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CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS
The following is a list of some of the books/works that would connect to the film Bowling for Columbine. This film could be used to enrich the following works and/or used to write a compare/contrast essay between the film and the work.
BOOKS
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Utopia by Thomas More
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner
- Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky
- A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan (Vietnam)
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
- Freedom Road by Howard Fast
- Downsize This! by Michael Moore
- Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation by Michael Moore
- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
FILMS OR TV
- Roger & Me (1989)
- "The Awful Truth" (Seasons I and II) TV Shows (1999-2000)
SONGS
- Imagine by John Lennon (Saved Fish CD, Parlophone, 1975)
- It Could Have Been Me by Holly Near (Journey CD, Redwood, 1983)
- Unite Children by The Children of Selma (Rainbow Sign CD, Rounder, 1992)
- The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen (The Ghost of Tom Joad CD, Columbia, 1995)
- Lives in the Balance by Jackson Browne (Lives in the Balance CD, Asylum, 1986)
- Wasteland of the Free by Iris DeMent (The Way I Should CD, Warner Brothers Records, 1996)
- My Hometown by Bruce Springsteen (Born in the USA CD, Columbia, 1984)
- United Minds by Arrested Development (Singalamaduni CD, Chrysalis, 1994)
CURRICULA RESOURCES
Rethinking Globalization-Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World, Edited by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson (A Rethinking Schools Publication.) www.rethinkingschools.org
Teaching for Change catalog: www.teachingforchange.org (A source of books, videos and posters for the classroom that promote social and economic justice through public education.)
Educators for Social Responsibility catalog: www.esrnational.org/ (Curricula, lessons and resources on topics including conflict resolution and social and emotional learning, character development and citizenship education.)
www.BowlingforColumbine.com and www.michaelmoore.com
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