Developed in collaboration with an advisory committee of local educators from five districts, Coolidge Classroom supports existing curricula in a variety of disciplines including STEM, world language, and the humanities, while simultaneously engaging media literacy skills and foundations of cinema studies.
Developed in collaboration with an advisory committee of local educators from five districts, Coolidge Classroom supports existing curricula in a variety of disciplines including STEM, world language, and the humanities, while simultaneously engaging media literacy skills and foundations of cinema studies.
“We want to ensure the courses in Coolidge Classroom support the work that is already going on in schools as opposed to being some sort of cherry on top. As we design a program that is relevant and supportive to four different disciplines, seven grade levels, and dozens of districts, there is a lot of cross reference that needs to happen.” – Director of Education Sophie Blum, who has been working with the advisory committee to create the program
Off to a strong start
In late September, we welcomed more than one hundred students from Brookline High School for our very first Coolidge Classroom modules. Led by Coolidge Education Director Sophie Blum, the students watched coming-of-age story Dìdi and discussed its themes, character analysis, relevancy to their own lives, and much more!
The Program
Titles in the 2024–2025 program include:
Persepolis (2007, dir. Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud): November 18–20
Dìdi (2024, dir. Sean Wang): December 9–11
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006, dir. Guillermo del Toro): January 27–29
Flee (2021, dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen): February 10–12
Coded Bias (2020, dir. Shalini Kantayya): March 10–12
Throne of Blood (1957, dir. Akira Kurosawa): April 7–9
