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STUDENT ACTIVITY BOOKLET
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Click on the chapters below that you wish to print. These documents require Adobe Acrobat (click here to download Acrobat Reader) Contents INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. What is a Movie? Reading, Writing, and Critical-Thinking Activities Reading Activity 1-1: “Appointment in Samarra”
Visual-Thinking Activity 1-2, Enrichment: Return to Samarra
Reading Activity 1-3: “Yankee Doodle” Ridicule
Reading Activity 1-4: The Panic
Creative Writing Activity 1-5: Create a Character Sketch
Group Activity 1-6: How the Story Unfolds
Writing Activity 1-7: Reflect and Connect
Writing Activity 1-8: Organizing Your Thoughts
Writing Activity 1-9: Reflection-Paper Checklist
Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizer 1-1: Two Ways to Read a Film
Graphic Organizer 1-2: Narrative Structure
Graphic Organizer 1-3: How do Filmmakers Create Symbols?
Graphic Organizer 1-4: What Is a Personal Response?
Graphic Organizer 1-5: What Is Reflective Writing?
Graphic Organizer 1-6: Personal-Response Questions
Graphic Organizer 1-7: What Is a Newsreel?
Graphic Organizer 1-8: How Film Becomes Damaged
Screening Sheets Screening Sheet 1-1: The Opening Sequence (Parts 1 and 2)
Screening Sheet 1-2: On the Train to Washington
Screening Sheet 1-3: Baskets of Lies
Screening Sheet 1-4: Researching Early Motion Pictures
Screening Sheet 1-5: Visual News
Chapter 2. The Filmmaking Process Reading, Writing, and Critical-Thinking Activities Reading Activity 2-1: Details, Details, Details
Reading Activity 2-2: Two Films of Frank Capra
Reading Activity 2-3: Screenplay Elements
Reading Activity 2-4: Factual Information – How a Bill Becomes a Law
Reading Activity 2-5: Fictional Conversation – How a Bill Almost Becomes a Law
Reading Activity 2-6: The Actor’s Toolbox
Reading and Listening Activity 2-7, Enrichment: An American Songbook
Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizer 2-1: What Happens During Pre-Production?
Graphic Organizer 2-2: What Happens During Production?
Graphic Organizer 2-3: What Happens During Post-Production?
Graphic Organizer 2-4: Putting It All Together – Three Stages of Production
Graphic Organizer 2-5: What is Production Design?
Graphic Organizer 2-6: What Does the Production Designer Do?
Graphic Organizer 2-7: What Is Cinematography?
Graphic Organizer 2-8: What Does the Cinematographer Do?
Graphic Organizer 2-9: What Is Film Editing?
Graphic Organizer 2-10: What Does the Film Editor Do?
Graphic Organizer 2-11: What Does the Music Director/Composer Do?
Screening Sheets Screening Sheet 2-1: Meet Frank Capra
Screening Sheet 2-2, Enrichment: Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Screening Sheet 2-3: Saunders Teaches Smith a Lesson
Screening Sheet 2-4: James Stewart as Jefferson Smith
Screening Sheet 2-5: Action-Reaction
Screening Sheet 2-6: Cuts and Splices
Screening Sheet 2-7: A Patriotic Montage
Screening Sheet 2-8, Enrichment: Ears and Eyes
Chapter 3. Film Language and Elements of Style Reading, Writing, and Critical-Thinking Activities Visual-Thinking Activity 3-1: Analyzing Composition
Visual-Thinking Activity 3-2: Shots and Significance
Reading Activity 3-3, Enrichment: The Tech in Technicolor
Reading Activity 3-4: Buzz, Buzz – Chatter, Chatter – WALLA, WALLA!
Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizer 3-1: Camera-to-Subject Distances
Graphic Organizer 3-2: Camera-to-Subject Angles
Graphic Organizer 3-3: What Is Light Intensity?
Graphic Organizer 3-4: Camera Movements
Graphic Organizer 3-5: Three Elements of Color
Graphic Organizer 3-6: Editing Decisions – Scene Transitions
Graphic Organizer 3-7: Point of View (POV)
Graphic Organizer 3-8: What Is Sound?
Graphic Organizer 3-9: Visible and Invisible Sounds
Graphic Organizer 3-10: Four Elements of Composition
Screening Sheets Screening Sheet 3-1, Enrichment: Communicating Without Words
Screening Sheet 3-2: Light and Shadow
Screening Sheet 3-3: Identifying Camera Movements
Screening Sheet 3-4, Enrichment: The Confrontation
Screening Sheet 3-5: Color in Motion
Screening Sheet 3-6, Enrichment: The Use of Technicolor in The River
Screening Sheet 3-7: Smith Comes Out Swinging
Screening Sheet 3-8: Scene Transitions
Screening Sheet 3-9: Identifying Point of View
Screening Sheet 3-10: Kids to the Rescue … Almost
Screening Sheet 3-11: Investigating Senator Smith
Screening Sheet 3-12: The Senator’s New Bill
Chapter 4. Historical and Cultural Contexts Reading, Writing, and Critical-Thinking Activities Visual-Thinking Activity 4-1, Enrichment: How to Read Depictions in Political Cartoons
Reading Activity 4-2: Interpreting Depictions
Reading Activity 4-3: The Press Backlash
Reading Activity 4-4: Letters of Protest
Reading Activity 4-5: Cheers Overseas
Reading Activity 4-6: Major Capra Makes a Documentary
Reading Activity 4-7: The Axis Powers in 1939
Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizer 4-1: That Was Then; This Is Now
Graphic Organizer 4-2: Depicting Characters in Films
Graphic Organizer 4-3: When History and Culture Meet
Graphic Organizer 4-4: Propaganda Strategies
Screening Sheets Screening Sheet 4-1: The Silver Knight
Screening Sheet 4-2: Boy Stuff v. The Taylor Machine
Screening Sheet 4-3: Visual Symbolism – Maps and Metaphors
Screening Sheet 4-4: The Axis Powers in 1939
Screening Sheet 4-5, Enrichment: Propaganda in Wartime
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