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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 24
   Cat on a Hot Tin Roof premiered in New York in 1955.
   Students are introduced to the characteristics of drama, read a chapter from a novel the class has read, and create a script from the chapter that they will present to the class.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 16
   The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929.
   Students make lists of their favorite and least favorite movies and brainstorm qualities that make a film good or bad. Next, students write a movie review for a film they have seen.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 6
   The Jazz Singer debuted on this day in 1927.
   Students think about the sound in a movie they have seen multiple times. Then students predict what sounds they expect to hear in a short scene from a film with the sound turned down.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 5
   Walt Disney was born in 1901.
   Students describe female characters in Disney films, discuss their characteristics, and write a thesis statement about them.