History MediaNotes / SchoolStudyMedia

* ''Film/{{Moonlight}}''

* ''Film/TheWave2008''

* ''WebVideo/MisterPlinkettReviews'': The prequel reviews are shown in film schools to teach students screenwriting.

** ''Literature/WeTheLiving'', due to it being her most autobiographical work and based explicitly on the real-life USSR.

* ''Film/TwelveYearsASlave'' - One of a few biographical films used in US History classrooms.

* ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' - Why? Because of its influence on post-2000 arthouse and mainstream films alike.

* ''Film/IlDesertoRosso'' - especially for its use of colours.

* ''Film/{{Koyaanisqatsi}}'' - if you've seen this film, you're probably either a film student or a big fan of Music/PhilipGlass (who wrote the score)

* ''Film/TheMatrix'' - Particularly for its philosophical influences (eg. Plato's [[Main/PlatonicCave Allegory of the Cave]], UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}).

* ''Film/TheOutsiders'' - Usually as a complement to the book.

* ''Film/ShowMeLove'' - Has been used by middle and high school teachers trying to teach their students about homophobia and tolerance of LGBT people.
* ''Film/SuperSizeMe'' - Used as part of human biology courses at the high school and college levels, as well as in film courses to teach about documentary filmmaking.

* ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' - For both its modern-day SettingUpdate and the fact that, in spite of such, it is one of the most faithful film adaptations of ''Romeo and Juliet'', especially in its dialogue. As a result, high school English teachers often use it to get kids interested in the material.

* ''Literature/{{Anthem}}'' and other Creator/AynRand books are becoming increasingly common in the U.S., especially in Red States.

* ''Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'', but author Ken Kesey objected to its use in classrooms because it wasn't "great literature" and guessed that teachers probably only used it because the sex and swearing could hold students' attention

* ''Series/Roots1977''

* ''Talking Heads''

* ''Series/NUMB3RS''

* Anything by Creator/HenrikIbsen, particularly ''Theatre/ADollsHouse''

* Plays by Creator/TennesseeWilliams, particularly ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire''

* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' is used in some US History classes to teach about the Revolution, with additional clarification on its ArtisticLicenseHistory

* ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire''

* ''{{Theatre/Trifles}}''

* ''Theatre/BlueRememberedHills''

* Many a Creator/WilliamShakespeare play, usually in written (Literature) or televised form (Films), such as:
** ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt''
** ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''
** ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''
** ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''
** ''Theatre/{{Othello}}''
** ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''
** ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''
** ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice''
** ''Theatre/TwelfthNight''
** ''Theatre/KingLear''
* ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}''
* ''Theatre/AnInspectorCalls''

* Various plays by Creator/AlexanderPushkin, particularly ''Boris Godunov'' and ''The Little Tragedies''.

* As part of drug education programs like D.A.R.E., many people who attended elementary school in the 90's were shown ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue''.

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These are works of fiction or nonfiction that people tend to study during their education. These are usually to be works that are considered cultural or historically significant, and thus important for students to learn about. They're also often used because they allow students to practice specific analytical skills. These works can serve as an introduction to concepts that might otherwise be difficult for students to understand, and therefor they tend to be broadly accessible and not overly experiment or avant-garde, especially for works taught at primary and secondary levels.

These are works of fiction (or nonfiction) that people tend to study during their education. These are usually to be works that are considered cultural or historically significant, and thus important for students to learn about. They're also often used because they allow students to practice specific analytical skills. These works can serve as an introduction to concepts that might otherwise be difficult for students to understand, and therefor they tend to be broadly accessible and not overly experiment or avant-garde, especially for works taught at primary and secondary levels.

* ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' is in the process of becoming this for orbital and celestial mechanics students.

* ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' is a famous frontier [[EverythingTryingToKillYou death simulator]] / historical EdutainmentGame.
* ''VideoGame/SimCity'' has been used in urban planning classes.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' for its math lessons.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' has been used to teach science.
* ''WesternAnimation/OurFriendMartin'', often used in US classrooms to teach about the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement.
* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' for a variety of subjects. The most notable example is "The Preamble", whose chorus teaches the words of the titular part of the Constitution of the United States.

* ''Film/TheBirthOfANation1915'', albeit more for the cinematography than [[UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan the story]].

* ''Film/TheBoyInTheStripedPyjamas'' - Used as part of history courses in high school to supplement the World War II unit.
* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', used to study interpersonal communications.

* ''Film/TheIsland'' - for discussion of human cloning in Korean ethics class.

* ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' - Used in middle and high school history courses to supplement the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII unit.

* ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' - Not always the whole film, but the "Latin Grammar" scene is sometimes shown in high school Latin classes because it's just too funny ''not'' to.

* ''Film/ThePatriot'' - In US classrooms as a supplement to the Civil War unit.

* ''Film/SchindlersList'' - Used as part of history courses in high school to supplement the World War II unit.

* ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'' is used for interpersonal relationships.

* ''Hebban olla uogala nestas hagunnan hinase hi(c) (a)nda thu uuat unbidan uue nu'' (a phrase, in Flanders and the Netherlands it is analyzed to death)

* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' is used in many science classes around the world.
* ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' for science concepts.

* ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' is used in Canadian health classes.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' has become this in some earth science classes.

* ''WebAnimation/OverSimplified'': Some comments on the videos have said that the videos are shown in their classes.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' songs "Yakko's World" and "Wakko's America" have been used to teach geography of the entire world and the United States, respectively.

These are works of fiction (or nonfiction) that people tend to study during their education. These are usually to be works that are considered cultural or historically significant, and this important for students to learn about. They're also often used because they allow students to practice specific analytical skills. These works can serve as an introduction to concepts that might otherwise be difficult for students to understand, and therefor they tend to be broadly accessible and not overly experiment or avant-garde, especially for works taught at primary and secondary levels.

Compare LitClassTropes, which is about tropes you'd most likely study at school. Also compare FromEntertainmentToEducation, for works that are used as educational material for other disciplines.

These are works of fiction (or nonfiction) that people tend to study in educational institutions. These are usually to be works that are considered cultural or historically significant, and this important for students to learn about. They're also often used because they allow students to practice specific analytical skills. These works can serve as an introduction to concepts that might otherwise be difficult for students to understand, and therefor they tend to be broadly accessible and not overly experiment or avant-garde, especially for works taught at primary and secondary levels.

These are works of fiction (or nonfiction) that people tend to study in educational institutions. Teachers and professors consider these works to be more culturally significant than other works, and reading them can be seen as a right of passage or a sign of prestige. Most of them contain historical and/or philosophical context, and a deeper meaning in every scene. These works can serve as an introduction to concepts that might otherwise be difficult for students to understand, especially for works at elementary or primary levels.

See also SmallReferencePools, as these works form a pool of well-known scholarly works.

These are works of fiction (or nonfiction) that people tend to study in educational institutions. Academics consider these works to be more culturally significant than ordinary popular works, even if the school study media was originally released for mass audiences.

There are two things that most of them share: historical and/or philosophical context, and a deeper meaning in every scene. These works can serve as an introduction to concepts that might otherwise be difficult for audiences to understand, especially in the case of children.

See also SmallReferencePools, as these works form a pool of well-known scholarly works. The Western Canon is a subset of this pool.

These are works of fiction (or nonfiction) that people tend to study in educational institutions.

These are works of fiction (or nonfiction) that people tend to study in educational institutions. These works are often considered to be more notable than popular fiction. Sometimes this results in fanfics at FanFiction.Net that have the writer telling you they wrote it for a school assignment, or people on Facebook having them listed as their "favorite book" even though they never mention reading anything else. These works are often used to teach students how to plant EpilepticTrees and first learn that EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory.