Teaching Students with Pop Culture

[@rileymiller329]

My dad went to school with Ethan Hawke and he actually missed a whole year of school to film Dead Poet Society

[@christianfranz2686]

Wow that’s awesome

[@mrs_maverick1121]

Such an incredible movie and actor!

[@blugreen123]

Gabe always looks so confused when they talk about anything from the 90's. He's like, "What is this 90's era you speak of? This ancient era is beyond my grasp of time." Lol 😆

[@mhadle1992]

One of my favourite teacher films is sister act 2!! How she came to a school and discovered their passion in music and used that to transform their outlook on school life. Brilliant

[@ItsNicoleAnderson]

You’d like high school musical: the musical the series

[@JR-vx6ix]

Dangerous Minds was based on a book that was written by the woman who taught at Carlmont High School. It is based on a true story. Just a FYI since Tell made a reference about the movie going towards a white savior. LouAnne Johnson was a real person who helped students with how she taught. That was reality not a gimmick. No hate but wanted to clarify because LouAnne deserves credit.

[@truelatina01]

Thank you I was about to say this.

[@TheSuburbanBase]

She said the movie made up the relationship between her and a student, and that the families did want the kids to learn. The scene with the grandmother who was so against learning didn't happen.

[@raymondteodosbandlabvlog1676]

Did the school trip to the theme park happen? And if so, how did she pay for all of them to go?

[@juliehawkins5401]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Degrassi and Mr. Simpson. Best teen show of the early 2000s! Also, 13 Reasons Why. It was not an entirely realistic school setting. There were several school scenes where I'm shaking my head thinking that would never happen at a real high school, but overall I think it still was good show that covers tough topics.

[@mrs_maverick1121]

I'm 38 and a Momma of 4, I really liked 13 reasons why and watched it with my kids after I pre screened it, it was a great learning tool and conversation starter!

[@RAY_SELENA]

Stand and deliver is the “how do I reach these kids” movie

[@jamiersher5131]

Thank you! I couldn't remember the title and it was bugging me!

[@LongieR8er]

Kimo Sabe

[@emK605]

I LOVE EDGAR ALLEN POE! I’m from Richmond where he grew up and there are so many fun things to do related to him each year. Unhappy Hours, his birthday bash, and readings by an impersonator at an old church preceded by ghost stories in the cemetery and creepy organ music around Halloween!

[@LoudLilDucky]

Michael’s has a lot of Edgar Allen Poe stuff this year

[@laquandabaker4070]

My favorite teacher movie was Lean on Me with Joe Clark... how did u guys 4get that legendary movie

[@leanbean6545]

EXACTLY!! 😂

[@obsoleteill9706]

"I don't read many books" Gabe is definitely Zach Morris👌😄

[@Imulletman12]

The creativity and passion for your profession is so awesome to hear. I’m so fortunate to have had such great teachers who truly cared about their students. If only everyone had teachers like you guys, this world would be such a better, smarter, kinder, more inclusive and thoughtful place.

[@nuttynatsu2354]

I've used some clips from Freedom Writers to show what some teachers have to face. Favourite fictional teacher ever, as she reminds me of my Aunt, Miss Honey. For history, my teacher used Escape from Sobibor and Roots. Escape from Sobibor, we watched fully over a few lessons, stopping after certain points to discuss what was happening (and it wasn't the TV cut), I get nauseous now thinking about gold fillings. Roots, he didn't play the full thing, but similar way of watching to certain points and discussing what was happening. Still my favourite history teacher to this day.

[@amandaladd8771]

I LOVE Mr Feeny! I showed my AP class Breakfast Club and they loved it; it’s old but still relatable to teens. Teaching HS allows so much more wiggle room like when we listen to music we jam to 80s and 90s classics with no pushback from the school or parents.

[@nikkianderson1289]

I am a big Boy Meets World fan, and I love Mr, Feeny. I show the last scene of the show on the last day of school AND SOB EVERYTIME. But! I identify as a Mr. Turner, who was on the show early on (seasons 2 and 3). He was the cool, young, English teacher who seemed like he was going to make things easy for them, but he never missed a chance to teach them a life lesson.

[@annjeffery425]

I actually used Star Wars in my HS Arts and Humanities class. We had been talking about different orchestra instruments and using a theme to represent a specific character. Star Wars is a BRILLIANT way of comparing instruments and listening for the characters to enter and exit a scene without seeing the actor come/go.

[@mtorio6170]

I use Yoda to teach Elizabethan syntax for Shakespeare

[@Mw541987]

In middle school our entire grade went to see Pearl Harbor in the theater when it came out and my sophomore year of high school our entire grade went to see The Pianist. How much you wanna bet that wouldn’t fly today. I also convinced a substitute teacher to let us watch Dodgeball one day which for sure would not fly nowadays lol

[@aprilc.5252]

We went to see Schindler’s List when it came out. Such an eye opener that everyone should see.

[@Mohamedrashid10]

Saved by the bell!! Boy meets world !!! They’re the best Recess is the shizzz😊

[@DorothyOzmaLover]

Whiplash is a unique teacher-film for its social commentary, and Daria is a good cartoon series for its humor w/ a dash of honesty about teachers 'n' admin.

[@CHRYSSIBOO]

Jason Segal is the Gym Teacher from Bad Teacher with Cameron Diaz.

[@michellebatchelder]

Tell, I hear you, I see you, I feel ya on School of Rock and the kids who are different being seen, loved, and valued

[@KamisKisses]

Wouldn't say they are my fave but they were very impactful: Stand And Deliver, Sister Act 2 and Remembering the Titans. I think "Never Been Kissed" is one but you know, not for kids. Also "To Sir, with Love" I've seen some of it.

[@joykinser3444]

I love Lean On Me. I wouldn't have wanted to work for Joe Clark bc he was not very respectful and supportive of his teachers, BUT he did love his students and truly belive they could succeed. Every time I hear the Fire Marshall is in the school to do an inspection I think "Get the chains off the doors, get the chains off the doors"

[@Liyah2004]

My favorite teaching related TV show & book series is Wayside School. I have absolutely no idea what goes on in this school but it’s the funniest kid show I watched😭😭

[@denisechesbro2119]

There are Magic School Bus chapter books too

[@debjacobe3099]

Kindergarteners from Recess were hilariously accurate!

[@deadlyfeet116]

Coach Carter and The Ron Clark Story

[@kelseybaughman1698]

Yes! Ron Clark Story!!!

[@kelseybaughman1698]

I thought I was the only one who knew about that movie lol

[@eisuszaid-serolf261]

The Breakfast Club is the most realistic movie to me. I mean detention in a Saturday morning. Most teachers leave the class and have the students to whatever to pass the time.

[@CARTER.J]

[@animecookies8784]

I do hate the romaticization between student and teacher in teen shows. I also find it weird and annoying for tv networks to think it is ok for kids to want to date or hook up with their teacher

[@mst675]

My favorite serious teacher movie is Dead Poets Society. Favorite "off beat" one is Bad Teacher 😉 (And Coach Carter gets an honorable mention)! 💯

[@StephanieRace17]

I am currently doing a Holocaust survivor project with my 6th graders in the library so it’s crazy that you mentioned that exact way that students can relate and make connections.

[@jazmyne3223]

Book and movies we did that I still love today ! THE OUTSIDERS , THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, THE GREAT GASTBY . Honestly that’s how they should of had us reading books from kindergarten-12 grade .

[@SpotConlonRox]

One of my favorites is from a movie called “Front of the Class.” It’s about Mr. Cohen who has Turret-Syndrome becoming a teacher - so inspiring! :)

[@norikadolmy7274]

I love ms rain from the movie precious, she was really passionate and caring about her students and she was also a lesbian and portrayed very sympathetically, there arent very many movies about gay teachers

[@kelseybaughman1698]

Mr. Clark from The Ron Clark Story! After watching this movie, it's part of the reason (other than my teacher) that made me want to be a teacher! Such an accurate depiction of the frustrations of being a teacher!

[@bcushman2]

I know this is a couple weeks late but Antonio Banderas in Take the Lead. I know he's technically not a teacher in the movie but I love that movie.

[@starprinttiger]

In my college religion course, my professor had us write papers comparing Star Wars Movies to multiple religions.

[@brittany.harden]

Never Been Kissed is a good one

[@rlriehn85]

I love Mr Hollands Opus!

[@joykinser3444]

I agree with good or garbage. We are so fortunate to have smart TVs in every room at my school, it has made it really easy to incorporate digital media in my lessons and it does inhance my instruction. We are so blessed, and I am not complaining. I do have to agree that with that digital media so available it had definatly lost some of the shine that that cart held. There was a reverence and excitment. It was something special. It is harder and harder to creat something special.

[@laneldacaples8070]

My favorite teacher movie is “Stand and Deliver”. I love “Dead Poets Society” EXCEPT that there should have been something added to the end that shows what the healthy alternatives to suicide are. Without that, it make it look like that was truly his only option.

[@Rocky_lilRhody]

I agree with your idea regarding "Dead Poets Society" ending. If a similar movie were made now, that would certainly be done. I don't know of any other words to use other than, it's "appropriate"or typical for the time the movie was made.

[@bigbodybenzzz1225]

Have you guys ever watched teaching Mrs.Tingle? It’s a really old movie but it is a goodie

[@jamiersher5131]

That came out when I was in high school and the use of the phrase "really old movie" makes me feel attacked. 😂😂😂😂 Not even 40 yet either. Lol

[@bigbodybenzzz1225]

@@jamiersher5131 i just recently turned 20 thats why it seems old to me sorry about that lol

[@jamiersher5131]

@@bigbodybenzzz1225 no worries! Just kidding anyway. Glad you're an adult. Got nervous after I posted that I was going to make some 13 year old feel incredibly bad. 😂😂😂

[@heathercottrill3505]

To the history teachers, have your kids actually watch the true video of our National Anthem. I grew up singing it, but it wasn’t until I was an adult that it actually resonated .

[@aurelliaanderson3860]

I did a wax museum project like that but we had to choose a historical people. When presentations day came we got half way through and someone made a bomb threat to the school.

[@gennamae8077]

I had a different jumpstart 4th grade. I had the version where you would collect the gems to open the cave or whatever. I loved the jumpstart games!

[@nicolevelez7919]

So orgeon trail is available through steam... It brought up so many memories.

[@averyderrick]

This year in one of my classes my teacher made us watch a docuseries on a cart TV. We could not use it for the life of us 😂

[@MrMarohlsclassroom]

Favorite teacher movie: stand and deliver, lean on me, and Harry Potter. Tvshow: Abbott elementary and blues clues. Harry Potter they start out in middle school up to high school, no elementary wizarding school, and blues clues it shocked me when Steve told how he never did any of the drawings! I had a professor who did writing focused around analyzing comic books. Very surprised no one talked about Bluey! Note for Lauren Woolley; give the lesson plans and instructions for the wax museum project. You have talked about it 5xs, and I want to try it😅

[@elizabethmarcus5177]

Tell, I also have moderate to severe dyslexia and a teacher. I listed to the Harry Potter series with Jim Dale. It is amazing if you are interested.

[@twinklestar111888]

My favorite book about school is sideways stories of wayside School!

[@christianfranz2686]

Oh my god I loved those books

[@RiverkeeperEmberStar]

Night of the twisters happened in a lil town in TX. One twister popped up then another and a third one. The town was surrounded. @one time 3 were spinning destroying everything in their paths. Ppl and animals are still missing to this day. Nothing was in it's original place. It was a farm town with mobile homes. This was '94(I was 10) for weeks the news reported on search efforts and the struggle to piece the town back together again.

[@emilygatsos8112]

You’ve GOT to read Queen Bees and Wannabes (the book Mean Girls is based on). It’s TERRIFYING. The author also wrote a boy version: Masterminds and Wingmen. Super-relevant for the ages that the 3 full-time teachers teach, and I’d think relevant to counseling for Tell. They’re extra-scary if you’re also a mom (or dad)!

[@G.G.276]

Got Em!

[@marykeegan2606]

I used to tell my kindergarten kids about “pop culture “ from my childhood from the “olden” days of the late fifties and early sixties. They could not believe that you had to get up and walk across the room to change the channel. They also had trouble believing that the television shows were in black and white.. Probably the thing that they enjoyed was whEn I told them about my favorite show, Captain Kangaroo. I mentioned that he would read us books. In fact, I read most of my classes my two favorites-Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge. They were so excited to learn there really is a little red lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge. I showed them the NYC Parks Department website. In fact, there was one little boy who came to school so excited one Monday morning. He could hardly wait to share that his family had been to this giant library on Sunday and it had just about all the same books we had in our classroom library. He saw a copy of The Little Red Lighthouse…, and asked his parents to please buy it buy it for him, which they did. It turns out that it wasn’t the library, but the big Barnes &Noble store on Union Square in Manhattan. I also showed them a Beatles CD and one boy said d tha his grandfather listened to them. I told him that grandpa has god taste in music.

[@roberts9565]

"Ganos" - That movie was great!!! Stand And Deliver!

[@carriekennedy5903]

Can’t forget the iconic Miss Beetle from Little House on the Prairie that inspired Laura Ingalls Wilder to become a teacher as an adult.

[@heathercottrill3505]

I am older, but as a devout Mom, how do you guys not refer to Mona Lisa Smiles? My goal has always been to teach my girls to use their voice.

[@thebougieteacher3313]

The old school movie that Gabe was referring to was To Sir, with love

[@Mandii475]

I don’t know if this is before y’all’s time, but I loved Cluefinders growing up. My grandma was a teacher so I got to play it at home and at school growing up. I use them in my class as a free time activity. Does anyone else remember these games?

[@AnimeLove03]

Okay, cart TV talk: anyone else able to hear the frequency of a blue screen? I was always able to tell my friend we were having a "world news day" in 10th grade history, because I can! Also, we rarely got the TV in room when I was in grade & middle school. Mostly pulled for political science videos (the bill song!). A lot of our rooms had small, functioning TVs we watched things on. We did get cart TVs for school wide movie days (small town school) where they setup 4 TVs in the gym and we sat on the floor to watch a popular kids movie. That was like once a year. Favorite movie from a cart TV? Gran Torino, 12th grade psych class 😂

[@JenniferBruggemanOfficial]

I love Jessica Day from new girl! A little exaggerated but pretty accurate to a real teacher. Also, the preschool class on Sid the Science Kid has an accurate makeup of types of kids … except that the class size is like 6 kids. 😂

[@kris102691]

We did number the stars in 7th grade and we did the E book and it’s when I realized that I could recall the information in the book when it’s read to me. I was later that year diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD 😂

[@SherryLowery-d1m]

Cart TV was the best !!!! Magic school Bus or Bill Nye the science guy was my teacher's go to program for us to watch . I love them both.

[@lbimermaid]

Abbott Elementary is great, but they are always leaving their students unattended!

[@kaylab7999]

Heads up if you love the hosts of this show.❤❤❤

[@Longhorn4Life12]

“How do I reach these keeeds” is Cartman from South Park 😂

[@bethanybabinec2969]

Wonder is another good school movie. Lots of lessons to be learned from it as well!

[@raymondteodosbandlabvlog1676]

My favourite teacher thriller is Teaching Mrs Tingle! That movie is wild! 😂

[@vampdollbites9355]

Another good educational pc game series that made me so happy was Cluefinders

[@bosssub-master6799]

i got to this vid at 9 mins its midnight rn

[@kaylab7999]

8.30 where I am where are u?

[@bosssub-master6799]

@@kaylab7999 hawaii you?

[@kaylab7999]

@@bosssub-master6799 no Australia u

[@kaylab7999]

It was pm for me

[@LesleisMommy]

Best school movie....Fast Times at Ridgemont High ❤️

[@luismiranda1061]

Have y’all seen abbot elementary in Hulu?

[@jessatlgirl]

My all time favourite teacher movie is Lean on Me movie and it's based on real events that happened in Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey in the 1989. My mom's was wondering for Sears in New Jersey at the during 1981-1985 and she over heared two girls taking about this happened at their high school in New Jersey was truely happening. My other two favourite teacher movie is Matilda and Freedom Writers.

[@emmiebug99]

I started working as a para this past year at the elementary I went to and I just wanted to tell y’all, the TV carts are still a thing!!

[@roypalmer69]

I had to do a discussion question on the religion of star wars in college

[@louannhickman4680]

I like showing The Miracle Worker.I show the one with Patty Duke plays Helen Keller

[@anthonyjsgamingchannel7272]

one of my favorite teacher movie is freedom writters

[@eddieredmann3]

I still need to find our copy of "Miss Nelson is Missing" because that book is a treasure.

[@lynnpallaske8675]

My freshman year in college was also Felicity's freshman year. It was the best group watch on our floor.

[@SpiceyMojo]

“What’s the game where you’re shooting spaceships?” Tetris? 🤔

[@bradmartin6625]

My mom went to school where they filmed the movie Teachers (1984) here in Columbus, Ohio

[@artsiesteph]

This reminds me of my hilarious teacher Mr. Swat (not full name haha I probably can't even spell it) who had us watch Monty Python Holy Grail in history class.....because it featured trebuchets. That was it. XD Thankfully he passed certain inappropriate parts, but otherwise it was so hilarious and dooffy we wouldn't have noticed.

[@soccer456678]

I don’t really have like a school teacher like a movie like thing, but for me, my science teacher taught us in biology we got to watch eight legged freaks, and I’ve never done well with spiders ever since that movie like terrified me of spiders.

[@drummachine5787]

The “how do I reach these kids?” Is from South Park, they were making fun of stand and deliver

[@CaliKelley]

Loved Boy Meets World I cried too. I love Topanga and Corey

[@Kenzi24]

The following is sooooo good! Lol i watched it back in 2014 when it first was coming out

[@NonaBear]

I always liked the teachers in Clueless 😅

[@muffintop701]

Ms. Wooley gonna make me act up with that tattoo

[@bigbucks0692]

As a high school math teacher, it is now my dream to be on this podcast for an episode.

[@TheSuburbanBase]

9:54 Some of those rappers come out of the worst school systems where teachers hate everything about being there. Some football players had teachers who were jealous or also didn't want to be there. Some football players weren't the good kids and teachers hoped they would fail.

[@mrs_maverick1121]

I totally get what Lauren means with watching shows and getting frustrated about things that wouldn't really happen lol as a former EMT I CANNOT stand watching most medical shows because they're wrong 90% of the time!

[@thenextoprahwinfrey977]

Did anybody else have to experience the voyage of the Mimi for like 3 years?!

[@victoriafrost5461]

I love Professor McGonagall and Ms. Frizzle

[@lydiakitchin3743]

SISTER ACT!

[@cherylwallace1219]

I am very disappointed that Gabe said he does not like Harry Potter. My son was in fourth grade when Harry' Potter came out. He had problems comprehending what he read. We would read the book together. I would do a page he would do a page. Eventually, he really got into the book, and he took it into his room and finished it all by himself. When he was done, we were able to talk about what he read. He is now twenty nine years old and still loves reading.

[@toriunderwood220]

My hero academia Mr sensei aizawa freaking sleep-deprived teacher during the day. And it's supposed to be a pro hero at night but it is a pro hero in the day two it is amazing.

[@Rebecca-rn3bx]

Lauren you need to watch a small light it is the story of Anna frank but from keep geese’s perspective it will not be appropriate for you students but it is amazing

[@joseluisherreralepron9987]

I think the funniest film teacher I can remember is the guy, I think named "Ditto", from the film "Teachers". He would be sitting at this desk, paper in front of his face, while students filed into the room and grabbed a ditto worksheet from his desk. We find out later in the film that he died at his desk but nobody noticed.

[@rebeccaernette1749]

My teacher couldn't teach the pride and prejudice book so she showed the movie for like a week straight 😂

[@Alex_Kill_Joy]

Me screaming galaga at my phone 😂😂😂

[@jessicahill456]

Y’all forgot one: THE PACIFIER!!!!!

[@jenniferpargas8202]

Love there B-typical attitude 😂 and fun personalitys