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Black
History Month |
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Watch
Malcolm X (PG-13), Guess Who’s
Coming To Dinner (G) Guess Who (PG-13), Roots (NR) and discuss discrimination.
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| 2/02 |
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Groundhog
Day |
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Watch
Groundhog Day (PG). For children, draw
pictures of an early spring or six
more weeks of winter.
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| 2/04 |
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Super
Bowl |
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Show
The Longest Yard (PG-13), The Waterboy (PG-13),
Little Giants (PG) or
Rudy (PG) and
have a party.
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| 2/06 |
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Babe
Ruth’s Birthday |
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Watch
The Babe (PG), Field Of Dreams (PG),
The Bad News Bears (PG-13),
The Rookie (G),
The Natural (G) or
A League Of Their Own (PG) and discuss how baseball
became the “national pastime.”
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| 2/07 |
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Charles
Dickens’ Birthday |
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Watch
David Copperfield (NR), A Tale Of Two Cities (PG) or
Oliver (G).
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| 2/08 |
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Jules
Verne’s Birthday |
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Show
Around The World In 80 Days (G/PG).
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| 2/14 |
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Valentine’s
Day |
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Create
a romance novel book display and watch
Blast from the Past (PG-13), The Wedding Singer (PG-13),
The Notebook (PG-13),
Ella Enchanted (PG), The Perfect Man (PG),
50 First Dates (PG-13),
Bewitched (PG-13),
The Princess Diaries 2 (G), Titanic (PG-13) or Sleepless In
Seatle (PG) while
making valentines.
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| 2/15 |
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Susan
B. Anthony’s Birthday |
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Use
our online movie search by genre to
find movies under “politics” or “women’s
awareness.”
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| 2/20 |
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President’s
Day |
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Watch
First Kid (PG), The American President (PG-13) or
Dave (PG-13).
Research current and former Presidents.
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Oscar®
Week |
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Host
a red carpet event and watch a previous
Best Picture such as Gone With The
Wind (G), Driving Miss Daisy (PG),
Chicago (PG-13) or Schindler’s
List (R).
Or watch a previous Best Foreign Language
Film like The Sea Inside (PG-13).
Serve popcorn and drinks and vote on
this year’s best movies.
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| 2/24 |
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Wilhelm
Grimm’s Birthday |
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Have
a “fairy tale festival” and
show Cinderella (G),
A Cinderella Story (PG), Snow White (G) or The Brother’s
Grimm (PG-13).
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