American Picture Show:cultural Reader

Integrating reading and listening skills with cultural instruction, the units in this text are based on seven popular American movies: Witness, Coal, Miner's Daughter, Children of a Lesser God, The Milagro Beanfield War, Stand and Deliver, Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, and Kramer vs. Kramer.-- Cultural units are based on timeless American Studies topics: minorities, the family, the rural poor, and the disabled.-- Each movie is pre-taught via a short summary and reading passages excerpted from magazines and newspapers.-- Post-viewing activities include discussion questions, reading of reviews, and writing assignments based on the movie.Mejia, Elizabeth A. is the author of 'American Picture Show:cultural Reader' with ISBN 9780130296870 and ISBN 0130296872.