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• "The Film Foundation has created this amazing vehicle; a course that gives our students a three dimensional education experience that is like no other, to transport them to infinite life learning possibilities and experiences."

  11th grade Communication Arts Teacher Cardinal Hayes High School | Bronx, NY

• "The Story of Movies remains one of the best instructional resources I have ever come across."

  8th grade Technology Teacher Camino Nuevo Charter Academy | Silverlake, CA

• "We are all very excited about this opportunity. Excited is really an understatement. This is a great way for our kids to get a very unique education in film studies."

  6th–7th grade Language Arts Teacher Home School Cooperative | O’Fallon, MO

• "The lesson plans are amazing. They are laid out so clearly that all I need to do is to follow the script. I really like what my students are learning with this curriculum. They are not reading a dry analysis of a variety of different movies."

  7th–8th grade Media Teacher Nibley Park School | Salt Lake City, UT

• "This was exciting and invigorating for me to teach and really got the kids thinking in profound and complex ways!"

  8th grade English and Drama Teacher Tapp Middle School | Powder Springs, GA

• "I've been using the Story of Movies for 4 years now. I first heard about the program when I brought up a Film Studies class as an ELA elective/intervention. We strive to teach Film Literacy for all our students, along with production."

  6th–8th grade Media Studies Teacher Morton Middle School | Fall River, MA

• "I love the program. I teach “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” to my 7th grade class and “To Kill A Mockingbird” to my 8th grade as part of Civics class. I integrate the curriculum so students learn to see parallels between disciplines and learning."

  6th–8th grade Social Studies Teacher Montessori at Roseborough | Mt. Dora, FL