History |
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The
Greatest Films |
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Classic
Films, Film Genres, Film
Noir, Movie Quotations,
Reviews, Academy Awards,
Posters, and Movie History.
Very rich site. |
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Genre |
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Main
Film Genres |
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Genres
defined and
illustrated,
pictures of video
covers, with
deep links to
well-informed
reviews and
scene-by-scene
descriptions.
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British
Film Institute (BFI) |
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Study
guides of key
writings in books,
newspapers and
periodicals,
with brief
annotations.
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Study
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Film
Education |
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Study
guides on key
films and film
techniques, plus
recommendations
for books and
videos.
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British
Film Institute |
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Free
resources, study
guides, and teaching
notes, with suggestions
for coursework
essays.
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Comics
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British
Library Collection |
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History
of British comics,
with some good
illustrations.
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Comics.com |
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Great
collection of
cartoon strips
from newspapers
- mainly American.
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Magazines
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Magazines |
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Worksheets,
lesson plans,
and tests related
to headlines,
editing, and
language. Check
out the other
Media and Non-fiction
links.
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Reading
magazines |
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Function
and style, covers
and contents,
advertising,
and activities
with tests.
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Newspapers
- History
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Guardian
Century |
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Major
events of the
past 100 years,
as reported by
the Guardian.
Text only: no
pictures.
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British
newspapers
since 1620 |
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Illustrated
list of British
newspapers 1620-2000.
Click on graphics
to enlarge them.
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Newspapers
- Tabloids
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Newspapers
- Broadsheets
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Television
- Soap Operas
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Soap
worksheets |
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Watching
and planning
a soap, word
games, drama
notes, an essay
plan, plus worksheets
on The
Truman Show.
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British
Soaps |
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Click
through to Brookside, Crossroads, Eastenders, Emmerdale, HollyOaks, Coronation
Street, Family
Affairs,
and The
Bill.
Lots of web links.
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Television
- News
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Radio
- History
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History
of Radio 4 |
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Notes
on radio history
1886-2000, with
focus on Radio
4 - plus audio
recordings, slide
shows, behind
the scenes notes,
and web links.
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Transcript
of famous War
of the Worlds programme |
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On
Halloween 1938,
Orson Welles
broadcast a report
of an invasion
from Mars - which
people believed
was really true.
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Radio
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Propaganda
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Propaganda
Posters |
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Study
notes and pictures
of propaganda
posters from
the First World
War.
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Propaganda
postcards |
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More
study notes and
illustrations
of postcards
from the First
World War. Click
the images to
enlarge them.
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Advertising
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Advertising |
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Lesson
notes on advertising
graphics and
language, with
good pictures,
and tests with
questions and
answers.
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More
about ads |
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Worksheets,
project notes,
prompt sheets,
lesson plans,
and sample advertising
campaign.
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