Silver Screens and Silver Linings: Using Theater to Explore Feelings and Issues.

Newton, Alan K.

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ERIC Number: EJ501383

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Silver Screens and Silver Linings: Using Theater to Explore Feelings and Issues.

Newton, Alan K.

Gifted Child Today Magazine, v18 n2 p14-19,43 Mar-Apr 1995

This paper discusses the use of bibliotherapy with gifted students and introduces "cinematherapy," the use of movies to help students explore important issues in their lives. Plot summaries, post-viewing discussion questions, and questions relating movies to gifted students' lives are presented for "Stand and Deliver" and "Wargames." A list of other recommended films is provided. (PB)

Descriptors: Audience Response, Bibliotherapy, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Films, Gifted, Instructional Films, Student Development, Therapy, Underachievement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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