Movies - They can introduce new topics or review familiar ones. Most obvious benefit of movies. In history class for example the teachers can use a film in the time period of that discussion to give the class a better understanding of how and what it was like back then. They can serve as a springboard for discussions and debates. After watching the documentary the teacher can ask the class to discuss, or write down what they saw, heard and learned about it. This can be a good way to get the class to think critically about that subject. This may be especially helpful if there is a controversail topic, allowing us to see both sides. This can help the teachers to learn what other student understanding or how they learn better. Students can or may gain a better understanding of the world around them. It can give them a glimpse into the past. This can help students develop communication skills. BY doing this students learn to express their ideas cleary and effectively. 

Books - Books help kids develop basic language skills and profoundly expand their vocabularies. They are interactive they demad that students think. Is a direct link to the ideas of the past. It shows reverience for the body of knowledge that existed in our world before we did. 

I think that movies help us get a better understanding because since the age of time we watched the world grow. We watch to learn things we didn't have books when Adam and Eve came into the world. They had to watch the things around them to find food and make shelter. Yet we use technlegy a lot in this day of age books still are very good to have around. 

“Benefits of Using Films for Education.” RedCarpetCrash.com, 18 November 2022, https://redcarpetcrash.com/benefits-of-using-films-for-education/. Accessed 4 November 2023.

“The Importance of Books in Education | Taking Joy.” Taking Joy, 31 July 2020, https://takingjoyblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/31/the-importance-of-books-in-education/. Accessed 7 November 2023.

“Why Do Kids Need Books?” The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance, https://thencbla.org/advocacy/why-do-kids-need-books/. Accessed 7 November 2023.

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Which one do you think helps you?

Why do you think that? 

Which one would you berfer for school? 

Would you what the school to go to?

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  • Movies can help me understand better. I will actually finish the movie and get the information. Id prefer movies. I would want the school to go to movies.

  • I feel like movies give you the information better and are easier to understand because you are being presented with the information and have to watch and listen carefully. I prefer movies over books because they are easier to understand.

  • I think books help you understand more because they have more information but I like movies more. 

  • I personally think I understand movies better than books because I find it easier to focus and more interesting. Im not a big reader unless its a topic im super interested in so if I had to pick between the two I would definently choose movies over books. 

  • I think movies help be better because it is more interesting and it is more easy to focus to. I prefer movies in school. It is more easy to remeber waht someone says in a movie than what someone says in a book.

  • I think books are better because books give you more information then the movies. I prefer movies for school because I remember better if they are movies instead of books.

  • In my opinion i understand movies better thank books, or it might just be me because i dont really like reading that much unless its a topic that really really interests me, or else i wont. I also think that movies take less time unlike books of course they take more time, but i like movies better.

  • I personally belive that movies help me understand the story or topic better than a book can. Personally books are boring to read and i dont retain any of the information from them. I wish the school would play more movies rather than books.

  • I personialy belive that even thuogh i am much more of a movie person books are a better option for students and eductional perpusos. You can read up and learn more from a book then a movie, I still belive movies are better though.

  • I find movies eassier to learn something about than books. I think this because I don't like books.

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