This fifth grade curriculum unit is designed for students enrolled in visual art classes. Each week during a three month period, students will spend ten to fifteen minutes looking at short clips from at least one of the following films: The Lion King (1994), Au Revoir Les Enfants (1988), MacArthur’s Children (1985), Romeo and Juliet (1968) and Romeo and Juliet (1996). Each of these selected films exhibits, youthful characters, excellent character development, a theme of conflict, a test of loyalty, and a decision-making dilemma. When looking at these films, representing a variety of cultures, time periods, genres and subject matter, students will confront a variety of value systems, observe film characters' responses to those value systems, and unveil processes through which film characters make choices. In so doing, students will discover and examine their own values. As art students, they will look for filming techniques that support and strengthen the personalities of the screen characters. Students will store their art works in a portfolio that will be shared with other students as well as with family members.