Movies are a great way to study multiple intelligences.  Our personalities and intelligences are a combination of so many things.... all the intelligences, our nature and our nurture as well as our culture.  A screen writer may need to take just one aspect of their characters personality and exaggerate it to make the point or create a scene.  Movies gives us an opportunity to see one or only a few traits focused on and highlighted.

Please watch each movie. (PLEASE NOTE: Princess Bride is on the previous page..look for the previous button at the bottom of the page) If you know any students in the class, please feel free to meet as a small group to watch the clips together.  If you meet as a group, only one set of notes are required for the group.

 Use the following checklist or form to share your ideas of each clip.
  INTELLINGENCES IN LIFE…OR MOVIES

Please use this form to record your thoughts.

Feel free to adapt the form so that it makes sense to you!

Be sure to answer the first two questions for each movie. (required)  Share any insight into the other questions you may (or may not) have. (optional)

 

Same questions for every movie (copy and paste)

 

1. Title of movie:

1.     MI strength displayed:

2.     Why do you think so?

3.     What is the character supposed to be learning?

4.     What is the character really learning?

5.     Talk Technology (put your own thoughts here)

 Intended to be watched last.  Bill and Ted demonstate a unit project that incorporates all multiple intelligences and the time travel phone booth is clear use of technology!!!


Ted "Theodore" Logan and Bill S. Preston esquire won't graduate if they don't do well in their history presentation. This would be both bogus and uncool! A dude called Rufus comes from the future in a telephone box to help them, as their lives are apparently rather important to the future of mankind! They travel through time doing some interesting research for their history presentation, and generally being excellent to each other! Written by Colin Tinto <[email protected]>


Your capstone will be a collection of activities (unit plan) that involve technology to reach all intelligences in your classroom.

 The first clip is fairly easy.  I like the clear confusing in the male actors face as she explains her intelligence perfectly for her and Central Park to understand.  Why doesn't he get it??  All of New York seems to!!

A classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairytale princess who is sent to our world by an evil queen. Soon after her arrival, Princess Giselle begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer. Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?

 The movie details the experiences of "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, which lead him to write the children's classic. He got to know four children who have no fathers. Drawing from his time with the kids, he writes a story about children who don't want to grow up. Written by Jan Wilm

How does the main character attempt to encourage creativity in young Peter?

 The movie details the experiences of "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, which lead him to write the children's classic. He got to know four children who have no fathers. Drawing from his time with the kids, he writes a story about children who don't want to grow up. Written by Jan Wilm

Notice Peter involvement in the imagination compared to the other boys.  (Notice the shark or rather listen to the shark!  What fun!)

 An orphan girl, sent to an elderly brother and sister by mistake, charms her new home and community with her firey spirit and imagination.

Clearly Anne and Marilla have very different intelligence strengths.  How are they different?  How are they similar?