Study Guide to The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963: Movie Version

Study Guide compares the novel The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis to the movie The Watsons Go to Birmingham (2013) starring Anika Noni Rose, David Alan Grier, Bryce Clyde Jenkins, Harrison Knight, Skai Jackson and Wood Harris. Directed by Kenny Leon. Arc-Entertainment. This Hallmark Channel film is the only movie of the book. The film leaves out several subplots in the book, but the main plot is accurate. Most of the book takes place in Detroit. The movie focuses on a few chapters set in Birmingham. The biggest difference is the tone. The book is delightfully funny and witty. The movie is not.

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The Common Core Standards call for comparing the novel text to a different version, especially a film version. Movie Version study guides provide reliable information about the comparison to know if student responses are accurate. Movie Version study guides compare the movie of a book to the book itself.  The study guides cover both the plot and characters in the movie and the book.

Each study guide contains:
The Movie:  A scene-by-scene comparison with chapters in the book, including errors and omissions in the movie.
The Book:  Complete chapter-by-chapter summaries of the book.
How Accurate is the Movie?  Each study guide rates the movie's accuracy according to Plot, Characters, Setting, Structure, Symbols, and Theme and reveals what's in the movie that's NOT in the book and what's in the book that's NOT in the movie.

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