Teachers Resources
Farmers Insurance is committed to creating greater understanding within and among our communities. We believe that the best place to start is with our children and that educators are the key to reaching our children.

Farmers is proud to offer educators the following resources to assist with bringing lessons alive in the classroom:

  FREE FILM
The HBO documentary The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood. We supported the production of this documentary and are now making the film available free of cost to educators. Click here to obtain a copy through Farmers' partner Workplace Hollywood.
   
  FREE STUDENT ACTIVITY GUIDE
The Bronze Screen Student Activity Guide . This 8 page guide can be used without the film. It includes the cover, stereotypes depicted in the media (page 2), point of view as affected by culture (page 3), Latino images depicted in the media (page 4), diversity (page 5), economic impact of culture (page 6), changing Latino images (page 7) and recommended movies for middle and high school students with discussion questions (page 8).
   
  FREE TEACHING GUIDE
Developed by Farmers and the Los Angeles Times, the Latinos in the Media Teaching Guide contains innovative lesson plans based on a variety of media, in particular, the newspaper and the HBO documentary The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood Cinema.

Teacher Downloads
Complete Bronze Screen Student Activity Guide
Latinos in the Media Teachers Guide
Racism in the Media Checklist
 
Support Materials for Latinos in the Media
Lupita Tovar's Commentary (referenced on page 13 of the Teachers Guide)
Lyrics to West Side Story's America (referenced on page 27 of the Teachers Guide)
Combined Clips and Stills from The Bronze Screen
Teacher Resources
YoungAmericanos.net
Teachers.Farmers.com
AmericanPromise.com

Workplace Hollywood
BronzeScreen.com (film site)
San Antonio Express News
Ft. Worth Star Telegram
L.A. Times
The Arizona Republic
San Jose Mercury News
San Diego Union Tribune
Latin Heat
California Assoc. of Bilingual Educators
Workplace Hollywood