All The President's Men Movie Guide | Reporting | Journalism (PG - 1976)

All The President’s Men Movie Guide | Reporting | Journalism (PG - 1976) challenges students to digest and comprehend the many complexities of the Watergate scandal as investigative reporters Woodward and Bernstein team up. Compare and contrast the strategies they use while questioning their sources. Evaluate Ben Bradlee’s decisions to print, or not print, their stories. Conduct further research on the headlines that resulted from their story and finally, imagine how this story would be handled by today’s media and how the public would receive it in this present moment in time.

Teacher’s Note: This movie is rated PG but teacher’s should check out a parents guide for this movie, for example the one on IMDb’s website before determining if this movie is suitable for your class as there are many instances of foul language.

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)
  *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
  *A generic, editable movie guide permission slip
  *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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