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  Free Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes on Dr. Strangelove

  GAMES:

  • Fill-in-the-blank
  • Matching
  • Hangman
  • Flash cards
  • Sentence jumble
  • Missing words
  • No letters
  • Crossword puzzle

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 black comedy film which satirizes the fear of nuclear war in the 1960s. It was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick and starred Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. The film is loosely based on Peter George's Cold War thriller novel "Red Alert". The story concerns a crazy U.S. Air Force general who orders a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. It follows the President of the United States and his advisors as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse. It separately follows the crew of one of the B-52 bombers as they try to launch the bomb over Soviet territory.

The film is often ranked by critics and directors amongst the greatest comedies of all time, and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 2000, readers of "Total Film" magazine voted it the 24th greatest comedy film of all time. As of July 2012, it ranked the 35th greatest film of all time at the Internet Movie Database.  Movie critic Roger Ebert said the movie is "arguably the best political satire of the century." In 1989, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. It was listed as number three on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Laughs list.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove_or:_How_I_Learned_to_Stop_Worrying_and_Love_the_Bomb

  TRAILER AND POSTER

DR STRANGELOVE POSTER

1. SIX WORDS: Look at the poster and write down six words (more if you like) that you think of as you look at it. Share the words with your partner(s). Why did you choose them?

2. STORY: Talk about what you think the story of the movie is – the start, beginning, end, etc. Change partners and share stories.

3. CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s).

4. MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie.

5. STARRING YOU: Imagine you are one of the stars of the movie. Talk about your role with your movie star partner(s).

DR STRANGELOVE TRAILER

1. RETELL: Watch the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s).

2. CHUNKS: Watch 10-to-15 second chunks of the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s).

3. QUIZ: Watch the trailer and write down some quiz questions for your partner(s). Watch a second time to find the answers to the questions.

4. VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear. Talk about them with your partner(s).

5. GOOD / BAD: Watch the trailer and write down why you think the film might be good or bad. Share your ideas with your partner(s).

  MATCHING

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	commonly	a.	conservation
2	satirizes	b.	roughly
3.	loosely	c.	rated
4.	prevent	d.	reviewer
5.	launch	e.	important
6.	ranked	f.	fire
7.	preservation	g.	often
8.	critic	h.	possibly
9.	arguably	i.	makes fun of
10.	significant	j.	stop

PHRASE MATCH

1.	black	a.	satire
2	loosely	b.	one of the B-52 bombers
3.	recall the bombers to prevent	c.	preservation
4.	It separately follows the crew of	d.	amongst the greatest
5.	try to launch the	e.	a nuclear apocalypse
6.	often ranked by critics and directors	f.	significant
7.	selected for	g.	based on
8.	arguably	h.	bomb over Soviet territory
9.	political	i.	the best
10.	culturally	j.	comedy

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, (1) ________________________ film which satirizes the fear of nuclear war in the 1960s. It was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick and starred Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. (2) _________________________ Peter George's Cold War thriller novel "Red Alert". (3) _________________________ U.S. Air Force general who (4) _________________________ Soviet Union. It follows the President of the United States (5) ________________________ to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse. It separately follows the crew of one of the B-52 bombers as (6) _________________________ over Soviet territory.

The film is (7) _________________________ directors amongst the greatest comedies of all time, and (8) _________________________ in the United States National Film Registry. In 2000, readers of "Total Film" magazine voted it the 24th (9) _________________________ time. As of July 2012, it ranked the 35th greatest film of all time at the Internet Movie Database.  Movie critic Roger Ebert said the movie is "arguably the best (10) _________________________." In 1989, the United States Library of Congress (11) _________________________ significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. (12) _______________________ on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Laughs list.

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	izarsetis the fear of nuclear war
2.	yoelsol based on
3.	Cold War rleirlht
4.	the President of the United States and his vssaodir
5.	It saterplyea follows the crew
6.	over Soviet tryitreor
Paragraph 2
7.	ranked by cisicrt and directors
8.	telscede for preservation
9.	National Film iRrtsyeg
10.	blgryaua the best
11.	piltcoali satire
12.	latclyuurl significant

  PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

dr strangelove or how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb commonly known as dr strangelove is a 1964 black comedy film which satirizes the fear of nuclear war in the 1960s it was directed produced and co-written by stanley kubrick and starred peter sellers and george c scott the film is loosely based on peter george's cold war thriller novel "red alert" the story concerns a crazy us air force general who orders a nuclear attack on the soviet union it follows the president of the united states and his advisors as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse it separately follows the crew of one of the b-52 bombers as they try to launch the bomb over soviet territory

the film is often ranked by critics and directors amongst the greatest comedies of all time and was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry in 2000 readers of "total film" magazine voted it the 24th greatest comedy film of all time as of july 2012 it ranked the 35th greatest film of all time at the internet movie database  movie critic roger ebert said the movie is "arguably the best political satire of the century" in 1989 the united states library of congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the national film registry it was listed as number three on the american film institute's 100 years100 laughs list

  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  MARK THE SPACES

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ommonlyknownasDr.Strangelove,isa1964blackcomedyfilmwhichsa
tirizesthefearofnuclearwarinthe1960s.Itwasdirected,produced,and
cowrittenbyStanleyKubrickandstarredPeterSellersandGeorgeC.Sco
tt.ThefilmislooselybasedonPeterGeorge'sColdWarthrillernovel"Red
Alert".ThestoryconcernsacrazyU.S.AirForcegeneralwhoordersanucl
earattackontheSovietUnion.ItfollowsthePresidentoftheUnitedState
sandhisadvisorsastheytrytorecallthebomberstopreventanuclearapo
calypse.ItseparatelyfollowsthecrewofoneoftheB52bombersastheytr
ytolaunchthebomboverSovietterritory.Thefilmisoftenrankedbycritic
sanddirectorsamongstthegreatestcomediesofalltime,andwasselect
edforpreservationintheUnitedStatesNationalFilmRegistry.In2000,r
eadersof"TotalFilm"magazinevoteditthe24thgreatestcomedyfilmof
alltime.AsofJuly2012,itrankedthe35thgreatestfilmofalltimeattheInt
ernetMovieDatabase.MoviecriticRogerEbertsaidthemovieis"arguabl
ythebestpoliticalsatireofthecentury."In1989,theUnitedStatesLibrar
yofCongressdeemedthefilm"culturallysignificant"andselecteditforpr
eservationintheNationalFilmRegistry.Itwaslistedasnumberthreeont
heAmericanFilmInstitute's100Years...100Laughslist.

  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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  DR STRANGELOVE SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Dr. Strangelove in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	Student 1 __________	Student 2 __________	Student 3 __________
Q1.
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.
Q5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

  WRITING

Write your own movie review. Show your partner your letter. Correct each other's work.

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  HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about "Dr. Strangelove". Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about "Dr. Strangelove". What are (did) critics and moviegoers saying (say) about it? How good were the actors' performances? What was good and bad about the movie? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. "DR STRANGELOVE" POSTER: Make a poster about "Dr. Strangelove". Make sure you put tag lines, audience and critics' reviews, why people should see it, etc.  Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY PREQUEL / SEQUEL: Make your own prequel or sequel for  "Dr. Strangelove". Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback.

6. CHARACTER STORY: Choose one of the characters from the movie. Imagine you are that character. Write your story about what you did in the movie. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback.

7. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, Twitter stream, or any other social media tool to get opinions on "Dr. Strangelove". Share your findings with the class.

  ANSWERS

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	commonly	a.	often
2	satirizes	b.	makes fun of
3.	loosely	c.	roughly
4.	prevent	d.	stop
5.	launch	e.	fire
6.	ranked	f.	rated
7.	preservation	g.	conservation
8.	critic	h.	reviewer
9.	arguably	i.	possibly
10.	significant	j.	important

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Please check for yourself by looking at the movie review article at the top of the page.
(It's good for your English ;-)