Talk:Motion Pictures in Education

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 14:22, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that the 1923 book Motion Pictures in Education is among the first major works about using films to teach students? Source: "In the summer of 1923, Laura Thornborough and Don Carlos Ellis published Motion Pictures in Education, a book instructing teachers in how to use films in their classrooms. The book is cited by scholars of educational film as one of the first major works focused on the subject." - The Unwritten Record
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Created by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:51, 30 June 2022 (UTC).

• Starting review ... Gatoclass (talk) 02:46, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

General eligibility:

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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Straightforward, trouble-free nomination about an obscure but notable work. I have however tweaked the hook to add the word "major" to conform appropriately with the sources. Gatoclass (talk) 03:11, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Gatoclass Thanks for the review and the tweak. SL93 (talk) 03:14, 2 July 2022 (UTC)