My district purchases public performance rights to most films through some
company so I don't have to worry about breaking copyright laws. However, in
a departmentalized setting, it gets pretty crazy if everyone is showing
movies. I think our teachers realize that and many of them come up with
other fun things to do to tie into their curriculum.
One team uses the class novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and on the
last day of school before Christmas, they have various culuminating
activities in all of their classes. One of the favorites is to make candy of
course.
Another team had students creating their own gift bags in one class, making
no-bake cookies in another, and creating cards in the third classroom in
their team.
Alas, there was even one team of teachers that gave semester exams the last
day to 6th graders. They only had their Christmas Party in the last 40
minutes of the day.
So, yes, there were probably a few classes showing movies but I kept the
library open and my classes the last day were about copyright vs. public
domain. I read The Night Before Christmas by
Moore and then an adaptation by James Rice called Texas Night Before
Christmas.
Sandra Carswell, Librarian
Lovett Ledger Intermediate
Copperas Cove, TX 76525
sandracarswell@hotmail.com
sandraca@ccisd.com
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