Monsters, Inc. Movie Guide (Economics)

The Monsters, Inc. movie guide combines writing and economic terms so students can find examples of economic terms in the movie and provide evidence of how these concepts are used. Using movies or movie guides in the classroom can make learning more interactive and relatable for your class. Movies bring lessons to life by showing social studies concepts and social issues in an entertaining way. Movie guides help students focus on important details throughout at the movie and think critically about what they watch.

Movie Synopsis: Monsters Incorporated is the largest scare factory in the monster world, and James P. Sullivan (Sully) is one of its top scarers. Sully is a huge, "intimidating" monster with who aims to keep his spot on the leaderboard, but not at the expense of those he loves. His scare assistant, best friend and roommate is Mike Wazowski, a green, opinionated, feisty little one-eyed monster. Someone from the human world, Boo, is a tiny girl who sneaks into Monstropolis during an energy crisis. Sully and Mike work to keep Boo safe, as well as save Monstropolis from running out of energy.

Speaking and listening standards can also be covered depending on how many of the above topics you cover in your classroom. The movie guide provides an opportunity for teachers to "get back" some of that class time at the end of a unit, whether needed for grading projects, working one on one with students, or finishing up assessments. Other students are engaged and still actively searching for the topics covered in the unit discussed.

The activities provided allow for:

• Class discussion

• Small group discussion

• Informal assessment

Movie Rating: G

Grades: 3rd - 5th

Tags: Monsters, Inc., Disney Pixar, movie guide, monsters, economics, economy, scarcity, supply, demand, monopoly

File type: PDF

Pages: 3 - including answer key