Rebel Without a Cause: Using Film to Teach about Dating in the 1950s

Rebel Without a Cause at first may not seem to be a film primarily about dating, but a consideration of its formal structure and narrative choices points to the theme's centrality. The film follows a classic pattern: boy meets girl, girl rejects boy for an established, inappropriate boy, boy ge...

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Published inMagazine of history Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 38 - 42
Main Author Goldberg, Michael Lewis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bloomington Organization of American Historians 01.07.2004
Subjects
Audiences
Censorship
Cultural history
Deans
Educational materials
Family (Sociological Unit)
Females
Film criticism
History Instruction
Lesson plans
Literary Genres
Middle Class
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures
Movies
Narratives
Personal relationships
Schenkerian analysis
Social dating
Social life & customs
Teaching
Teaching Methods
United States history
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Summary:Rebel Without a Cause at first may not seem to be a film primarily about dating, but a consideration of its formal structure and narrative choices points to the theme's centrality. The film follows a classic pattern: boy meets girl, girl rejects boy for an established, inappropriate boy, boy gets girl through an act of daring, boy proves his moral worth through a selfless act of bravery. Goldberg provides a lesson plan that stresses complex problem solving, asking students to combine historical content with the application for an analytical framework.
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ISSN:0882-228X
1938-2340
DOI:10.1093/maghis/18.4.38