City of Ember Guided Viewing Movie Questions

This assignment is a guided movie document for the 2008 movie, City of Ember. City of Ember is a fictional movie based off Jeanne DuPrau's award winning novel. It portrays the story of societal survival and the myriad of issues that were faced after an underground city was constructed protect mankind from becoming completely extinct. With an unstable generator that has powered the city of Ember for over 200 years, it finally on its last leg and is beginning to shut down. If the generator completely shuts down, the entire city will be in darkness.

The main characters, Lina and Doon, aren't your typical teens living in Ember. Clues have led them to believe there is something more... A way out of the underground city of Ember. As Ember begins to quickly deteriorate, these teens don't give up hope and devote their time to finding a way out of the rapidly declining city.

The questions on this Guided Viewing document fall in the order that the movie plays. This is a great tool to use in any Social Studies/Civics class to get students to understand the concepts of a show a society works and how governmental power can be abused by its leaders. It can also be used in an ELA class to compare and contrast the movie with the novel.

An answer key for this assignment is attached.

I hope your students enjoy this lesson.