Schools Aren’t Giving California Kids Enough Screen Time
Movies Like Citizen Kane, Vertigo, and The Joy Luck Club Will Teach Students More About Modern State History Than Textbooks Ever Could
California teachers, you should be showing your students more movies.
And not for babysitting purposes, or to fill holes in your lesson plan. As our state considers new frameworks for the history and social science taught in each grade, now is the time to incorporate that signature California art—film— into classes at every grade level. And the most important movies should be placed at the center of our efforts to teach history—especially the history of California.
Have a problem with that? Well, I suppose I could quote a former mayor of …
