Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (TV - 1975) Video Guide | Valentine's Day Activity

Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (TV - 1975) Video Guide | Valentine’s Day Activity challenges students to connect with characters, compare and contrast characters and interpret symbolism. Learn from Lucy a little about the history of Valentine’s Day, explore how to handle expectations and Charlie Brown’s eternal optimism. Finally, discuss guidelines for dealing with expectations around Valentine’s Day and as bonus create a handmade card like Snoopy and Charlie Brown make.

Teacher’s Notes:

• This guide is intended to supplement Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (1975).
• Time stamps may be off by a few seconds, depending on what version of the movie you have. In this event, please use the worded time stamps to help decide when to pause the movie.

This resource consists of 7 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 (3 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 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 are not reading they are asked to perform the same cognitive functions on the content that they consumed from the movie.

**Distance Learning Tips:

• Distribute the Google Slides version to each student
• Use the screen sharing tool on your group call software to play the movie
• Pause the movie at each question to give students time to write/discuss

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