For High School Educators
World Cinema Day 2008 Discussion Guide Now Available!
We are pleased to announce that the discussion guide for Fermat's Room is now available! Click here to download it. Designed as a teacher's guide, the discussion guide offers pre- and post-viewing activities relevant to world languages, English, film studies, social studies and mathematics classes.
The discussion guide was written by Robin Worth, Katarzhna Beilin, Margaret Meyer, Wendy Johnson, Ken Ono, Dianna Murphy, and Sally Magnan. We would like to thank everyone involved in this inter-departmental effort!
April 4 Program
We are also pleased to announce an exciting lineup of speakers at World Cinema Day, including:
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Katarzhna Beilin, Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
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Juan Egea, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
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Ken Ono, Professor, Department of Mathematics
We look forward to a lively discussion at World Cinema Day!
General information
World Cinema Day promotes the understanding of world cultures by bringing quality international cinema to Wisconsin high school students and teachers.
Free admission and educational materials are available to registered high schools. This program is ideal for Social Studies, Language Arts, World History, Global Studies, Cinema, Media Literacy and World Languages classes.
The educational component of World Cinema Day includes print materials developed to supplement viewing of the film and made available to teachers, and a UW-Madison faculty led pre- and post-screening discussions.
World Cinema Day 2008: April 4, 2008
Featured film: Fermat's Room. Read more about Fermat's Room>.
If you have any questions about your school's participation in World Cinema Day, please contact:
Wendy Johnson, Outreach Coordinator
Ph: (608) 262-1473
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