My newest unit this year was on Arthur Miller's Play, "The Crucible". I taught this with my honors students so I wanted to go in depth with them and study the time period that the play was written in.
We did some research on communism and the red scare, and at the end we watched the film " Good Night and Good Luck". This film worked well to get the students to see what was happening in their own country not too long ago. I had them make connections between characters in the Crucible and characters in the film. Here is the worksheet I used to get them to brainstorm! Feel free to use it in your class.
Happy teaching!