For reasons I’ve covered elsewhere, Caroline and I do a lot of reading out loud in our high school homeschool. Because of this, getting through an ambitious high school reading list would be very challenging. Thankfully I learned about the 7Sisters Cinema Studies for Literature Learning a number of years ago so it gives us another option that works well for our family.

In this post, I’m simply going over the cinema studies in general. We’ve now completed two and I hope to write a separate post about each one we use.

7Sisters Homeschool Curriculum

I received some of these study guides six years ago when I wrote an iHN review of 7Sisters curriculum that you can see here: Sensible High School Curriculum – 7Sisters Homeschool. If you aren’t familiar with 7Sisters, I encourage you to read that post.

Because of this past opportunity, Caroline and I are using an older version of some of the cinema studies. Others I have purchased recently. I believe some of the curriculum has been updated over the past six years so my version may not match yours exactly if you purchase the same title. I don’t think it will matter, but I did want to offer that by way of full disclosure.

7Sisters Cinema Studies for Literature Learning

Here is how 7Sisters describes the cinema studies on their website:

Cinema Studies for Literature Learning Study Guides teach homeschool high schoolers the elements of good literature using the medium of movies.

Cinema Studies for Literature Learning is geared to:

• the visual learner in high school
• those who are reluctant readers
• or for whom reading is very time-consuming, and to those who love movies!

Good movies tell good stories, and good storytelling requires the use of traditionally respected literary devices and techniques. With a little help from a study guide, many movies introduce the viewer to excellent literature that is being presented in a visual medium.