Blackfish Movie Guide | Worksheet | Questions | Google Form (PG13 - 2013)

This Blackfish Movie Guide | Worksheet | Questions | Google Form (PG13 – 2013) challenges students to analyze this incredibly powerful documentary. Explore why these animal parks would lie to the public and their own employees about what was happening. Discuss whether or not trainers should have been more proactive in searching for the truth. Finally, use details from the film to help students form and support an informed opinion about using animals for entertainment purposes.

This resource is meant to supplement the viewing of the film on IMDb. See the Parents Guide for content details.

Blackfish Movie Guide for the Classroom | Quick Facts

Movie Plot (for teachers)

Documentary accounts of orca Tilikum, trainers, and corporate decisions reveal risk, ethics, and narrative framing—strong for evaluating sources, claims and evidence, and visual rhetoric.

Teacher Guidance

1. Print one guide per student; preview the next question before you press play.
2. Use pause points for cite-and-explain responses and targeted discussion.
3. Encourage collaboration while discouraging copying; rewind key scenes to model close viewing.

What’s Included

• Student movie guide (PDF print)
• Student movie guide (PDF digital fillable)
• Google Forms (self-graded quiz)
• Answer Key (5 pages)
• CCSS alignment one-pager (PDF, 1 page)
• CCSS note: Students apply reading-comprehension skills to film (evidence, analysis, inference).

This independent educational resource is not affiliated with or endorsed by the film’s producers or distributors. Teachers are responsible for previewing content to ensure suitability for their students.