A college level teacher has reported that her students are more interested in reading Sense and Sensibility after they have seen the film. In addition, when tested against a control group who only read the book, students who had seen the film before reading the book had a better understanding of the characters and the plot. (See "Emma Thompson's Sense and Sensibility as Gateway to Austen's Novel" by Cheryl L. Nixon, contained in Jane Austen in Hollywood, Edited by Linda Troost and Sayre Greenfield, 1998, University of Kentucky Press, pages 140 - 147.)

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-- Major Events in History
-- Principles of Science
-- Extraordinary People
-- Literature, Drama, Dance, Art
-- Social-Emotional Learning