Understanding Regarding Susan Sontag: The Art of Documentary
This handout investigates the making of Regarding Susan Sontag, and reflects on its critical reception.
FILM LESSON 1: HANDOUT 2
1 class period (45-60 min)
- 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
- Analysis
- Auditory analysis
- Compare and contrast
- Critical analysis
- Critical thinking
- Discussion
- Evaluating arguments
- Interpretation
- Media analysis
- Musical analysis
- Making inferences and drawing conclusions
- Summarizing
- Synthesis
- Visual analysis
- Visual art analysis
- ELA Reading: 1-3, 5-7
- ELA Speaking & Listening: 1-2
- ELA Language: 6
- HSS Reading: 1-2, 5-10
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- Reflection and concluding questions may also be assigned as short essays or response papers.