Guest: Heather Marshall is a 6th Grade teacher who would much rather create & share great lessons than garden, cook or knit. She shares her work http://twitter.com/MsMarshallCMS and www.middleschoolmind.com. Watch the highlights on YouTube: https://youtu.be/j0TJTJHYpPw or subscribe on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/short-films-teachers-love/id1086360297

Links to short films loved:
Bill Plympton: The Cow Who Wanted to be a Hamburger | https://youtu.be/TJ6Bvmdelpk (trailer), http://apple.co/2b3Mbe2 (buy)
Kondo & Tsutsumi: The Dam Keeper | https://youtu.be/mTd3J1GFC5M (trailer), http://apple.co/1vbW0iB (buy)
Enrico Casarosa: La Luna | https://youtu.be/10OVn8UT2bQ, http://apple.co/2b3N4Dl (buy HD)

Disclosure statement:
Heather Marshall does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this review, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their teaching positions listed.

Other notes from the show:
Ms Heather Marshall’s website with resources for English, History and Media Literacy:
http://www.middleschoolmind.com

“Guide to short films” (sorted by key teaching point)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nRhYoXcYOHrAzrLfMGO5hurU1lTtxPhKlNHXynCBI5Q/edit

Teacher-training presentation entitled “Movies are the new books”
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JU-Hz-Aulsd6Y39NTIqNoVDmDsiWaoIUMEhJS_vbvIs/edit#slide=id.g35f391192_00

Specific short film notes Heather has written for the three films selected for this episode:

The Cow Who Wanted to be a Hamburger notes (including the page discussed — “The Deathly Hallows of Persuasion in Advertising” (p.16)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xOc7awrk73otSE0T1_dupDNmuEkjxaIcYK4luwOZBng/edit#slide=id.g108c61cb70_0_4

The Dam Keeper notes
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YkBSrINHF22qq5ZVh4Y1E3asRRlsX2mGL0FKU8uSdf8/edit#slide=id.g11d3b1fec2_0_125

La Luna notes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pDIUGEV8IwyDl-oUvPJmf4nf41liUhJaovpT9CGF7KE/edit

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