Step-by-step
- Pick a Movie-Ed Guide for a specific movie
- Buy the guide
- Optional: Watch the movie (you'll have to buy it, rent it, or watch a broadcast; we don't sell movies)
- Flip to the topic(s) of interest in the guide
- Select a question or exercise
- Satisfy your curiosity!
Start now by choosing a Movie-Ed Guides from our Guide List or read on to learn more.
Using a Guide Booklet
Movie-Ed Guide booklets stimulate your curiosity while enhancing your enjoyment of a movie. They contain questions, exercises, and references — not about the movie, how it was made, the music, etc., but about something you see or hear in the movie. (We do not provide the movies themselves. And you can enjoy a Movie-Ed Guide without even seeing the movie!) The questions are often offbeat and not necessarily something you'd readily associate with the movie. After exploring answers, you'll find you have a broader understanding for your next viewing of the movie, an understanding you can apply to other aspects of your life as well.
Each guide is divided into topics (see list of topics below). You can choose a single topic to focus on, or go through all the topics in the guide in any order you desire. Each topic stands on its own.
Most of the questions in a guide have no "right" answer. Discovering the answers increases your research skills, critical thinking capabilities, and helps you define or reinforce your values. In a homeschooling situation or when using the guide with others, you can crystallize your thinking through discussion, reading, and writing exercises.
Getting Started
To get you started as you explore the guide topics, we provide Web references along with a brief description of what's in the guide. Some of the references listed are commercial and a reference link does not imply endorsement.
You'll get the most out of a guide if you view the movie just before using it. You can reinforce your new knowledge by viewing the movie again after using the guide.
To give you a better understanding of what you'll get when you buy a Movie-Ed Guide, view one or more sample questions and exercises by choosing one of the topic areas below or going to the Samples page.
Now that you're familiar with the concept, proceed to the Guide List to choose a specific Movie-Ed Guide.