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Welcome to Teaching with Disney, a blog dedicated to reimagining what learning can feel like in today’s classrooms. If you’re a teacher who believes that education should be meaningful, immersive, and filled with heart, you’re in the right place. My name is Leo, and I created this space to help educators tap into one of the most powerful teaching tools we have — storytelling.
Here, we explore how Disney films, characters, music, and themes can be used to create lessons that are not only educational, but emotionally resonant. Whether you’re using Encanto to unpack family systems and generational pressures, Mulan to dive into cultural identity and gender expectations, or The Lion King to introduce concepts of leadership and legacy, storytelling allows students to learn deeply — because they feel what they’re learning.
This blog isn’t about turning every movie into a worksheet or stretching Disney into something it’s not. Instead, it’s about honoring the emotional and cultural power of stories — and recognizing how they can help us teach literature, history, geography, social-emotional learning, and more. It’s also a place to think bigger — to reflect on classroom atmosphere, emotional connection, and even how technologies like virtual reality (yes, inspired by rides like Flight of Passage) can immerse students in new worlds that foster understanding and empathy.
Teaching with Disney offers blog posts, lesson ideas, reflections, resource recommendations, and creative tools for teachers who want to bring something magical into their classrooms — without losing academic depth or integrity. While the focus is on Disney, I’ll also be exploring other studios and storytelling traditions that carry the same heart, vision, and potential for classroom transformation.
So whether you’re a new teacher looking for creative ways to engage your students, or a seasoned educator hoping to reignite your own sense of wonder — I’m glad you’re here!
Let’s teach with imagination. Let’s teach with courage.
Let’s teach with Disney!
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