A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) Movie Guide | Worksheet | Google Formats

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) Movie Guide | Worksheet | Google Form is a short activity great for a quick, no-prep Christmas lesson. Challenge your students to think critically about the meaning of Christmas, commercialization, the scrawny Christmas tree and how Charlie Brown feels about the holiday season.

Note: This film can be found on some streaming video sites, such as YouTube. Simply search the title and you can find a full length version of the film.

There are several Charlie Brown Christmas videos so to avoid confusion please check the IMDb listing that this movie guide is meant to accompany.

This resource consists of 6 high-level, short answer and essay questions that will do more than just ask your students to regurgitate information. See the thumbnail images for sample questions.

This product .zip file includes:

• A student movie guide, PDF digital fillable form version (2 pages)
• A student movie guide, PDF print version (2 pages)
• An answer key (2 pages) is included, however, some answers will vary as students are encouraged to construct their own meaning throughout the film and many questions are open-ended.
• A Google Forms & Slides Version of the Movie Guide
• A generic movie guide permission slip (1 page)
• CCSS alignment indicating standards met, PDF (1 page – see also preview image)
  • CCSS Note: I’ve taken the liberty of aligning certain reading standards with the act of consuming content via the movie instead. Although students aren’t reading they are asked to perform the same cognitive functions on the content that they consumed from the movie.

Google Classroom Distance Learning Tips:

1. Create an assignment using the Google Form
2. Use the screen sharing tool on your conference calling software to play the movie
3. Pause the movie at each question to give students time to write/discuss
4. Make sure students input their name, so when you open your copy of the form, you can see each student’s individual response they submitted
5. Note: If you are using the movie guide for multiple classes and want to separate responses by class, create multiple copies of the google form with file names such as [Title]MovieGuideClassPeriod[2] and then create assignments for each copy of the Google Form movie guide