Suggested activities

In this section you will find educational activities relating to all the films and other moving image media discussed in the Commercial films, TV representations, Bollywood and bfi DVD of short films and film clips sections of this site. Detailed lesson plans (available to print out) for selected films have been tailored to the most relevant Key Stage (KS2, KS3 and KS4), but can readily be adapted for use with other age-groups.

No work on attitudes to disability in moving image media should be attempted without laying careful groundwork. Unless pupils have considered and discussed the reasons for prejudice and discrimination, the work in class will not achieve the desired outcomes. The Lessons to introduce disability equality in Introducing disability in class should be covered thoroughly before moving on to any of the activities relating to individual moving image texts.

For help with the techniques of teaching with moving image texts, see Teaching with film.