30+ Powerful Short Films that Teach Students About Ethics and Morality

In a previous blog post, we shared 30+ fantastic short films with ready-to-use lesson ideas. Since this post quickly became one of the most-read articles on our blog, we decided to create a brand-new collection of inspiring short films, once again accompanied by ready-made classroom activities.

All selected short films convey meaningful messages related to themes such as ethics, morality, inclusivity, and diversity. They offer students plenty of food for thought and create rich opportunities for classroom discussion. As a result, these films can be used in religion, philosophy, or citizenship lessons, as well as in language classes, where they support cross-curricular learning goals. Social-emotional learning (SEL) is also embedded in every short film and its accompanying lesson plan.

⚠️ Important, Always preview the full video before using it in class to ensure it is appropriate for your students’ age and context. Be mindful that topics such as disability, exclusion, identity, bullying, and violence can be sensitive for some learners.

All the digital exercises are free to use and created with BookWidgets. You’ll find the ready-to-use lesson plans for these short films in this group. You can create a free BookWidgets account (if you don’t have one already) and copy the widgets to your account, which will allow you to make some changes where necessary and receive your students' answers in your account. We'll explain how this works at the end of this blog post.

But first - drumroll please 🥁 -, BookWidgets proudly presents the selected short films, organized by theme. Click on a film title to read the synopsis and access the ready-to-use lesson ideas.

Engaging Short films about Disability and Inclusivity

• 🎁 The present
• 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏽 Louis' Shoes / Cuerdas
• 🦻🏻 When accessibility isn't prioritised
• ​​≠ Different
• 🏷 The labels we carry

Engaging Short films about Life Goals and a Positive Mindset

• 🪙 Coin operated / Alike / Happiness
• 🫂 Thai Good Stories / Ripple / Giving / Mr Indifferent / When nobody's watching

Engaging Short films about Relationships / Family / Friendship

• 🐊 Cocodrilo
• ☯️ Brothers
• 🧑‍🏫 Teach
• 🥳 Nelly's Story
• ❤️‍🩹 Le grand jeu / J’attendrai le suivant
• 🎭 Identity
• 🗣 The Power of words
• 📺 Jamais sans mon dentier
• 💵 A Moral Dilemma

Engaging Short films about Stereotypes

• 🍪 Snack Attack
• 🚌 Ausstieg Rechts
• 🚋 Schwarzfahrer
• 💭 Our Friend Martin
• 🆕 New boy

Engaging Short films about The impact of technology on our lives

• 🛡 Cyberbullying
• 🤖 AVA
• 🥳 Nelly's Story
• 🤳🏼 Are you living an insta lie? / A social life / Percentage of life

Engaging Short films about War & Violence

• 🧮 Two & two
• 🥷 Versus
• 🆕 New boy

Engaging Short films about Disability and Inclusivity

Teaching students about disability and inclusivity is essential for building empathy, understanding, and respectful classroom communities. The engaging short films in this section explore what it means to live with a disability, to feel different, and to navigate school and society in environments that are not always inclusive. Through powerful storytelling and relatable characters, these films invite students to reflect on accessibility, inclusion, bias, and the emotional impact of exclusion.

These short films about disability work particularly well in citizenship education, social-emotional learning (SEL), religion, philosophy, and language classes. They encourage meaningful discussions about diversity, equality, and belonging, while helping students develop empathy and critical thinking skills. With ready-to-use lesson activities, teachers can easily turn each film into a rich learning experience that supports inclusive education and cross-curricular goals.

The Present

🎬 Producer: Jacob Frey

🗣 Language: English (subtitles in other languages available)

🎲 Topics: video games, living with a disability, pets

🍿 Synopsis: A boy is playing a video game when his mother gives him a present… a puppy! But the puppy is missing one leg and the boy doesn’t seem to be interested in it anymore. The puppy then starts playing by itself and it doesn't take long before the boy gets infected by its joyful enthusiasm. When he decides to go outside with the puppy, it turns out the boy is also missing a leg.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: The main theme of the story is living with a disability, but The Present could also be used to introduce topics like video games, pets, free time … with elementary school students. Besides, you could ask your students to analyze the emotions of the different characters (the mother, the boy, and the dog).

💡 This Short film activity is also available in German 🇩🇪, French 🇫🇷.

Louis' Shoes / Cuerdas

🎬 Producer: Théo Jamin, Jean-Géraud Blanc, Kayu Leung, Marion Philippe / Pedro Solís Gracía

🗣 Language: French (with English subtitles) / Spanish (with subtitles in multiple languages)

🎲 Topics: school, inclusivity, autism, physical and intellectual disability

🍿 Synopsis: These two short films show that a school is not an easy setting for students who are different.

In Louis' Shoes, a boy named Louis has to introduce himself to his classmates in his new school. He gives viewers an insight into his life and the additional challenges for students with autism.

Cuerdas is about a student with a disability who enters a new school. He is viewed strangely by most of his classmates, but there is one girl who thinks otherwise and involves him in all activities.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: In our society, students are often expected to achieve the same goals. Yet everyone is different, so this is not always realistic. Therefore, it is important to engage in conversation about inclusivity to have students understand classmates' and other people's thoughts and actions.

💡 This Short film activity is also available in German 🇩🇪.

When accessibility isn't prioritised (2024) 🆕

🎬 Producer: BBC

🗣 Language: English & Sign language

🎲 Topics: disability, deafness, accessibility, inclusion, education, school

🍿 Synopsis: A deaf student struggles to follow a lesson without proper support, revealing the emotional toll of being excluded in a mainstream classroom. When Accessibility Isn’t Prioritised is a powerful short film that highlights the importance of communication, inclusion, and the right to learn in an environment that truly supports every student.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea:

Different

🎬 Producer: Tahneek Rahman

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: disability, being different

🍿 Synopsis: A girl who is deaf encounters a boy who is paralyzed from the waist down, but neither of them know about each other's differences.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Using the video quiz below, have your middle school students reflect on how it feels to be "different" and what impact it has when those around you do not immediately realize these differences.

The labels we carry

🎬 Producer: BeecherFeature Productions

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: bullying, judging people

🍿 Synopsis: In "The labels we carry," we see a man where all the negative comments he receives literally stick to him. Needless to say, he doesn't walk around looking very happy, until one time, someone gives him a positive comment....

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: When teaching English, you could ask your middle school students to write down all the labels that show up and then have them search for the antonyms. This way they immediately learn a very extensive vocabulary for describing people. Another idea is to ask your students to read some of the YouTube comments for this short film and discuss them, before writing their own comments.

Engaging Short films about Life Goals and Mindset

Helping students reflect on life goals, mindset, and personal values is an important part of education in a fast-paced, performance-driven society. The short films in this section explore themes such as childhood dreams, happiness, success, money, and the so-called rat race, encouraging learners to think critically about what truly matters in life.

Through powerful animated storytelling and thought-provoking narratives, these short films about life goals and mindset invite students to examine ambition, perseverance, creativity, and the impact of social pressure. They offer strong entry points for classroom discussions about motivation, fulfillment, empathy, and ethical decision-making. Because many of these short-films are are non-verbal or highly accessible, they can easily be used across different age groups and in a wide range of subjects. These short films work particularly well in social-emotional learning (SEL), citizenship education, philosophy, religion, and language classes.

Coin Operated (2017) / Alike (2016) / Happiness (2017)

🎬 Director/Producer: Nicholas Arioli & Jennifer Dahlman / Daniel Martínez Lara & Rafa Cano Méndez / Steve Cutts

🗣 Language: None

🎲 Topics: childhood dreams, life goals, money, capitalism, the rat race

🍿 Synopsis: Childhood dreams and the brevity of life may sound like heavy topics, but they are presented in a very approachable manner in Coin Operated. The story starts with a boy who has the dream to travel in space. He overcomes a first disappointment when a rocket kiddie ride doesn’t help him to reach his goal. He then decides to start selling lemonade to make enough money to get into space one day. Will he eventually get there? Watch the short film to find out.

A different childhood dream is the main topic of Alike, where a father and son live a monotonous life. However, the kid's passion for music will eventually break the routine.

In Happiness, the spectator gets a much darker image of the quest for happiness and fulfillment. This engaging animated short film shows the rat race we're all living and leaves no one unmoved.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: There are quite a few interesting YouTube comments about Coin Operated, Happiness and Alike, so it's a nice idea to ask your students to read some of the comments and discuss them, before writing their own comments. Another idea could be to ask students to compare the three short films since they address the same topics but differently.

💡 This Short film activity is also available in German 🇩🇪, Spanish 🇪🇸, French 🇫🇷, and Dutch 🇳🇱.

💡 This Short film activity is also available in German 🇩🇪, and Dutch 🇳🇱.

💡 This Short film activity is also available in German 🇩🇪.

Thai Good Stories / Ripple / Giving / Mr Indifferent / When nobody's watching

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: good deeds, caring, helping others

🍿 Synopsis: These five feel-good short films are all about helping or supporting fellow citizens, even though you may not know them and may not always get something in return. The five films deliver a beautiful message in an increasingly individualized society.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: The WebQuest below details 5 possible lesson ideas for middle school students: a character analysis, a comperative study, ethical dilemmas, a reflection journal, and a creative expression.

Engaging Short films about Relationships / Family / Friendship

Relationships play a central role in students’ lives. The engaging short films in this section explore family relationships, friendships, identity, morality, and human connection in all their complexity. From parent–child dynamics and teacher–student relationships to peer pressure, love, and moral dilemmas, these stories reflect situations students can easily recognize and relate to.

These short films about relationships, family, and friendship create powerful opportunities for classroom discussion and reflection. They encourage students to examine emotions, choices, communication, and values, while developing empathy and social awareness. Some films also address contemporary topics such as social media, influencers, stereotypes, and digital relationships, making them highly relevant to today’s learners. The films in this collection are well suited for social-emotional learning (SEL), citizenship education, religion, philosophy, and language classes.

Cocodrilo (2021)

🎬 Producer: Alejandro Bordanove

🗣 Language: Spanish (with English subs)

🎲 Topics: gaming, influencers, YouTube, parents-children relationships

🍿 Synopsis: A woman tunes in to a live Q&A from a YouTube streamer, VictorGaming. As the live broadcast unfolds, she faces a quiet but meaningful decision that could change everything. Cocodrilo is a tender and intimate short film that explores connection, digital presence, and the unspoken bonds that persist across distance and time—all in just five minutes, with subtlety and emotional depth.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: This short film lends itself perfectly to a class discussion about streamers and gaming, but especially about the bond between parents and their children (which is not always easy, especially with young people).

Brothers

🎬 Producer: Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah

🗣 Language: Arabic & Dutch (English subtitles)

🎲 Topics: religion, morality, drugs, violence

🍿 Synopsis: Brothers is a modern parable about two young persons from Brussels. Karim is exemplary and committed to the community, while Nassim goes down the bad path. Sometimes, however, things turn out differently than you might think.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Since this short film has scenes related to drugs and violence, it is only recommended for older students. The film ends with an open-ended question about what is good and what is bad, an ideal starter for a class discussion.

Teach (2015) 🆕

🎬 Producer: Skye Marcia

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: Education, stress, ideals, stereotypes

🍿 Synopsis: A new teacher steps into a challenging classroom with big dreams and even bigger ideals. As he tries to connect with his students and prove himself, he quickly discovers that good intentions aren’t always enough. Teach is a sharp, satirical short film that explores the complexities of education, privilege, and the gap between ambition and reality—with humor, heart, and a critical eye.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Teach is a great short film to watch with students at the start of the school year. It opens up discussion about expectations between teachers and students, and serves as a light but meaningful introduction to topics like stereotypes and teacher-student relationships.

Nelly's Story (2024) 🆕

🎬 Producer: Sarah Mathis, Julie Stempelová

🗣 Language: German (with English subtitles)

🎲 Topics: Social media, influencers, parents-children relationships, control, authenticity, emotions, conflict, SEL

🍿 Synopsis: On her ninth birthday, Nelly rebels against her mother’s carefully curated social media image by locking her out of the house and taking over her account. As Nelly shares raw, unfiltered videos, the cracks in their “perfect” family life begin to show. Nelly Story is a gripping short film about control, authenticity, and the emotional cost of appearances—told through a child’s quiet but powerful act of resistance.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Use our ready-made video quiz with your students. Ideal for ESL classes right before the Christmas season!

Le grand jeu (2008) / J’attendrai le suivant (2002)

🎬 Producer: Yannick Pecherand / Philippe Orreindy

🗣 Language: French

🎲 Topics: Love, Public transport

🍿 Synopsis: French is often considered as the language of love and these two short films are about very romantic love stories… but if you’re expecting a happy ending, you might get disappointed. If you like dark humor though, you’ll love both of them.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Both short films are great for French teachers who like to work on listening comprehension. You could also work the different future tenses by pausing the video several times and ask the students what they’re expecting to happen next.

Identity

🎬 Producer: KJ Adames & Stella Davis

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: identity, masking, conforming

🍿 Synopsis: In a school where students conceal their true selves behind masks, a girls confronts a liberating truth that sets her free.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: This short film has a story with a lot of depth and different meanings. A thorough analysis of the film and its references (e.g., Plato's Allegory of the Cave) is a very valuable activity. Of course, you can also discuss with your high school students in what ways the masking of the film is recognizable to them.

The Power of Words

🎬 Producer: Andrew Cadelago

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: handicap, beggers, words

🍿 Synopsis: When an unknown woman adjusts the text on a blind beggar's sign, he suddenly receives much more money from passersby. However, the woman claims that she wrote the same text, only worded differently. Do you have any idea what she wrote?

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: You can have your high school students engage in a class discussion about beggars and the homeless, but the real message of this short film is about the power of the right words. In the ready-to-use short film lesson plan below, students discover several examples of sentences where wording has a big impact on how the message comes across.

Jamais sans mon dentier

🎬 Producers: Students from the bachelor 3D Art Animation program at Bellecour École

🗣 Language: None

🎲 Topics: Cooperation, Elderly people, Rebellion

🍿 Synopsis: Four retirement home reseidents want to watch their favorite series Never without my denture, but the remote control is taken away. As a result, they team up to get their remote back.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: This light-hearted short film is an ideal introduction to get middle school students thinking about their own lives and how they would see themselves when they are elderly. Consequently, this assignment fits perfectly into life skills classes. Besides, this short film can also be used as an introduction to group work since it shows the importance of setting goals, collaborating, and possible failure.

💡 This Short film activity is also available in German 🇩🇪.

A Moral Dilemma

🎬 Producer: Marcus Marinos

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: Moral dilemmas, honesty, friendship

🍿 Synopsis: What would you do if you found a wallet with cash money on the street? Can you think of a reason not to return it to its owner? The main character of this short film does.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Conduct a class discussion with your high school students about moral dilemmas. For example, ask them if they themselves have faced such choices like the main character in the short film. The video quiz below contains questions for a class discussion about moral dilemmas. Another theme subtly addressed in this short film is that it is not easy to make new friends. This is also something you can brainstorm with your students about.

Engaging Short films about Stereotypes

Stereotypes influence how students see others, and themselves, often without them realizing it. The short films in this section help learners recognize, question, and challenge stereotypes related to age, race, culture, and social identity. Through powerful storytelling and unexpected plot twists, these films make clear how quickly we judge others and how harmful those assumptions can be.

These engaging short films about stereotypes and racism are ideal for encouraging critical thinking, empathy, and open classroom dialogue. They address prejudice, discrimination, bystander behavior, and social injustice in accessible yet impactful ways. Several films highlight everyday situations, making the themes immediately relatable for students of different ages. The selected short films work particularly well in citizenship education, social-emotional learning (SEL), history, religion, philosophy, and language classes.

Snack Attack

🎬 Producer: Andrew Cadelago

🗣 Language: None

🎲 Topics: stereotypes, young vs old, politeness

🍿 Synopsis: If you like plot twists, you’ll love Snack Attack. An old lady sits on a bench in the train station, when suddenly the boy sitting next to her starts eating her cookies. As a spectator, you’ll quickly think the boy is extremely rude and has no respect for elderly people, but things turn out a bit differently...

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: This short film is a great resource to introduce the danger of stereotypes and judging people too quickly with middle school students. You could start your lesson with pictures of an old lady and a young punk-style boy and ask your students to tell the first things that come to their minds when seeing these pictures. Write them down on the blackboard before watching Snack Attack. It is a good idea to pause the short film a couple of times and ask your students what they think will happen, like in the digital short film activity you can find below.

💡 This Short film activity is also available in German 🇩🇪, Spanish 🇪🇸, French 🇫🇷, and Dutch 🇳🇱.

Ausstieg Rechts (Exit right) (2015) 🆕

🎬 Producer: Rupert Höller

🗣 Language: German (with English subtitles)

🎲 Topics: Racism, Stereotypes, Public Transportation

🍿 Synopsis: On a crowded bus, a Black man faces unjust racial abuse while fellow passengers remain silent. Only one person chooses to act. Exit Right is a powerful and concise short film that confronts everyday racism and the courage it takes to stand up against it, reminding viewers that silence can be complicity—and action can make all the difference.

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Schwarzfahrer (Black Rider) (1993) 🆕

🎬 Producer: Pepe Danquart

🗣 Language: German (with English subtitles)

🎲 Topics: Racism, Stereotypes, Public transportation

🍿 Synopsis: On a Berlin tram, a Black man silently endures a white woman’s relentless racist tirade, while other passengers look on in discomfort. When a ticket inspector boards, a clever act of resistance flips the power dynamic, exposing prejudice and hypocrisy in a single, striking moment. Schwarzfahrer is a sharp short film that challenges racism and complicity, using minimal dialogue to deliver a powerful message about justice and dignity.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Use our ready-made video quiz with your students. Ideal for ESL classes right before the Christmas season!

Our Friend Martin

🎬 Producer: Janice Sonski

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life, The Civil Rights Movement, Equality and Justice, Friendship

🍿 Synopsis: Although technically not a short film, we wanted to include "Our Friend, Martin" in this blog post since it's a very powerful and well-made animated movie for Primary School students. This video animated children's educational film delves into the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and the pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement. The narrative centers around two middle school friends who embark on a time-traveling journey, encountering Dr. King at significant junctures in his life.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: We've turned Our Friend, Martin into a video quiz for primary school students, click on the image below to open it. If you want to explore the film more after this video quiz, you can inspire lessons on character analysis, historical context, and teach about The Civil Rights Movement.

New boy

🎬 Producer: Tamara Anghie

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: racism, bulying, acceptance, violence

🍿 Synopsis: A young African boy, haunted by his past, begins his schooling in Ireland, where he swiftly learns the realities of being the new student.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: The short film in itself is extremely powerful, so simply watching this short film and discussing it with your high school students afterwards is definitely a very valuable activity. In the interactive lesson assignment below, there are also introductory questions provided and we suggest having students in groups each analyze a different character.

Engaging Short films about The impact of technology on our lives

Technology shapes how we communicate, learn, and interact every day. These short films explore its impact on social media, cyberbullying, artificial intelligence, and online identity, encouraging students to reflect critically on digital life.

Perfect for lessons in digital citizenship, ethics, and social-emotional learning (SEL), these videos spark discussion about the benefits and challenges of technology.

Cyberbullying

🎬 Producer: ESET

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: Cyberbullying, social media

🍿 Synopsis: Cyberbullying is a short film for elementary school children that shows how quickly a seemingly funny photo on social media can lead to cyberbullying.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Although they are not yet officially of the age allowed, many elementary school children are active on social media. This short film and accompanying questions in the video quiz helps to show and discuss the dangers of it.

AVA (2023) 🆕

🎬 Producer: Blake Ridder

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), technology, ethics, human vs. machine Intelligence

🍿 Synopsis: In a near-future world shaped by artificial intelligence, a creator confronts his own invention—AVA—an AI designed to optimize life. As their conversation deepens, questions of control, consciousness, and what it means to be human come to the surface. AVA is a thought-provoking short film that explores the fine line between assistance and autonomy, and the unpredictable consequences of creating intelligence that learns not just from data, but from us.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Looking for more lesson ideas to teach about AI? Check this blog post.

Nelly's Story (2024) 🆕

🎬 Producer: Sarah Mathis, Julie Stempelová

🗣 Language: German (with English subtitles)

🎲 Topics: Social media, influencers, parents-children relationships, control, authenticity, emotions, conflict, SEL

🍿 Synopsis: On her ninth birthday, Nelly rebels against her mother’s carefully curated social media image by locking her out of the house and taking over her account. As Nelly shares raw, unfiltered videos, the cracks in their “perfect” family life begin to show. Nelly Story is a gripping short film about control, authenticity, and the emotional cost of appearances—told through a child’s quiet but powerful act of resistance.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Use our ready-made video quiz with your students. Ideal for ESL classes right before the Christmas season!

Are you living an insta lie? (2017) / A social life (2016) / Percentage of life (2018)

🎬 Producer: Ditch the label / Kerith Lemon / Pascu Dragos

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: Social media

🍿 Synopsis: These three different short films are all about the impact of social media on young people’s lives. We see how they share beautiful or impressive pictures with their friends, but in reality, a lot of these things are made up. The three short films are great instruments to let your students reflect on the impact of social media on their daily lives.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: Since the three short films discuss the same subject and have a lot of similarities, it could be interesting to ask your students to analyze and compare them. Besides, they are a great way of starting a group discussion about a topic that concerns them all. To end this topic in a creative way, you could ask them to make their own “Instagram versus reality” picture or movie.

💡 This Short film activity is also available in German 🇩🇪.

Engaging Short films about War & Violence

These short films explore the impact of war, violence, and authority on individuals and society. From stories about obedience and resistance to powerful narratives on racism and violence, they encourage students to think critically about conflict, justice, and human behavior.

Ideal for lessons in history, ethics, social studies, and social-emotional learning (SEL), these films spark meaningful classroom discussions.

Two & Two (2011)

🎬 Producer: Babak Anvari

🗣 Language: Persian (with English subtitles)

🎲 Topics: Education, Fake news, Authority, Resistance

🍿 Synopsis: In “Two & two”, it’s the teacher who presents a false equation as truth. As students are pressured to conform, one voice dares to question the system. 2 + 2 is a powerful allegorical short film that explores obedience, resistance, and the cost of standing up for truth in a world where facts are dictated, not discovered.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: This activity encourages critical thinking about education, free speech, and the role of questioning in society. These short films can also be an introduction to 1984 by George Orwell.

Versus

🎬 Producer: François Caffiaux, Romain Noël, Thomas Salas

🗣 Language: None

🎲 Topics: war, sports

🍿 Synopsis: In the animated short film Versus, two samurai tribes (a red one and a blue one) try to conquer an island that lies right in the middle of their territory. They are very creative when it comes to finding new war techniques and even get inspired by different sport disciplines to beat the enemy. If you want to find out which tribe wins, you’ll have to watch the short film 'till the very end (there’s a last plot twist after the closing credits).

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: The short film Versus allows you to discuss a heavy topic such as war and its senselessness with younger students.

💡 This Short film activity is also available in German 🇩🇪, Spanish 🇪🇸, French 🇫🇷, and Dutch 🇳🇱.

New boy

🎬 Producer: Tamara Anghie

🗣 Language: English

🎲 Topics: racism, bulying, acceptance, violence

🍿 Synopsis: A young African boy, haunted by his past, begins his schooling in Ireland, where he swiftly learns the realities of being the new student.

👩‍🏫 Lesson idea: The short film in itself is extremely powerful, so simply watching this short film and discussing it with your high school students afterwards is definitely a very valuable activity. In the interactive lesson assignment below, there are also introductory questions provided and we suggest having students in groups each analyze a different character.

Instructions on how to use these digital short film lesson activities

Above, you can find the 30+ ready-to-use short film lesson activities by clicking on the image. You can use these lesson examples for free. Since they’re all made with BookWidgets, I’ve listed them in this BookWidgets group. Here’s what you need to do:

1. Click on this link. It will immediately bring you to the group with all of the short film activities. If you don’t have a BookWidgets account yet, you’ll first have to sign up for free.
2. Search for the digital short film exercice that you would like to duplicate. It might be in a (sub)folder. Select the widget(s) and click on the settings wheel, choose duplicate selected widgets. Choose where you want to save the activity in your BookWidgets account.
3. Go to your saved short film lesson. You can now click on the black dropdown arrow next to the 'Show' button and select Edit.
4. Make sure to Enable submitting in the Reports tab if you want to receive your students' answers for these interactive short film activities. You can make others changes to the digital short film exercice (if you want), like adding or deleting questions, making some design changes, and more. When you're done, click on Share in the upper right corner.
5. Share the link to the short film activity with your students. When they click on the link, students can watch the short film and answer the according questions. When done, they can submit their answers to the teacher by clicking on the submit button.
6. As a teacher, you go to “Grades & reporting” in BookWidgets to find your students’ answers.

Of course, now that you’ve got your own BookWidgets account, you can also create new digital short film activities or other assignments yourself!

Wrap up

Do you already use short films in class or are you planning to do so? I hope I gave you some new ideas about teaching with short films that might inspire you. From interactive video quizzes to class discussions, all these digital film resources will engage your students. Which of these ideas is your favorite? Let us know on Twitter! - @ibookwidgets

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