Motion pictures in education : a practical handbook for users of visual aids (c1923)

How to Use Films in 'Teaching 175 Southwest, another uses it for a civic lesson, each making out his own list of questions to be used in the discussion and application of the film to the lesson and to every-day life. Since the film is to be shown to the pupils of several grades it is decided to project it in the auditorium during the study period. Each teacher prepares his class for the film in his own classroom on the day before the showing. In one room a talk on National Forests, with maps of the 181 National Forests in the United States, is made. In another, a lecture on forestry and forest preserva tion is given. A lesson on birds and bird protection is held in another grade. Elementary geology and different rock formations form the preliminary prep aration for the film showing in still another classroom. In order adequately to prepare the pupils for such a film the teachers find that preparation on their own part is necessary. Film lessons usually mean more rather than less work for the teacher, but the film usually arouses the interest of teacher as well as pupil and their desire to learn more about the subject of the film. The teachers, at an after-school film-showing, discuss their plans and decide on a fifteen minutes' gen eral discussion in the auditorium following the show ing. A general discussion on civics, nature study, forestry and geography, with a written review on the specialized subject, is held in their respective classrooms the following day. The film is shown, as planned, to a large group of students previously prepared. One teacher keeps order while another conducts the general discussion. The one film has been made to serve a variety of purposes. Though not made primarily for classroom work and