoint presentations, class poster and curriculum links from http://www.nationalschoolspartnership.com/snoopyresource/. Here teachers will also find details for a ‘Dream Big’ comic competition which challenges children to dream up their own comic strip featuring Snoopy and the Peanuts gang. Competition ends 15 January 2016. Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org Did you find this resource useful? Leaving a star rating can help others teachers to find it. This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18592
Spotlight on Music - Secondary
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Spotlight on Music - Secondary

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This resource contains adaptable activity ideas and outlines to support teaching and learning focussed on film score and soundtrack analysis, music appreciation and creating soundtracks for film and moving image. Activities focus on the examples of Meet Me in St Louis, 633 Squadron, Jaws, West Side Story and Fantasia. A supporting PowerPoint containing relevant film clips is available at www.intofilm.org/resources/68. Time codes are provided throughout, so that the resource can be used with your own copies of the films, and activities can easily be applied to films of your choice. Did you find this resource useful? Leaving a star rating can help other teachers to find it. Not yet Into Film? Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org
She's The Man - Film Guide
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She's The Man - Film Guide

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This American high school farce is based on Shakespeare’s gender- switching comedy, Twelfth Night. This one-page film guide is designed to support pre and post screening discussions around the film and Twelfth Night with accompanying teacher notes, which can help teachers build discussion around character, different genres and key message of the film . The film guide is suitable to use with students age 11+. Did you find this resource useful? Leaving a star rating can help other teachers to find it. Not yet Into Film? Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org
Malala Youth Voice
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Malala Youth Voice

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A resource produced in partnership with The National Schools Partnership and Fox Searchlight Pictures. This resource provides guidance and the tools students need to enter the Malala Youth Voice Filmmaking Competition, based on the new documentary film He Named Me Malala in cinemas on 6 November 2015. More resources to support an assembly and PSHE, Citizenship and English lessons are available at www.nationalschoolspartnership.com/malalayouthvoice.php. Through these resources students can explore Malala's story, the right to education and approaches to effective campaigning.
Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle - Secondary
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Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle - Secondary

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This Into Film resource, designed to be used across third and fourth level in Scotland, explores a range of issues and curriculum areas through the film, Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle. It has been created in partnership with Stòrlann Nàiseanta na Gàidhlig, the agency charged with co-ordinating the production and distribution of Gaelic educational resources throughout Scotland. These teachers' notes should be used in conjunction with the PowerPoint presentation found at http://www.intofilm.org/seachd-gaelic-resource. To find out more about Into Film and start a film club visit: www.intofilm.org.
Gnomeo and Juliet Film Guide
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Gnomeo and Juliet Film Guide

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This one-page film guide on the film Gnomeo and Juliet, an adaptation of the play Romeo and Juliet is designed to support pre- and post-screening discussions of character, Shakespeare and the nature of adaptation for use with primary school pupils aged 5 and over. It comprises of discussion questions and notes for teacher reference before encouraging young people to write their own reviews of the film, take part in extension activities and with suggestions for further viewing. The DVD is available to order for free on the Into Film website at www.intofilm.org Did you find this resource useful? Leaving a star rating can help other teachers to find it. Not yet Into Film? Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org
Romeo and Juliet (1996) Film Guide
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Romeo and Juliet (1996) Film Guide

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Loud, colourful, fast and frantic, this adaptation of Shakespeare’s tale of star crossed lovers is about as far from traditional theatre as you could imagine. Played by Leonardo Di Caprio and Clare Danes, the young couple at the centre of the story must still overcome their families’ bitter feuding in order to be together, but now they do so in violent Verona Beach, Florida, a place where swords have been replaced by guns, and where their soundtrack is blazing rock music. This one-page film guide is designed to support pre and post screening discussions around the film with accompanying teacher notes, which can help teachers build discussion around character, different genres and key message of the film . The film guide is suitable to use with students age 11+. This film is now free to stream at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/3127
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 19th Century Novels on Film
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 19th Century Novels on Film

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Into Film has partnered with the National Association for Teaching English (NATE) to produce a new resource centred around Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and the 1999 film adaptation starring Patrick Stewart as Ebeneezer Scrooge. The resource also contains generic teaching approaches that can be applied across all 19th century texts. Download the the accompanying PowerPoints on the Into Film website from this link www.intofilm.org/19th-century-novel Start a free film club and order the films to watch in your classroom today at www.intofilm.org/clubs.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Film Guide
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Film Guide

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A film guide that looks at The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), a coming-of-age story which beautifully captures the joys and heartbreaks of growing up. This guide is useful for exploring subjects including PSHE Education, Psychology and English in addition to highlighting topics surrounding mental health, friendships, growing up, books and plays, and school.
Black Star: Identity
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Black Star: Identity

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This resource for students aged 12 to 16 examines cultural identity and relationships on film as starting point for students to explore their own identity, how it is shaped and how they perceive themselves and others. It also explores a range of relationships including family and friendships, to consider how others influence them, and how they affect others through films ranging including Gone Too Far, Belle, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Girlhood. To download the Black Star: Identity PowerPoint presentation, please visit the Into Film website: https://www.intofilm.org/resources/1144 Black Star is the British Film Institute's autumn 2016 celebration of the range, versatility and power of black actors on film and TV taking place nationwide and we're delighted to be complementing their season with a programme of relevant films that resonate with our audience of 5-19 year olds. Embracing the BFI's direction of illuminating on-screen talent, the films selected for use in this resource feature contemporary British stars of black heritage as well as actors from the African diaspora and throughout film history that demonstrate a real range and depth of storytelling. For further information on the BFI Black Star season, please visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/black-star
Strange World: We are All Explorers
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Strange World: We are All Explorers

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Are your learners ready to discover the impossible? This resource, brought to you by Into Film and Disney to celebrate the upcoming release of the new animated adventure Strange World, will encourage learners to embody the attitude of an explorer as they are immersed in a whole new environment full of mystery and impossibility. The two lesson sequence encompasses geography, English, art and design and science with opportunities to develop creative writing skills, speaking and listening, mapping skills and identifying environmental features. The learning opportunities encourage pupils to imagine themselves as explorers of the fantastical setting of Disney’s Strange World and to document their exploration through maps, diary entries and observations of the unusual creatures that inhabit this place.
Puss in Boots: Venture Better Together
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Puss in Boots: Venture Better Together

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Once upon a time there was a cat with a sword, a hat, a pair of boots, and a thirst for adventure! This two-lesson sequence brings your class into the world of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish to explore aspects of creative storytelling and exciting characters. Are your learners ready for an epic adventure? The two-lesson sequence incorporates elements of the PHSE/RSE, English/ literacy, design and technology, and art and design curriculums. The learning opportunities encourage pupils to create their own stories, using the conventions of an adventure narrative; be a team player and identify and assess risk, challenging themselves to step out of their comfort zone in the process.
A Trip to the Moon - KS3 English
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A Trip to the Moon - KS3 English

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A lesson working with this classic eight minute sci-fi film as stimulus, to plan a persuasive marketing campaign and co-ordinate press coverage of space tourism. For more information about Into Film and help setting up your free Into Film club, visit www.intofilm.org