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LitFlix July 2023

The resources in this collection can help support your study of the literature and films featured in season 2 of UEN LitFlix.

Month: July 2023

Films/Books:

  • July 7 – Anna Karenina (1948) Vivien Leigh stars as a married woman who is caught between a cold husband and a persistent lover. From Leo Tolstoy’s novel.
  • July 14 – The Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) A sea captain is caught in the schemes of a greedy pair in antebellum New Orleans. Based on “Fabulous Ann Madlock” by Robert T. Shannon.
  • July 21 – The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) An injured hunter discovers that his second love may be truer than his first. From Ernest Hemingway’s short story.
  • July 28 – They Came From Beyond Space (1967) A scientist races to defeat aliens determined to enslave the human race. Based on “The Gods Hate Kansas” by Joseph Millard.
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Art Connection: Abandoned
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Finding beauty in discarded items, artist Ramona Audley, transforms lost works into fun, whimsical sculptures that are pure fun. Photographer Kirk Gittings finds the greatest sense of presence in abandoned and unpopulated places. We visit the “Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. And we visit a dance studio that’s teaching students the art of hip hop.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Music
Visual Art
Provider:
Utah Education Network
Provider Set:
Art Connection
Author:
Utah Education Network
Date Added:
10/20/2010
CS Fundamentals 8.25: Alien Dance Party
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This lesson features Sprite Lab, a platform where students can create their own alien dance party with interactions between characters and user input. Students will work with events to create game controls.

Subject:
Computer Science
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Code.org
Provider Set:
CS Fundamentals 2019-2205
Date Added:
11/06/2019
Design Your Alien
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Review the environmental factors that make the Earth habitable and compare them to other worlds within our Solar System. Use creative thinking to design an alien life form suited for specific environmental conditions on an extra-terrestrial world within our Solar System.

Subject:
Astronomy
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Game
Provider:
International Astronomical Union
Provider Set:
astroEDU
Author:
Sarah Roberts
Date Added:
12/10/2020
The Growing Crisis of Sectionalism in Antebellum America: A House Dividing
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In this unit, students will trace the development of sectionalism in the United States as it was driven by the growing dependence upon, and defense of, black slavery in the southern states.

Subject:
History
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEments
Date Added:
11/06/2019
The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad
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Students analyze archival material such as photos, documents, and posters, to understand the who was involved in constructing, and the lasting phenomenon of, the Transcontinental Railroad.

Subject:
History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEments
Date Added:
11/06/2019
Physics of Rock Climbing
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SP.255 is a lecture, discussion, and project based seminar about the physics of rock climbing. Participants are first exposed to the unsolved problems in the climbing community that could be answered by research and then asked to solve a small part of one of these problems. The seminar provides an introduction to engineering problems, an opportunity to practice communication skills, and a brief stab at doing some research. This seminar explicitly does not include climbing instruction nor is climbing/mountaineering experience a prerequisite.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
High School Highlights
Author:
David Custer
Date Added:
11/08/2019
Three Shots: Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams
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In this lesson, students study issues related to independence and notions of manliness in Ernest Hemingway’s “Three Shots” as they conduct in-depth literary character analysis, consider the significance of environment to growing up and investigate Hemingway’s Nobel Prize-winning, unique prose style. In addition, they will have the opportunity to write and revise a short story based on their own childhood experiences and together create a short story collection.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEments
Author:
Individual Authors
Date Added:
11/06/2019