A Million Miles Away: Complete Movie Guide
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- Grades 6–12
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- 7
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- Answer key
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- Social Studies
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- A Million Miles Away, Movie Guide
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- Activities, Worksheets
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From the author
José Moreno Hernández grew up in California. His parents were migrant workers from Mexico. While in California, Jose had to move around from school-to-school as his parents found work. One teacher, Ms. Young, spoke to his parents about Jose's potential and about the need to stop moving around for the sake of their children. After a while, his family stopped moving around and settled in Stockton, CA. During this time, Jose began to excel at school and was admitted to a university, where he studied engineering. After his studies he worked at Lawrence Livermore Lab in northern California. He slowly began impressing his colleagues and was given larger roles inside the company. Despite all his successes, Jose was fixated on becoming an astronaut. He applied countless times to NASA, and was finally given the chance to pursue his dream.
This 33-question video guide is student friendly and will help your students get the most out of this powerfully inspirational film. The students will be able to follow along with the film and pull away the most significant insights of the film. The movie can be found on Amazon Prime. The download includes a student PDF, a teacher-key PDF and a link to a digital copy. Arrange access to the film separately. Excellent for Hispanic Heritage Month!
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Learning objectives
Students will track key plot events and quotes chronologically while watching A Million Miles Away, answering questions matched to specific runtime windows.
Students will identify the five recurring pieces of advice ("ingredients") José's father gives him throughout the film.
Students will recall specific facts from the film, including dates, names, and outcomes, in true/false and short-answer questions.
Teaching tips
Pause the film at each runtime block boundary (30, 60, and 90 minutes) to let students catch up on questions before continuing, since the questions are grouped by time window.
Use the answer key's direct quotes, such as "Tenacity is a Superpower" and "Find a goal; find your goal," as discussion starters about the film's recurring success-advice theme.
Use the separate digital-copy link page as a paperless alternative to the printable worksheet for 1:1 classrooms.
Skills covered
Active viewing and note-taking — students answer 33 chronologically ordered questions while watching, matched to specific runtime windows.
Reading for detail and recall — true/false and short-answer questions require recalling specific plot facts (dates, names, outcomes) from the film.
Theme tracking — students identify five "ingredient" quotes José's father gives him across the film's runtime.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
Are the questions organized by scene, or tied to specific viewing times?
Tied to specific runtime windows. Questions are grouped into four blocks, 0:00-30:00, 30:01-1:00:00, 1:00:01-1:30:00, and 1:30:01-2:00:00, matching when each event occurs in the film.
What is the "ingredient" theme referenced throughout the questions?
José's father shares five numbered pieces of advice ("ingredients") across the film, and five separate questions ask students to identify each one, for example ingredient 2: "Know how far you are."
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