I.+Lists++TV+Shows


 * ** TV Show ** || ** Dates Aired ** || ** Themes ** || ** Curricular Connections ** || ** Rating ** || **Link to Rationale:** ||
 * //Battlestar:Galactica// || 2004-2009 || Individual vs Society as a Whole; Civil Rights; Government in Crisis; Role of Military, Religion, Civil Rights and Liberties during Wartime; Human Identity || Human Identity; Roles of Government, Military, Religion; Individual vs. Society; Human/Non-Human Rights || 5/5 || Battlestar Rationale ||
 * //Modern Family// || 2009-Present || Family, Acceptance, Communication, Support || Gender Roles, Maturity and Growing Up, Role of the Family, Character Types || 5/5 ||  ||
 * Homicide Life on the Street || 1993-1999 || Filming techniques and ethics || Film Studies & Sociology || 5/5 || [[file:Film Rationale TV program.docx]] ||
 * //The Twilight Zone// || 1959-1964 || * Prejudice and Discrimination
 * Individualism v. Conformity
 * Red Scare Paranoia -- Fear and the Mob Mentality || * An excellent way to explore key literary concepts such as characterization, plot structure and irony (situational)
 * Strong connections to any literature written during/about the Red Scare/McCarthyism (i.e. //The Crucible//)
 * Could be used to spark thought about post 9/11 themes || 5/5 || [[file:TWILIGHT ZONE RATIONALE.pdf]] ||