This pack contains a 39 page PowerPoint presentation and a 16 page student booklet.
The lesson can be taught as one linear session, or split in to smaller, more manageable sessions. This lesson contains everything you need to prepare students for the contextual issues, and stylistic choices, that inform the film.
The lesson covers:
Look at past questions - looking for trends and recurring topics
Intro to film (basic production context info)
Del Toro - mini-auteur study and formation of his style / themes.
(Task - watch clips from some Del Toro films. Students to note down stylistic and thematic consistencies in his work)
Contextual Issues
What is Fascism?
History of Fascism in Europe
Franco’s Spain - rise of fascism in Spain.
Gender - how Franco’s fascist policies impacted women, minorities, non-Fascists in Spain (specific focus on women and how this informs the representation of gender in the film).
Role of the Catholic Church - links to Fascism and Franco
Additional research links
Pre-screening consolidation task - this can be re-visited AFTER the screening. Students can begin building contextual links to the film on their own/in groups before in-depth study begins with the teacher.
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