Handout 1

Introduction and Video: Regarding Susan Sontag

This handout introduces Regarding Susan Sontag and explores students’ understanding of documentary film and filmmaking.

FILM LESSON 1: HANDOUT 1

Time Required

1 class periods (45-60 min) + film screening (100 min)

Subject Areas

  • Art and Culture

Medium > Visual Arts
Subject Matter > Art History

  • History and Social Studies

Themes > Culture

  • Literature and Language Arts

Genre > Biography
Place > American
Place > Modern World

Student Skills

  • Analysis
  • Auditory analysis
  • Compare and contrast
  • Critical analysis
  • Critical thinking
  • Cultural analysis
  • Discussion
  • Interpretation
  • Media analysis
  • Musical analysis
  • Making inferences and drawing conclusions
  • Summarizing
  • Synthesis
  • Visual analysis
  • Visual art analysis
  • Writing skills

Common Core Standards

  • ELA Reading: 1, 3, 5-7
  • ELA Speaking & Listening: 1-2
  • HSS Reading: 1-2, 5, 7

CONTINUE THIS LESSON

Proceed to Handout 2

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Extended Learning

  • Reflection questions may also be assigned as short essays or response papers.