• Skip to main content
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
A Quiet Simple Life with Sallie Borrink

A Quiet Simple Life with Sallie Borrink

Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books

  • Start Here
  • Blog
  • Categories
    • Easy-To-Use Category Page
    • Books
      • Book Lists
      • A Month of Cozy Children’s Books
      • Picture Books for Children
      • Chapter Books for Children
    • Christian Devotionals
      • Morning Hope
      • Eventide Blessing
      • Streams in the Desert
    • Christian Faith
      • Prayer
      • Marriage
    • Current Events
      • Sallie’s Stack of Stuff
      • Grand Solar Minimum
    • Faithful Living In Difficult Times
    • Favorite Comfort Food Recipes
    • Free Printables
      • Free Homemaking Printables
      • Free Learning Printables & Worksheets
    • Gardening and Foraging
      • Foraging & Mushrooms
      • Intensive Regenerative Gardening
        • Building Soil
        • Food Storage
    • Gifted & 2e
      • Raising Gifted Children in the Christian Faith
      • Gifted/2e Parenting
      • Gifted/2e Homeschooling
    • Gracious Christian Parenting
    • Health
    • Holidays & Traditions
    • Home Business
    • Homemaking
    • Homeschooling
      • Relaxed Homeschooling
      • Homeschooling a Creative Child
      • Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices
      • Homeschool Mom Life
      • Homeschool Planning
      • Homeschool Relationships
      • Homeschool Curriculum Reviews
      • Right Brained Learners
      • Homeschooling High School
      • Homeschooling Middle School
      • Homeschooling Preschoolers
      • Homeschool Rooms
    • Introverts
    • Learning With Themes
    • Money
    • Our Simple Family Life
      • Only Child
      • Pregnancy & Baby
    • The Prudent & Prepared Homemaker
    • Restoring America
      • The Fourth Turning & The First Turning
    • Simple Living
    • Simple Living This Week
  • Tags
  • The Shop
    • A Full Year Shopping Pass
    • Explore The Shop By Category
    • Digital Products Terms of Use
    • Your Account Details
      • View Your Orders
      • Go To Your Downloads
    • Lost Password Help
  • Subscribe
  • Newsfeed
  • Social Media
  • Forum
  • Donate
  • My Recommendations

Film and Movie Recommendations For Homeschoolers

You are here: Home / Homeschooling / Film and Movie Recommendations For Homeschoolers

Post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure statement.

May 17, 2022 by Sallie Borrink
10 Comments

This summer Caroline and I are going to spend some time watching films and movies that we can count toward our homeschooling time/credits. I have some in mind, but I thought I would crowd source some ideas from all of you. Feel free to share all your favorites since they will probably be new to someone either reading now or reading at some point in the future when she finds this post.

I’m especially looking for ideas that cover certain topics which I’ll highlight below, but I’m interested in anything good. Nothing gory, nothing really depressing, and nothing with a sad ending. We’re not going to watch things like “Schindler’s List”. Those are not possible in our home.




Classic Books Made Into Films

We can kill two birds with one stone if there are good films I can overlap with books. What are some of your favorites?

Shakespeare

I confess I’m not a big Shakespeare person. I read quite a few in high school and saw three live productions at Stratford (Canada) so I’ve experienced it both in written and live format. I’d like Caroline to become familiar with some of the most important plays in order to understand the influence on our language and such, but I highly doubt we’re going to spend months reading through multiple plays in the original language. Which film adaptations are your favorites? Bonus if they are easier to understand for kids with processing challenges.

History and Biographies

These can definitely fit into our plans so which ones are your favorites? Bonus points if they fit into periods of history that fewer films and movies cover.

I look forward to hearing what you recommend!




    
Category: Homeschooling, Homeschooling High SchoolTag: Movies & TV

Recommended For You

Planning Our Relaxed Homeschooling Kindergarten

My Homeschool Journal – September

4 Truths Every New Homeschooler Must Know {Free Printable}

Caroline’s Creative Endeavors

 

Spreading Traditional Goodness, Beauty, Truth, and Hope

Please click here to donate. Thank you! ♥

Previous Post: « Morning Hope – Psalm 71
Next Post: Sallie’s Stack of Stuff – May 18, 2022 (The Great Replacement Theory) »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Thomas Yetman

    May 18, 2022 at 5:07 am

    Hi Sallie,

    May I recommend Mel Gibson in Hamlet. Thoroughly comprehensive.

    Reply
    • Sallie Borrink

      May 18, 2022 at 9:05 am

      Hi Thomas,

      Thank you! Hamlet is one I would like to cover with her so that’s a great recommendation.

      Sallie

      Reply
  2. Thomas Yetman

    May 18, 2022 at 9:52 am

    Cheers

    Reply
  3. Emily Darling

    May 20, 2022 at 4:35 pm

    Sallie, I would be wary of the Mel Gibson production of Hamlet. The adult members of our household have enjoyed the movie in the past, and while the acting is excellent, it does contain a scene in which Hamlet mimes having s*xual relations with his mother. I found it very distasteful and a huge turn-off for me personally. If that scene could be skipped, then I would recommend it unreservedly.

    In the past we liked Gods and Generals for Civil War era history.

    If Caroline is a horse lover, Black Beauty by Anna Sewell was made into a lovely film that is quite moving, and the soundtrack is hauntingly beautiful. Warning – you will cry. I also love the Megan Follows adaptation of Anne of Green Gables and its sequel. I am hard pressed to think of many movies based on classic literature that do not stray very far from the original stories. I know many people love the Jane Austen films but I’ve never been a fan – of the books or the movies. The Lord of the Rings trilogy of books has been one of my favorites since I first read them at the age of fourteen many moons ago, and I think they did an admirable job with the films, though the actor chosen for Aragorn sorely disappointed me. On the other hand, The Hobbit is another old favorite that they totally destroyed, sadly. My daughter and I both feel as though books should be left to themselves most of the time because they inevitably get “ruined” in translation! She just mentioned the Narnia series which we have enjoyed as films (the newest ones) but of course they did not remain very faithful to the originals either and we think they should have made The Magician’s Nephew first. You can tell that we like fantasy! 🙂 If I think of any others, I will let you know!

    Reply
  4. M

    May 22, 2022 at 10:21 pm

    Sally,

    You asked if anyone could recommend movies based on Shakespeare’s plays, so I thought it over and came up with this list:

    Joss Whedon’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing and Michael Hoffman’s version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream are a couple of very good Movies based on Shakespeare’s plays.

    I’ve heard that Julie Taymoor’s adaptations of Titus Andronicus and The Tempest are excellent as well, though I have never seen them.

    Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet was widely lauded. It is also very long.

    Kiss Me Kate, based on Cole Porter’s 1948 musical, is a charming adaptation of All’s Well That Ends Well.

    10 things I hate about you is a teen comedy based on the Taming of the Shrew.

    Hopefully something on that list is palatable.

    Reply
  5. Marilyn

    May 28, 2022 at 7:28 pm

    Here are a few movies you and Caroline might enjoy; Pollyanna,the original Parent trap starring Hayley Mills, Jane of Lantern Hill,The Singing Nun,Sound Of Music,any Shirley Temple movie,Anne Of Green Gables, All of the Jane Austen movies.the Waltons specials,Toby Tyler starring Kevin Corcoran,Yous,Mine and Ours starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda,Cheaper By The Dozen, With Six You Get Egg roll and Please Don’t Eat The Daisy starring Doris Day.
    Joan,Marion and Marilyn

    Reply
  6. Ticia

    June 1, 2022 at 11:44 am

    I have a whole blog post on my favorite Shakespeare adaptations: https://ticiamessing.com/good-shakespeare-movies/

    Okay, now I need to actually read the rest of your post, but my mind is boggling at not liking Shakespeare, I LOVE Shakespeare.

    Reply
    • Sallie Borrink

      June 12, 2022 at 3:36 pm

      Hi Ticia,

      I read for three reasons. One, to escape to happy places (not read about people’s trauma in novels). Two, to learn about God and my faith. Three, to learn about a topic that I’m very interested in.

      At the risk of sounding so common, Shakespeare is just too much work. LOL!

      Sallie

      Reply
  7. Ticia

    June 1, 2022 at 2:39 pm

    Okay, now I’m back having actually paid attention to what I was reading. I have a lot of suggestions on this. We do a lot of movieschooling, so here goes:

    American Revolution (in particular I recommend Johnny Tremian, which is also a book, and John Adams (though there is brief male nudity in the beginning with a tar and feather scene): https://ticiamessing.com/family-friendly-american-revolution-movies/

    World War 1 (in particular I recommend 1917, though it is violent): https://ticiamessing.com/world-war-1-movies/

    Great Depression (Cinderella Man is a good one for this time period): https://ticiamessing.com/movies-to-learn-about-the-great-depression/

    World War 2 (there are hundreds, it really would depend on what you’re trying to go for with this): https://ticiamessing.com/movies-for-world-war-2/

    Books made into movies (I broke them down by grade level, and there are a lot of great ones you could watch/read, I know you said classics, but even that is a broad category): https://ticiamessing.com/50-books-and-movies/

    Time periods I don’t have posts for yet:

    Luther- really good overview of his life
    Newsies- the newsboy strike of 1898ish
    Glory- mini-series for the Civil War

    That’s all I’m thinking of offhand.

    Reply
    • Sallie Borrink

      June 12, 2022 at 3:37 pm

      Hi Ticia,

      Thank you for this list. I’ll be revisiting it in the months ahead and hope other readers find it helpful!

      Sallie

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

 

Thank you for your comment. I read and appreciate each one even if I am unable to respond.

Sidebar

Welcome! I’m Sallie, Christian wife, mother, homebody, relaxed homeschooler, autodidact, truth seeker, and digital soldier. Traditional and conservative both theologically and politically. I value freedom to live quiet and simple lives. I don't apologize for being white. Please start here. ♥

Chit Chat

~ Forum thread covering ROE V. WADE ruling by SCOTUS

~ I can't believe I missed the white supremacy/privilege angle. READ THIS: The Assault on Children’s Psyches - California’s ethnic-studies curriculum is fueling a mental-health crisis among teenagers.

~ I'm trying out a daily "Sallie's Stack" thread in the Forum, right at the top.

~ In the process of setting up ads with a new company (Ezoic). I'm aware there are a LOT OF ADS right now. I appreciate your patience while we get it set up. If you turn off your adblocker on my site, I will truly appreciate it. ♥

~ Thank you second quarter donors! ♥ ED, AC, BO (x2), AC (x3), DH (Initials only for privacy)

~ Did you put on the Armor of God this morning? Ephesians 6:10-20

Popular Posts Today

  • Forum (Read-Only)
  • What Was In The Envelopes At President Bush’s Funeral?
  • Home Page
  • The Ultimate List of AIP Comfort Food Recipes
  • Recommended Video: “Take Your Children Out Of School” – Psychiatrist Dr.…
  • Understanding “The Devolution Series” By Patel Patriot
  • Copywork Printables in Print & Cursive
  • 100 Field Trip Ideas for Homeschoolers {Free Printable}
  • Simple Living This Week No. 87
  • Relaxed Homeschooling In Seventh Grade
  • Disney – The Death Of Institutions In The Fourth Turning
  • Newsfeed
  • Deciding To Have An Only Child
  • The Ginghams Paper Dolls (Free!)
  • How We Ended Up Relaxed Homeschoolers and What It Looks Like
  • Resources For Parenting & Homeschooling Your 2e Child
  • 100 Wholesome Books For Girls And Tweens

Categories

In Your Cart

Popular Today – My Shop

  • My Apple Book – Printable Booklet
  • 50 U.S. State Seals Clip Art
  • July Calendar Activity
  • Pilgrims Sentence Scramble Printable Activity
  • U.S. Presidents Fun Fact Cards
  • Learning with Themes Printables Activity Pack
  • She is Clothed… Proverbs 31:25-26 Artwork – 4 Designs
  • Shapes and Colors Bingo Printable Game 3×3
  • Memorial Day Word Search

Recent Comments

  • Cheryl on Do You Take Your Own Bible To Church?
  • Sallie Borrink on Sallie’s Stack of Stuff – June 22, 2022 (They Are Doing This On Purpose)
  • Sallie Borrink on Sallie’s Stack of Stuff – May 18, 2022 (The Great Replacement Theory)
  • Brenda Nuland on Sallie’s Stack of Stuff – June 22, 2022 (They Are Doing This On Purpose)
  • Sallie Borrink on Sallie’s Stack of Stuff – June 22, 2022 (They Are Doing This On Purpose)
  • Sallie Borrink on Sallie’s Stack of Stuff – May 18, 2022 (The Great Replacement Theory)
  • Sallie Borrink on Sallie’s Stack of Stuff – June 20, 2022
  • Sallie Borrink on Sallie’s Stack of Stuff – June 20, 2022
  • Barbara on Sallie’s Stack of Stuff – June 20, 2022
  • Sallie Borrink on Sallie’s Stack of Stuff – May 18, 2022 (The Great Replacement Theory)

New Post Alerts

Get new posts by email

Powered by follow.it

 

Access Everything

Contact Me • Privacy Policy • Disclaimers & Affiliates

Copyright © 2022 · A Quiet Simple Life with Sallie Borrink · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme

Scroll Up