02/26/2025
Introducing our new Civic Engagement Curriculum
We now have this introduction at the top of our home page:
https://www.educationalguidanceinstitute.com/home
EGI has been piloting classic movies with college and high school students for over a decade.
During this time we have seen the power of a great film to illuminate the large existential questions of life being asked by this generation. Classic films are so wonderfully powerful in moving the human spirit to the good and that is why they remain in our memories and in our hearts.
02/26/2025
Introducing our new Civic Engagement Curriculum
We now have this introduction at the top of our home page:
https://www.educationalguidanceinstitute.com/home
12/12/2023
Check out my blog post
How Classic Movies Help to Renew Civic Engagement for Ourselves and the Rising Generation by Onalee McGraw, Director, Educational Guidance Institute Introducing a New Curriculm From Educational Guidance Institute Teaching and Learning Civic Engagement through the Art of Classic Film Conversing with the rising generation in the classical mode of moral inquiry The great movies of Hollywood...
08/09/2022
Inspired by my two classic film discussions with Braver Angels, this post provides 15 classic movies that work to depolarize our divided political world.
From "Me" to "We" in the Art of Classic Film: 15 Movies that Work to Depolarize Our Civil Society Classic Movie Storytelling for Restoring the Ethic of Community in our Civil Society by Onalee McGraw, Director, Educational Guidance Institute 12 Angry Men, Mr Smith Goes to Washington & Remember the Titans Reclaiming the moral facts of our human nature to overcome group identity politics "I don't....
08/09/2022
Grateful to Jeff Minick for this wonderful article explaining our mission to share the great classic films with high school and college students today: https://www.theepochtimes.com/one-womans-quest-to-restore-american-values-through-classic-movies_4583515.html?welcomeuser=1
08/09/2022
12 Angry Men - following the advice of Lukianoff and Haidt to draw "a larger circle" around our civil community.
12 Angry Men Braver Angel 2 Braver Angels Film Discussion: 12 Angry Men
EGI has been piloting and developing Classic Movie Study Guides designed for college and high school students for over a decade. During this time we have seen the power of a great film to illuminate the large existential questions of life being asked by this generation. Classic films are powerful movers of the human spirit to the good and that is why they remain in our memories and in our hearts.