TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 History Movies Yesterday and Today 4 CHAPTER 2 Geography Movies Around the World 12 CHAPTER 3 Civics The Workings of a Movie 18 CHAPTER 4 Economics The Numbers Behind the Films 24 THINK ABOUT IT 30 FOR MORE INFORMATION 31 GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32
CHAPTER 1 Movies Yesterday History and Today People have been communicating with each other for thousands of years What began as rock carvings has slowly changed into books newspapers magazines movies radio TV and the Internet Together they are called media The movie industry plays a valuable role in society Movies like big summer blockbusters can entertain people Documentaries can educate people Movies can use important themes to deliver timely messages that change the way we think 4 21st century skills library
Movies during the late 1800s to early 1900s were called moving pictures or photo plays Once Upon a Time The movie business began in the 1890s not long after the invention of the Kinetograph This was the first workable movie camera There were many limitations to camera technology back then Films had no sound the images were in black and white and they were only about a minute in length By 1910 there were about 9,000 theaters across the United States and movies The Movie Industry 5
