Mr. Hull's Movie Guides | Questions and Activities: Math

Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts

Monday 22 January 2018

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) - Movie Comprehension Questions + Activities - Answer Key Included


The Man Who Knew Infinity Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Included

Product Description

This 5 page movie guide for the classroom accompanies the movie "The Man Who Knew Infinity"

The movie is about a real-life mathematician named Srinivasa Ramanujanwho who after growing up poor in Madras, India, is admitted to Cambridge University during World War I. Here he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G. H. Hardy.

PART 1
This has 30 questions in chronological order that the students can complete while watching the movie. Includes answers for this part

PART 2
•The first section has 3 long answer questions.
•The second section is an essay question. Students have to imagine they are Ramanujan and have just arrived at Cambridge University. They need to write a diary entry expressing their thoughts and feeling of their experiences so far, all the while being faced with racial 

Wednesday 3 January 2018

A Beautiful Mind Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.


A Beautiful Mind Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.

Product Description

This 6 page movie guide with activity handouts is for the film "A Beautiful Mind (2001)"

PART 1 – Comprehension questions.
• 25 questions in chronological order with answers included.

PART 2 – Extension Questions.
• 3 short answer questions about John Nash. Includes example answers.
• 1 Essay about John Nash working for Parcher.

Set mainly in the Cold War era, this movie is based on the true story of the mathematical genius John Nash. After making an astonishing discovery early in his career and standing on the brink of international acclaim, the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.