For Love or Country - Lesson Plans from Movies and Film - Jazz, Arturo Sandoval

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FOR LOVE OR COUNTRY
The Story of Arturo Sandoval
A Lesson Plan on Artistic Freedom As a Human Right

SUBJECTS --- Music/Jazz; World/Cuba;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Human Rights; Courage, Romantic Relationships;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Caring; Responsibility.

Age: 12+; MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language; Drama; 2000; 120 minutes; Color.

"For Love or Country -- The Arturo Sandoval Story" introduces the problems of artists in totalitarian countries, Fidel Castro's betrayal of the promise of the Cuban revolution, and the jazz music of trumpet masters Dizzy Gillespie and Arturo Sandoval.

This film delves so deeply into the issue of human rights for artists that it can serve as the basis for a week long unit on this topic. The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide for this film includes a pre-film handout, lecture notes for discussion of issues after the film, discussion questions and a comprehension test.

"For Love or Country" also provides an introduction to jazz and to the revolution in jazz begun in 1947 by Dizzy Gillespie which introduced African polyrhythms into what had been a monorhythmic music.

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To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below a description of the sections of the lesson plan about the human rights of artists that can be based on "For Love or Country".

1. Preparation Before Viewing the Film: TWM has provided a brief introduction to the differences between communism, socialism, and capitalism, Cuba and its revolution, jazz, and Dizzy Gillespie. See Background for the Film "For Love or Country"

TWM recommends that the Background be assigned as homework or that the teacher review the concepts with the class. TWM has prepared a copy of the Background in Microsoft® Word® format. The Background includes more materials than many teachers will want to use. Subscribers should feel free to delete those sections which they feel are not necessary or add additional information that they wish their class to read. Attach a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the materials distributed to the class. Instruct students to bring their copy of the Declaration to all classes relating to this unit, including the class at which the test will be given.

2. Watching the Movie: Before showing the film, teachers should tell their classes that they don't know whether the portions of the film relating to the romance between Mr. Sandoval and Marianela are accurate. Students should also be told that they will see a character called the "the embassy interviewer" who is an amalgam of several people and a fictional device to allow the Sandoval character to tell his story. However, with respect to just about everything else, the film can be relied upon to present a reasonably accurate portrayal of what happened to Mr. Sandoval and what he did about it. Teachers should indicate that more will be revealed to the students after they see the film.

3. Class Discussion After the Film: TWM has also prepared Lecture Notes which contain suggestions for a class discussion about the accuracy of the movie and human rights as applied to artists. The class discussion also corrects for the problems with the film based upon the romantic story line. See Possible Problems section below. The lecture materials prepare students for some of the more challenging questions in the comprehension test/homework assignment.

4. Comprehension Test/Homework Assignment: TeachWithMovies has prepared a comprehension test which will further enhance learning on the topics presented in the lesson plan and which will assess students' understanding of the human rights of artists. In the alternative, students can be requested to write short essays on some of the test questions or on some of the discussion questions set out below.

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